The Salt Lake Tribune—Mitchell’s Father Asks for Leniency
Unsettling profile of Shirl Mitchell, father of Brian Mitchell, the man who abducted Elizabeth Smart, in which Shirl admits to raping his wife: “Shirl Mitchell denies allegations that he physically abused his wife, but said, ‘I forced the issue of sex once in a while,’ prompting her to leave a poster in the master bedroom accusing him of rape.”