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Jaycee Dugard Diary:
'I Want to Be Free'

PLUS, SHE'S BACK NEAR HORROR SITE

Feb 11, 2010 6:41 PM CST

Jaycee Dugard Diary: 'I Want to Be Free'

In excerpts, she yearned for her own life

(Newser) - California prosecutors today made public excerpts of a journal kept by Jaycee Dugard during her 18 years of captivity. The entries show a yearning for freedom but also demonstrate the amount of control Phillip Garrido wielded over her, reports MSNBC . "How can I ever tell him I want to...

Porn Director
Making Jaycee
Dugard Film

BAD IDEAS DEPT.

Nov 18, 2009 10:32 AM CST

Porn Director Making Jaycee Dugard Film

Rep slams Shane Ryan's plan to focus on Jaycee and Phillip Garrido

(Newser) - Worst idea of the day (year?) so far: A horror-porn director plans to make a film about kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and her relationship with accused abductor—and rapist—Phillip Garrido. A spokesperson for Dugard called the idea “exploitive, hurtful, and breathtakingly unkind” after filmmaker Shane Ryan told a...

Garrido Apologizes,
Says 'Sexual Problem' Cured

JAYCEE DUGARD CASE

Nov 13, 2009 10:30 AM CST

Garrido Apologizes, Says 'Sexual Problem' Cured

Accused kidnapper 'a changed man': lawyer

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido, Jaycee Dugard’s accused kidnapper, says he “would like to apologize to every human being for what has taken place.” In a letter—his third sent to KCRA from prison—Garrido adds that, “through the spirit of Christ,” a “sexual problem believed to...

Jaycee Shielded
Kidnapper
From Cops

Nov 5, 2009 5:00 AM CST

Jaycee Shielded Kidnapper From Cops

Stockholm syndrome turned victim into abductor's defender

(Newser) - Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard lied to a suspicious parole officer in a desperate bid to protect her abductor when she was discovered, according to just-released report of her questioning. Jaycee, kidnapped when she was 11 in her northern California town, called herself Alyssa and presented herself as Phillip Garrido's wife....

Calif. Parole Bungled
Jaycee Case

Nov 4, 2009 3:58 PM CST

Calif. Parole Bungled Jaycee Case

Watchdog says Dugard could've been found long ago

(Newser) - Jaycee Lee Dugard could have been found and Phillip Garrido put behind bars much sooner if California parole officials had done their jobs properly, a report by a state prison monitor says. For starters, authorities did nothing when Garrido’s electronic monitor showed he’d traveled further from his home...

Garrido's 1976 Victim Attends Jaycee Hearing

Oct 30, 2009 2:40 PM CDT

Garrido's 1976 Victim Attends Jaycee Hearing

Katie Callaway Hall 'here because he kidnapped, raped me'

(Newser) - A woman kidnapped and raped by Phillip Garrido unexpectedly visited the Bay Area to watch a court hearing for Garrido, who stands accused of the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard. Garrido abducted and assaulted Katie Calloway Hall in 1976, but was released on parole in 1988. Hall says...

Jaycee:
'A Real
Innocence
in Her Eyes'

Oct 21, 2009 8:22 AM CDT

Jaycee: 'A Real Innocence in Her Eyes'

Friends say Dugard adjusting well to new life with mom, daughters

(Newser) - Hello! magazine offers another glimpse at kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard as an adult, riding horseback and posing with mother Terry Probyn. Sources close to the family say Dugard is bonding with her mother and 19-year-old half-sister, and that Dugard’s two “smart, playful” daughters—who were always told she...

Garrido: Cops
Trampling
Dugard's
Civil Rights

Sep 30, 2009 9:33 PM CDT

Garrido: Cops Trampling Dugard's Civil Rights

Kidnap victim denied free speech, access to attorney, suspect writes to local TV reporter

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido says the woman he’s accused of abducting as a child and holding captive for 18 years is being denied civil rights as part of the ongoing investigation, he writes in a letter to Sacramento’s KRCA-TV. Jaycee Dugard’s “free speach [sic] rights are being violated,...

Jaycee Likely to Testify Against Garridos

Sep 24, 2009 1:37 PM CDT

Jaycee Likely to Testify Against Garridos

Lawyer says she's doing 'remarkably well' with family reunion

(Newser) - Jaycee Lee Dugard will likely testify against the couple who held her captive for 18 years, says her family’s lawyer. “Jaycee will, in all likelihood, be a witness for the prosecution,” he told CBS’ Early Show. “She’s aware of that and understands that. That day...

