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Cops Find Bone Fragment Next Door to Garrido

Unclear if it's human or animal; investigators still searching area

(Newser) - Authorities found a bone fragment on the property next door to where Phillip Garrido held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years, the Contra Costa Times reports—though police aren’t yet sure if the bone is human or animal. A spokesman says investigators and dogs are still combing the...

Jaycee's Kids Seemed Normal: Neighbor

Daughters like Hannah Montana, attended birthday parties

(Newser) - The two daughters Jaycee Lee Dugard had in captivity seemed like normal kids, a neighbor of kidnapper Phillip Garrido told CNN. Angel, 11, and Starlet, 15, were “polite” and “well-mannered,” neighbor Cheyvonne Molino said, who noted they liked Hannah Montana. Media reports “made it seem like...

Nancy Garrido Held Jaycee Captive for 4 Months

(Newser) - Police are looking more closely at Nancy Garrido’s role in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping, the Telegraph reports. She appears to have played a key part in the abduction, and she helped her husband, Phillip Garrido, throughout Dugard’s imprisonment. At one point, when Phillip was sent to prison...

Jaycee May Never Recover
 Jaycee May Never Recover 
ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2009 12:57 PM CDT

Jaycee May Never Recover

Overcoming lost years will be a huge challenge, mental health experts say

(Newser) - It will be a struggle for Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters to recover from the years they spent in captivity, writes Karen Kaplan in the LA Times. Psychologists have few comparable cases to draw from, and those that exist are not encouraging. Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, of Vienna,...

Legal System 'Dropped Ball' on Garrido: Cop

Cop who busted him in 1976 kidnap-rape stunned he was on streets

(Newser) - A furious cop has blasted the legal system for "dropping the ball" on Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, who served only a fraction of a 50-year conviction for a previous kidnap-rape. "How he got out after 10 years, I'll never know," Nevada Police Officer Clifford Conrad...

First Pics Reveal Jaycee's Trashy 'Prison Camp'

Police find naked Barbie dolls, crude shrine to accused kidnapper

(Newser) - The first photos of the junk-strewn California backyard "prison camp" where Jaycee Dugard and her two children were kept hidden for years reveal a chaotic hodge-podge of decrepit furniture, rumpled clothing, cat and sci-fi books, and a crude shrine to accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, reports the New York Post....

Intuition Led Campus Cops to Jaycee's Captor

Phillip Garrido's 'robotic' girls alarmed officers

(Newser) - Two UC Berkeley police officers broke the Jaycee Duggard case open this week after her alleged captor visited the campus, People reports. "He was clearly unstable," UC officer Lisa Campbell said of Phillip Garrido. Campbell had a background check run on him and discovered he was a sex...

UN Staffers Kidnapped in Darfur

Peacekeeping troops establish contact, plead for their release

(Newser) - Two staffers supporting peacekeeping operations in Darfur were kidnapped from their homes this morning, the AP reports. The joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force has established contact with the abductors. “We are here to protect civilians," the head of the mission told them. "We are not part of...

Jaycee Bonded With Kidnappers, Not Always Hidden

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard, though kidnapped at just 11 and raped a month later, bonded with her kidnapper, Phillip Garrido, and came to see him as her husband, the San Jose Mercury News reports. "Jaycee has strong feelings with this guy," her stepfather, Carl Probyn, said yesterday. "She really...

Earlier Garrido Kidnap, Rape Mirrors Dugard's

Phillip was doing time for 1976 kidnapping and rape

(Newser) - The crime that landed Phillip Garrido in Leavenworth, where he met his current wife, bears striking similarities to the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago. In 1976, Garrido kidnapped a woman from a South Lake Tahoe parking lot, handcuffed her, took four hits of acid, and...

Sheriff Sorry for Missing Jaycee Case

911 caller warned of children living in Garrido's backyard

(Newser) - The Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to...

Alleged Jaycee Kidnappers Face Life Sentences

(Newser) - Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the couple accused of kidnapping 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years, were charged today with 29 felony counts and the possibility of multiple life sentences if they're convicted, the Contra Costa Times reports. The charges include forcible rape, kidnapping,...

Kidnapper's Dad: My Son Is a 'Crazy Person'

Manuel Garrido says LSD drove Phillip to madness

(Newser) - The father of the man accused of kidnapping, raping, and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard says his son was a model youth—until he discovered acid, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Everyone loved him," Manuel Garrido says of Phillip, who played guitar in a band, cracked jokes, and always helped...

Kidnapper's Brother: 'He's a Fruitcake'

Abduction a shock, but Philip Garrido's problems go way back

(Newser) - Ron Garrido was shocked when he discovered his little brother had kidnapped an 11-year-old girl, held her captive in his backyard, and fathered two children by her, but believed it immediately. “I know my brother,” the 65-year-old tells the San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s a fruitcake.”...

Kidnapper's Blog Details 'Angel Talk Miracle'

(Newser) - The California man held in the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard boasts of an ability to "speak in the tongue of angels" granted by "the Creator" in rantings in his religious blog, reports Gawker. The power came to Phillip Garrido after God "removed a problem from my shoulders...

Cops Searched Kidnapper's House, Found Nothing

Garrido kept his dark secret despite multiple brushes with the law

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido had several brushes with the law during the 18 years that police say he held Jaycee Lee Dugard and their two children captive in his backyard, but managed to keep his ugly secret, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Last July, a multi-agency police task force searched Garrido's home...

Kidnapped Girl Had First Child at 14; Kept in Backyard Shed

Jaycee Lee Dugard, two daughters with Phillip Garrido 'kept in complete isolation'

(Newser) - Jaycee Lee Dugard, the California girl abducted in 1991 at age 11 and found alive yesterday, gave birth to her first child at age 14, BNO News reports. Abductor Phillip Garrido, 58, admitted to fathering two girls, now 15 and 11, with Dugard; she and the children were kept hidden...

Kidnapping Suspect Fathered Abductee's 2 Kids

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 and reappeared in northern California last night, has two children fathered by one of her alleged kidnappers, sources tell the San Francisco Chronicle. Phillip Garrido, now 58, is a registered sex offender who was arrested last night with his wife,...

Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears
Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears
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Aug 27, 2009 2:06 PM CDT

Calif. Girl Abducted in 1991 Reappears

Cops arrest alleged kidnappers of Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29

(Newser) - A woman missing since she was abducted in 1991 at age 11 stunned authorities and her family yesterday when she walked into a northern California police station, the Contra Costa Times reports. Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnappers, a married couple, have been arrested and charged with kidnapping and other offenses;...

Mexican Drug Cartels Turn Into Mafias

(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels have evolved into mafia empires, charging protection fees to businesses and providing social services and jobs where government cannot, the AP reports. Behind it lurks the threat of violence or kidnapping, which drug lords carry out with near impunity. "Today, the traffickers have big companies, education,...

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