Grinning broadly, America’s most notorious female kidnapper, 80-year-old Wanda Barzee, flashes a cheerful smile as officials updated her Utah Sex Offender Registry entry following her arrest for breaching the terms of her licence

Grinning broadly and dressed in a pink jumper, America’s most notorious female kidnapper has appeared in a new police mugshot after being arrested for breaching the terms of her licence.

Wanda Barzee, now 80, flashed a cheerful smile as officials updated her entry on the Utah Sex Offender Registry. The image is in stark contrast to the stunned-looking woman photographed in 2003 after she and her husband, Brian David Mitchell, were jailed for abducting 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart.

Disturbingly, it is not the first time Barzee has looked delighted to be back i

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