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Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. (Photo: KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. (Photo: KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Brett Tolman helped put Smart's kidnapper, Barzee's husband Brian David Mitchell, behind bars in 2003. (Photo: KUTV)

FILE - This April 8, 2016, file photo, provided by Utah State Prison shows Wanda Barzee. Appearing in an interview Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, on “CBS This Morning,” Elizabeth Smart said she believes Barzee remains a danger. Barzee is expected to be freed Wednesday after 15 years in custody because Utah authorities had miscalculated the amount of time the woman should serve. (Utah State Prison via AP, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Elizabeth Smart arrives for a news conference in Salt Lake City. Smart says she’s been “reassured” the woman who helped kidnap her when she was 14 and stood by as she was sexually assaulted will be watched when she’s released from prison. Appearing in an interview Tuesday, Sept. 18, on “CBS This Morning,” Smart said she believes Wanda Barzee remains a danger. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - This 2017 photo provided by the Utah Department of Corrections shows Wanda Barzee. Barzee, a woman convicted of helping a former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart as a teenager from her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002 and held her captive will be released from prison next week. The surprise move announced Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, comes after authorities determined they had miscalculated the time 72-year-old Barzee previously served in federal custody. (Utah Department of Corrections via AP)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: Brian Morris / KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: Brian Morris / KUTV)

FILE - In this Dec. 10 2010, file photo, Brian David Mitchell is escorted by a U.S. Marshall as he arrives at the federal courthouse in Salt Lake City. Wanda Barzee, a woman convicted of helping the former street preacher kidnap Elizabeth Smart in 2002 will be freed from prison more than five years earlier than expected, a surprise decision that Smart called "incomprehensible" on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Mitchell is serving a life sentence after being convicted of kidnapping and raping Smart. He and Barzee were married at one point. (AP Photo/Colin E Braley, File )

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: Brian Morris / KUTV)

Skeet Ulrich, from left, Elizabeth Smart and Alana Boden attend the "I am Elizabeth Smart" panel during the A&E portion of the 2017 Summer TCA's at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, July 28, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: Brian Morris / KUTV)

Wednesday morning, Wanda Barzee, the woman who helped kidnap and hold captive Elizabeth Smart in 2002, will be a free woman. Smart said she is "very concerned" for herself and the community. (Photo: Brian Morris / KUTV)

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