Elizabeth Smart took the witness stand Tuesday morning for a second day of testimony, focusing on how Brian David Mitchell forced her to comply with his demands  even as they ventured from a mountain campsite into the public. 
 
 A few weeks into her captivity at a campsite above her Salt Lake City home, Smart said Mitchell removed a cable that tethered her ankle to the site. But that didn't mean she could leave. 
 
 "He said even though you have this cable removed of your ankle now that doesn't change the fact that you will be killed if you try to escape. Your family will be killed," Smart testified. 
 
 Smart said either Mitchell or his wife, Wanda Barzee, were always with her at the camp. Mitchell was a light sleeper and sleeping arrangements were also handled in a way that prevented her escape, Smart said. 
 
 When the three hiked down into Salt Lake City where Mitchell shoplifted items from a Whole Foods grocery store, Smart testified he made her wear white robes as a disguise and told her to say she was the couple's daughter if anyone asked. Again, she said, he threatened her life and the lives of her family if she tried to escape. 
 
 At a Salt Lake City party the three attended, Mitchell again warned her he would be watching and made her wear the robes, which included a veil for her face. 
 
 "He said to stay next to him at all times and if I tried to run away I would be killed," Smart testified. "He said that I wasn't to talk to anybody. I wasn't to go anywhere without him. That I needed to stay next to him at all times. And I had some blue toenail polish that my younger sister and I had painted our toenails earlier with it. There wasn't a lot but there were remnants left of that. He said I needed to get rid of it so there couldn't be any sort of mark or sign that I was Elizabeth Smart." 
 
 Smart also recounted Mitchell's failed attempt to kidnap her cousin in July of 2002, and his efforts to distance her from her family by making her refer to her parents as Ed and Lois. 
 
 Although Mitchell made Smart burn the red pajamas and shoes she was wearing when he took her from her home that June, she told jurors she tried to save parts of the items. Smart said she retrieved a safety pin from the pajamas and a piece of her shoe and put them in a three-ring binder she had at the time. 
 
 When asked why she did so on the witness stand, Smart replied: "Because I didn't want to let go of my family, of my life." 
 
 Other visits to Salt Lake City followed, including times the three spent the night with people Mitchell met, Smart testified. One day, Mitchell told them they were to leave Utah. 
 
 "He said that he felt like we needed to find a new city for a new life," Smart testified. "He said he received a revelation that seven different wives were going to be from seven different cities so he wanted to go to the library to look at maps of different places." 
 
 At the library, Smart detailed how close she came to being rescued when a Salt Lake City homicide detective approached the trio and asked Smart to lift her veil. He told her he was looking for Elizabeth Smart. 
 
 Mitchell refused to allow the detective to lift Smart's veil, and the detective left, Smart testified. 
 
 "I felt like hope was walking out the door," she said. "I felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder, that he had just walked away. I felt upset with myself that I hadn't done anything, that I hadn't taken a chance...." 
 
 Smart also went into the difficulties of life in California, where the trio traveled by bus. There, she said, she was forced to view pornography and had very little to eat when Mitchell would leave her and Barzee alone at a campsite for days without food. 
 
 Smart detailed how Mitchell changed his appearance and demeanor to interact with members of an LDS church there. 
 
 "He would brush his hair and but it into a ponytail, and he would tie his beard into a ponytail on his face. He would wear normal clothing. He tried to wash up a little bit so he didn't smell quite as bad," Smart testified. 
 
 Mitchell befriended a member of the church who invited him to dinner, Smart testified. He then targeted the man's stepdaughter to take as another wife failed in a kidnapping attempt. 
 
 When Mitchell began talking of moving to another city, Smart testified she suggested they go back to Salt Lake City. There they might find another wife for Mitchell, she told him, in Mormon girls' camps held in the mountains. 
 
 "...I felt that the more cities we went to and the farther we went out, the less chance I'd have of being found," she testified. 
 
 The trio would hitchhike back to Utah  the beginning of Smart's ultimate rescue. 
 
 Smart's testimony concluded for the day at 2 p.m. Tuesday in U.S. District Court. She resumes her testimony Wednesday morning.  
 
 About the case 
 
 Brian David Mitchell is charged with kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor for the June 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart. The self-proclaimed prophet took the then-14-year-old Smart from her Salt Lake City home to make her a plural wife, prosecutors have said. 
 
 Smart has testified Mitchell raped her repeatedly during her nine months in captivity  which included a journey to California  before she was spotted with Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, in Sandy in March 2003. 
 
 Earlier this year, Barzee pleaded guilty and is serving 15 years in prison for her part in the abduction. She is listed as a potential witness for Mitchell's defense. 
 
 Mitchell's attorneys are arguing at trial he is not guilty of the crimes by reason of insanity. Prosecutors have told jurors Mitchell is calculating, not crazy. ||||| Elizabeth Smart, whose 2002 kidnapping captivated Americans, told jurors Tuesday how a Salt Lake City police detective tried to see behind her veil but backed down when the man accused of kidnapping her said her face was hidden for religious reasons. 
 
