SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Utah are dropping state charges against a woman in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart in exchange for a guilty plea related to the attempted kidnapping of Smart's cousin.
Wanda Eileen Barzee pleaded guilty but mentally ill Monday to one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping. The charge stems from the July 24, 2002, attempted abduction of Smart's 15-year-old cousin.
Sentencing is set for May 21.
The 64-year-old Barzee was originally charged with six felonies in state court after her 2003 arrest. One of those was related to the attempted kidnapping.
Court papers say Barzee helped her estranged husband, Brian David Mitchell, plan to take the girl to a mountain campsite where Smart was being held.
In November, Barzee pleaded guilty to federal charges of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor.
