>>she has been in custody for more than 15yes ago john blackstone is outside the prison in draper utah. >> reporter: after more than 15 years behind bars, 72-year-old wanda bars the is now a free woman. officials in utah say they have no legal right to keep her incarcerated after discovering they made a mistake calculating her sentence. >>she has served her time and we have to release her. >> reporter: in 2002 she helped her husband kidnap her 10-year- old elizabeth smart from her salt lake city home. smart told gayle king that barzee stood by as she was frequently sexually assaulted. >>she would sit right next to me, the site of her -- side of her body would be touching me. >> reporter: this comes six years earlier than smart expected because officials discovered they miscalculated her sentence. her attorney argues once she finished serving her federal sentence she did not need to serve additional time in state prison. >>we reviewed that with our legal counsel and we determined that we did have to give credit for that time spent in derastod under federal supervision for five years. he

. >> reporter: we all remember the some ber send off of battalion chief matthew chur kmet from draper utah last month motorcade, honor guard, a salute as he returned home and questions about what happened. we already knew that burr chet died during a supertanker drop fighting the mendocino complex fire on august 13th. this plane may have been involved know not this pass. a new report reechls the plane came in too low at 100 feet not 200 feet as prescribed due to unseen rising hill. by phone is here is the chief scott mcclain. >> the elevation changed significantly as the aircraft came in. it was hard to determine due to vegetation growth. >> the chief died when the it kocked over this first in front of them. the tree was 87 feet tall and 15 inches across. >> the tree came down as far as on the chief and there was other debris associated with the tree that came down and struck the other three firefighters. >> the planes and firefighters had been working to reinforce a back fire dozer line despite a radio warning to clear the area, the utah team never acknowledged with no explanation given.

. >> we all remember the somber send-off of ba talan chief from draper, utah last month. a motorcade, an honor guard, a salute as his body returned home, and there were questions about what happened. we already knew that burchett died and three others were injured during a drop in the mendocino complex fire on august 13th. this plane may have been involved but not this pass. a report reveals the plane in too low due to an unseen rising hill. by phone here is cal fire deputy chief scott mclean. >> the elevation changed significantly as the aircraft was coming in and it was hard to determine tu to vegetation growth. >> the chief died when when it was knocked over. the tree was 87 feet tall and 15 inches across. >> the tree came down on the chief and then there was other debris associated with the tree that came down and struck the other firefighters. >> reporter: the planes and firefighters were working to reinforce a backfire dozer line. despite a radio warning to clear the area, the utah team never acknowledged it. abc 7 reached out to the chief's family and some of the i

. >> john blackstone is outside the prison in draper, utah. john, good morning. >> wanda barzee has been eligible for release from this prison since just after midnight. 12:01 this morning. so far, officials here have given no indication when she might actually walk out of these gates. when she does, she'll enter a world that it in the words of one of her relatives she has no place to go. after more than 15 years behind bars, 72-year-old wanda barzee will soon be a free woman. officials in utah say they have no legal right to keep her incarcerated after discovering they made a mistake in calculating her sentence. >> ms. barzee has served her time. and we have to release her. >> in 2002, barzee helped her husband, brian david mitchell kidnap 14-year-old elizabeth smart from her salt lake city home. smart told gayle king barzee stood by as mitchell frequently sexually assaulted her during her nine months in captivity. >> yes, she would encourage him to rape me. she would sit right next to me like the side of her body would be touching me. >> the