 Mary Katherine Smart takes the witness stand and testifies about the night her sister, Elizabeth Smart, was abducted in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments... (Associated Press) 
 
 Elizabeth Smart is shown on the witness stand in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the kidnapping of Elizabeth... (Associated Press) 
 
 Lois Smart, right, and her husband Ed leave the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Lois took the stand after opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial... (Associated Press) 
 
 Elizabeth Smart, right, her mother Lois Smart, center, and father Ed Smart, left, leave the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David... (Associated Press) 
 
 Elizabeth Smart leaves the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Elizabeth Smart took the stand after her mother and younger sister testified. Opening arguments in... (Associated Press) 
 
 Mary Katherine Smart, younger sister of Elizabeth Smart arrives at the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating... (Associated Press) 
 
 Elizabeth Smart, right, arrives at Federal Court with her sister, Mary Katherine Smart, left, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the... (Associated Press) 
 
 Elizabeth Smart, center, arrives at the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse with her sister, Mary Katherine Smart, right, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell... (Associated Press) 
 
 From left, Elizabeth Smart, Mary Katherine Smart, defense attorney Robert Steele, and Brian David Mitchell are depicted in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments... (Associated Press) 
 
 Brian David Mitchell, left, and his attorney Audrey James are shown in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the... (Associated Press) 
 
 Lois Smart, mother of kidnap victim Elizabeth Smart, testifies in front of an image of a younger Brian David Mitchell in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments... (Associated Press) 
 
 Mary Katherine Smart, right, and an unidentified woman leave the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Mary Katherine Smart testified after opening arguments in the... (Associated Press) 
 
 Lois and Ed Smart, parents of Elizabeth Smart, arrive at the Frank E. Moss Federal Courthouse Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell trial relating to the... (Associated Press) 
 
 From left, Mary Katherine Smart, her mother Lois Smart, and father Ed Smart are depicted in this courtroom sketch Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Opening arguments in the Brian David Mitchell... (Associated Press) 
 
 "I was mad at myself, that I didn't say anything," she said on her second day of testimony in the federal trial of Brian David Mitchell. "I felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder and had just walked away." 
 
 Smart, now 23, was 14 when she was taken at knifepoint in June 2002 while sleeping. Nine months later, motorists spotted her walking in a Salt Lake City suburb with Mitchell. 
 
 Mitchell, 57, faces life in prison if he is convicted of kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. 
 
 The close call happened months after her abduction. 
 
 The detective had approached a robed Smart sitting at a library table and asked if he could look under the veil she wore across her face. 
 
 "He said he was looking for Elizabeth Smart," Smart said. 
 
 Under the table, Mitchell's wife at the time, Wanda Eileen Barzee, squeezed Smart's leg _ a sign, Smart said, that she should remain quiet. 
 
 Mitchell stood between Smart and the detective. 
 
 "He said that it was not allowed in our religion and that only my husband would ever see my face." she said. 
 
 The detective pressed. 
 
 "He asked if he could be a part of our religion for a day, just so he could see my face, just so he could go back (to the police station) and say, 'no it wasn't Elizabeth Smart'," she said. 
 
 Mitchell remained cool and calm, stating again firmly that it would not be allowed. The detective gave up and left, Smart said. 
 
 Afterward, Mitchell sped up plans to move the trio away from Utah, so Smart would not be discovered, she told jurors. 
 
 The encounter came in early fall, weeks after Mitchell and Barzee first brought Smart with them into the city _ essentially hiding her in plain sight but keeping her under his control with threats on her life. 
 
 "He told me that I needed to stay next to him at all times and that if I tried to run away, I would be killed," Smart said, describing her first venture into the city. 
 
 Smart said Mitchell took her to a noisy, "rave-type" party he was invited to by a grocery store employee he had befriended. 
 
 "There was a lot of drinking and drugs," she said, adding that she could smell cigarettes and marijuana burning. 
 
 Smart said Mitchell was also forced to drink a liquid laced with the hallucinogenic absinthe. 
 
 Mitchell also became very territorial when the grocery clerk, Daniel Trotta, tried to talk to her, Smart said. 
 
 "He said this is my daughter and she can't talk to you," she said. 
 
 The trip was the first of many _ Mitchell essentially hiding a white-robed Smart, whose face was hidden behind the veil, in plain sight, keeping her quiet with threats. 
 
 It also came within weeks of Mitchell's July 24 unsuccessful attempt to kidnap one of Smart's cousin, Olivia Wright, from another part of Salt Lake City. 
 
 "He decided it was time to go and kidnap another girl to be another wife," Smart said. 
 
 Smart said she watched Mitchell pack a bag with the same dark clothing, stocking cap and knife that he has used the night he had taken her from her home. 
 
 The kidnapping attempt was thwarted when Mitchell tried to get through a window of Wright's home but pushed over some knickknacks from the windowsill and awakened the sleeping household. 
 
 The following day, Mitchell forced Smart to metaphorically sever any remaining ties with her family by burning the red pajamas she had been wearing on the night she was taken. 
 
 Smart said she dropped the pajamas into a campfire and watched them burn. Afterward, she found in the ashes a safety pin that she had used to keep the neck of the pajamas closed. She fastened it to a small piece of rubber from her tennis shoes _ which Mitchell had thrown out _ and hid it. 
 
 "I didn't want to let go of my family, of my life," she said.
– Elizabeth Smart continued her poised testimony today, explaining that she didn't try to escape captor Brian David Mitchell because he promised to kill her family if she did. The Salt Lake Tribune highlights this wrenching detail: Mitchell forced her to burn the red pajamas she had on when he abducted her, and she secretly saved a safety pin "because I didn’t want to let go of my family, of my life.” Mitchell also made her refer to her parents as Ed and Lois to try to distance the then 14-year-old from them. At another point, Smart testified that a Salt Lake City police detective approached her, Mitchell, and Mitchell's wife in the library and asked to see the girl's face under her veil, but Mitchell refused to allow it under a religious pretense. The detective, who said he was looking for Elizabeth, eventually gave up, notes AP. "I was mad at myself, that I didn't say anything," said Smart. "I felt terrible that the detective hadn't pushed harder and had just walked away." Yesterday, she told jurors of Mitchell's sexual assaults.