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| On August 24, 2009, Garrido visited the San Francisco office of the FBI and left a four-page essay containing his |
On August 24, 2009, Garrido visited the San Francisco office of the FBI and left a four-page essay containing his ideas about religion and sexuality, suggesting he had discovered a solution to problem behaviors like his own past crimes. The essay described how he had cured his own criminal sexual behaviors and how that information could be used to assist in curing other sexual predators by "controlling human impulses that drive humans to commit dysfunctional acts." <ref>{{cite web| url=http://abcnews.go.com/US/Weekend/story?id=8447788|title=Dugard Kidnapping Suspect Told FBI He'd Cured Himself|publisher=]|date=2009-08-30|accessdate=2009-08-31}}</ref><ref name=nypostfiend>{{cite web| url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/08302009/news/nationalnews/fiend_gave_the_fbi_his_perv_cure_manifes_187159.htm |title=Fiend Gave the FBI his Perv-Cure Manifesto|publisher=]|date=30 August, 2009|accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref> | ||
| On the same day, Phillip Garrido went to a ] police office seeking permission to hold a special Christian event on campus |
On the same day, Phillip Garrido went to a ] police office seeking permission to hold a special Christian event on campus as a part of his "God's Desire" program. He spoke with U.C. Berkeley special events manager Lisa Campbell. Campbell perceived his behavior as odd and asked him to make an appointment for the next day, which he did, leaving his name in the process. The next morning Campbell notified campus police officer Ally Jacobs about the meeting later that morning with Garrido, and her concerns. Jacobs ran a background check and learned that Garrido was on parole for rape, and decided to sit in on the meeting. Garrido arrived with two girls, ages 11 and 15, whom he introduced as his daughters. At the meeting, Jacobs felt that the girls' behavior was unusual and rehearsed. | ||
| After the meeting, Jacobs attempted to contact Garrido's ] to express her concern about the welfare of the two girls.<ref> 2009-08-31</ref> | |||
| The following day, August 26, the parole office and Jacobs talked on the phone |
The following day, August 26, the parole office and Jacobs talked on the phone. Jacobs later said she was shocked when the parole officer told her he believed Garrido had no children, but would investigate further. After the conversation with Jacobs, he telephoned Garrido and asked him to come in for a parole meeting. Later that day, Garrido arrived at the meeting with his wife, the two girls, and Jaycee Dugard, whom they all referred to by the name "Allissa". After being separated from Garrido for a further interview, the three were discovered to be Dugard and the two children that she had borne. Garrido and his wife were then arrested by local police. An FBI agent put Dugard on the telephone with her mother, Terry Probyn, who at first thought the call was a prank. Dugard retained custody of her children and was soon reunited with her mother.<ref></ref><ref name="AP_Girl_held">Associated Press, '''', 28 August 2009, retrieved 28 August 2009</ref><ref> 2009-08-29</ref> | ||
| ==Continuing aftermath== | ==Continuing aftermath== | ||
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| Jaycee Dugard abduction case | |
|---|---|
 Detectives at the Antioch home | |
| Location | South Lake Tahoe, California Confinement: Unincorporated El Dorado County near Antioch, California |
| Date | June 10, 1991 (1991-06-10) – August 26, 2009 |
| Attack type | Kidnapping |
| Victim | Jaycee Dugard Missing, 18 years |
| Defender | Carl Probyn, stepfather (giving chase at abduction) |
The kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard took place on June 10, 1991. Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California. She was 11 at the time of her abduction, and was missing for over 18 years. On August 26, 2009, Dugard appeared in the office of her alleged kidnapper's parole officer in California, and her identity was confirmed the following day.
Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy Garrido, 55, of Antioch, California were arrested for kidnapping and other charges. Law enforcement officers believe Dugard was kept in a concealed area behind Garrido's house in Antioch, California for 18 years. During this time Dugard bore two daughters who were aged 11 and 15 at the time of her reappearance.
Background
Template:Garridosinfo Phillip Craig Garrido was born in Contra Costa County, California on April 5, 1951. He grew up in Brentwood, California, where he graduated from Liberty High School in 1969. His father, Manuel Garrido, who continues to reside in Brentwood, said his son was a "good boy" as a child, but radically changed after a serious motorcycle accident as a teenager, and later drug use. In 1969, according to his own testimony, Phillip Garrido was arrested for drug possession and sent to Contra Costa County’s Clayton Farm facility. In 1972, Garrido was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, but the case did not go to trial after the girl declined to testify. In 1973, Garrido married Christine Murphy, who said Garrido was abusive. Murphy alleges that Garrido kidnapped her when she tried to leave their relationship.
