Wanda Barzee's Children on Oprah Winfrey show

Four children of Wande Barzee, the co accused of Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case appeared in the Oprah Winfrey show today. Wande Barzee and her husband Brian David Mitchell is being facing federal and state sentences on this case. Elizabeth Smart went missing from June 5. Almost 9 months there was no trace of her until she was found alive on March 12 2003, in Sandy Ulta.

Wanda Barzee and Brian have been married for 17 years. Four of their six children appeared in the show, Andrea, Derrick, LouRee, and Rhonda; the eldest. They described what life was like with their mother and the step father.

 Andrea disagreed with the assumption of Wanda being portrayed as a victim of Brian David Mitchell she recollected her mother emotional abuse and she says that Wande repeatedly brain washed the children with her emotional drama. LouRee called her mother a monster. LouRee gave detailed account of her mother’s cruelty. When she was 14, she said “I asked what we were having for dinner, and my mom said chicken. During that meal, she and Brian were not touching their plates really, but they were kind of picking at a salad that they had, and she had a smile on her face the whole time," she says. "[The next day], I went to go feed my rabbit and the cage was empty, and I said, 'What happened to Peaches?' And she said, 'You had her for dinner last night. LouRee moved out of the home shortly afterwards.

The eldest Rhonda had a different view about her mother; she has had some fond memories of mother. She remembers Wanda was doing good things to her and until she confessed to the crime Rhonda never believed that her mother would have done this cold-blooded crime.