Article: Elizabeth Smart's uncle rips Salt Lake police Says family's involvement was the reason girl was found

SALT LAKE CITY -- Elizabeth Smart's uncle has faulted the police investigation into her disappearance in a new book, claiming the teen would still be a kidnap victim if the family had not gotten involved.

"I don't think she would be back," Tom Smart said. "There's five or six things that had to happen, and all those things, thank God, happened, including help from the community, which raised awareness to find Elizabeth."

In Plain Sight: The Startling Truth Behind the Elizabeth Smart Investigation, went on sale Monday.

Elizabeth was allegedly kidnapped from her home in June 2002 and found nine months later in the Salt Lake suburb of Sandy, walking down a street with Brian David Mitchell and ...

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