Latest Garrido Search Yields Little, Could End Tuesday

Sep 21, 2009 9:48 PM CDT

Latest Garrido Search Yields Little, Could End Tuesday

(Newser) - Today’s search of the property of Phillip and Nancy Garrido, charged in the rape and kidnap of Jaycee Dugard, found no evidence to link them to the 1980s disappearances of two other northern California girls, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Investigators will continue sifting through areas dug up after...

Dogs Might Have Found Human Remains at Garridos'

Sep 17, 2009 9:42 PM CDT

Dogs Might Have Found Human Remains at Garridos'

Two separate canines indicate scent; cops will delve further tomorrow

(Newser) - Two dogs trained to sniff out human remains, working separately, alerted police today to the possibility on the property belonging to northern California kidnap-rape suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido, CNN reports. Authorities are also looking for evidence to connect the couple to the 1980s disappearances of girls from nearby towns,...

Jaycee Dugard:
I Want My
Pets Back

Sep 17, 2009 7:43 PM CDT

Jaycee Dugard: I Want My Pets Back

Menagerie includes two dogs, five cats, birds

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard wants back a group of pets she raised while in captivity in a northern California backyard, animal-control officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle. “We are very hopeful that it’s going to happen as soon as possible,” one says of the menagerie, which includes two dogs,...

Cops Find More Bones
at Garrido Home

Sep 16, 2009 9:00 PM CDT

Cops Find More Bones at Garrido Home

Authorities not yet certain if remains are human or animal

(Newser) - More bones have been found on the property belonging to Phillip Garrido—the man charged with abducting and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard—and on the property next door, California authorities tell KCBS-AM. “We have located what appears to be bones on both properties. We can’t tell at this point...

Garridos Suspect in
2 More Cases

Sep 15, 2009 4:00 PM CDT

Garridos Suspect in 2 More Cases

Area cops looking to demolish home in search for evidence

(Newser) - Bay Area police are searching Philip Garrido’s home and adjacent properties for evidence of two kidnappings in the late 1980s similar to the abduction of Jaycee Dugard, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Nine-year-old Michaela Garecht was kidnapped in 1988 from nearby Hayward, while 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff was taken 2...

Bail for Garrido Set at $30M

Sep 14, 2009 1:49 PM CDT

Bail for Garrido Set at $30M

Nancy Garrido ordered to be held without bail

(Newser) - A judge set bail at $30 million for Phillip Garrido today and ordered Nancy Garrido held without bail after deciding that the couple were likely to flee, the Sacramento Bee reports. Garrido couldn’t leave jail even if he could make bail, as he’s under a hold placed by...

Fellow Inmates Threaten Nancy Garrido With Rape, Murder

Sep 14, 2009 12:12 PM CDT

Fellow Inmates Threaten Nancy Garrido With Rape, Murder

Alleged kidnapper in isolation for own safety

(Newser) - Nancy Garrido has been placed in isolation after other inmates threatened to rape and kill her, sources tell CBS News. Like her husband, Phillip, Garrido is charged with 29 felonies stemming from the kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard. Though she’s expected to seek bail, it’s unlikely to...

'Worst Sports Column Ever' Author Sorry, Sort Of

Sep 10, 2009 2:48 PM CDT

'Worst Sports Column Ever' Author Sorry, Sort Of

Calif. scribe used Jaycee as news peg

(Newser) - An Orange County Register sports columnist is the talk of the blogosphere and the Twitterverse—and not in the good way. Mark Whicker used his Tuesday column to reminisce about the sports events of the past 18 years under the guise of catching Jaycee Dugard up on "what you've...

Bone Found Near
Jaycee's Prison
'Probably Human'

Sep 8, 2009 7:40 PM CDT

Bone Found Near Jaycee's Prison 'Probably Human'

But authorities say it could be from Native American burial ground; more tests needed

(Newser) - The bone fragment found in the backyard next door to the home of kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido is “probably human,” authorities tell the Sacramento Bee—though they caution that more tests are needed, and that Native American remains are often found in that area of northern California. Garrido,...

'Tragedy Porn'
Drags Down
News Sources

OPINION

Sep 7, 2009 2:21 PM CDT

'Tragedy Porn' Drags Down News Sources

Online outlets mull pay models, putting a price on sensational stories

(Newser) - Word is that newspapers will soon start charging for online news—but no one’s quite sure what it’s worth. Take a story like the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping: It’s “tragedy porn” that “neither informs nor enlightens. It merely titillates,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age....

Garrido Picked
Jaycee While
'Shopping
for Girls'

Sep 7, 2009 6:15 AM CDT

Garrido Picked Jaycee While 'Shopping for Girls'

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido picked out Jaycee Dugan as his next kidnap victim on a "child shopping" trip when he spotted the "cute" 11-year-old in a store with friends, his wife has told investigators. "That's the one I want," he told his wife, Nancy, but he decided to...