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The Associated Press reports. Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

SALT LAKE CITY – Police have administered polygraph tests to a number of people both inside and outside 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart’s family, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>

Sixteen days into the investigation of Elizabeth’s apparent abduction, police say they still have no suspect. The girl reportedly was taken from her bedroom at gunpoint in the early hours of June 5.<\/p>

Police Chief Rick Dinse wouldn’t elaborate on what the polygraph tests found.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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