In 1976, Garrido kidnapped Katherine Callaway Hall (b. 1951) in South Lake Tahoe, California. He took her to a Nevada warehouse where he sexually assaulted her over a 24 hour period. Police intervened and Garrido was arrested on federal charges of kidnapping, rape and transporting his victim over the state line. In a 1976 court-ordered psychiatric evaluation, Garrido was diagnosed as a "sexual deviant and chronic drug abuser." The forensic psychologist wrote that "Garrido’s 'sexual deviation' could have been caused by four years of daily LSD use, along with regular abuse of marijuana, alcohol and cocaine." Garrido also testified in court that he masturbated in his car by the side of grammar schools and high schools while watching young females. Garrido was convicted on March 9, 1977 and began serving his 50 year sentence on June 30, 1977, at Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas on the federal kidnapping charges.
At Leavenworth, Garrido met Nancy Bocanegra, who was visiting another prisoner, her uncle. On October 5, 1981, Phillip Garrido and Nancy Bocanegra were married at Leavenworth. On January 22, 1988, Garrido was released from Leavenworth Penitentiary to Nevada State Prison, where he served seven months of his concurrent sentence on Nevada charges. Having served less than 11 years of his 50 year sentence, Garrido was transferred to federal parole authorities in Antioch, California on August 26, 1988. In Antioch, the Garridos lived in the home of his elderly mother, who suffered from dementia. As a parolee, he was monitored, later wore a GPS-enabled ankle bracelet, and was regularly visited by police.
In September 1990, Dugard and her family moved from the Orange County city of Garden Grove to South Lake Tahoe. At the time of the abduction, Jaycee was in 5th grade attending Meyers Elementary School near South Lake Tahoe.
Abduction
On June 10, 1991, Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, witnessed the abduction from within sight of their home. He saw two people in a gray sedan (possibly a Mercury Monarch or Mercury Zephyr) make a U-turn at the school bus stop where Dugard was waiting, and a woman force Jaycee into the car. Probyn then gave chase on a bicycle, but he was unable to overtake the vehicle. Some of Jaycee's classmates were also witnesses to the abduction. Just a week prior to her abduction, their class had been trained in how to resist such attacks as a part of a D.A.R.E. program.
Probyn was a suspect in the disappearance of Dugard, and later took several lie-detector tests. The kidnapping case attracted nationwide attention and was featured many times on the television show America's Most Wanted.
Captivity
After the abduction, the Garridos took Dugard to their home on Walnut Avenue in an unincorporated area in northeast Antioch. They later built a privacy fence around the property, which already had several large trees in the yard. Phillip Garrido was found to have violated his parole and was returned to federal prison from April to August 1993. Dugard bore two daughters in 1994 and 1998, allegedly by Garrido.
Law enforcement officers believe that at the time they became involved in 2009, Dugard's living quarters were in a secondary backyard behind Phillip Garrido's house. The private area of the yard included sheds (one of which was soundproofed and used as a recording studio in which Gurrido recorded himself singing religious-themed country songs), two tents and what has been described as a camping-style shower and toilet. The area was surrounded by tall trees and a 6-foot (1.8 m) high fence. An entrance to the secondary backyard was covered by a tarpaulin. Privacy in the yard was enhanced by tents and outbuildings, as well as an old car similar to the one used in the abduction. Law enforcement officers visited the residence at least twice in recent years, but did not give the back yard more than a quick inspection. When police investigated, they found the backyard to be crowded with typical childhood possessions, including books and toys, amongst the tents and sheds. Electricity was supplied by extension cords. Jaycee Dugard was seen in the house and sometimes answered the front door. While the family kept to themselves, the girls were sometimes seen playing in the backyard or as passengers in Garrido's car. Garrido claims to have home-schooled the two girls.
Garrido operated a print shop. In the few years before his arrest he began to talk more about religion, though he had been described by others as quiet, mild mannered, intelligent and mature. Ben Daughdrill, a customer of Garrido's printing business, claimed he had met and spoken by telephone with a woman calling herself "Allissa", Garrido's daughter. Daughdrill said she did excellent art work for the business. Allissa was sometimes referred to as the "creative force" behind the business.
During this time, Dugard had access to the business phone and had an email account. One customer of the printing business indicated she never hinted to him about her childhood abduction or true identity. Her two daughters told others she was their older sister.
While in Antioch, Garrido also kept an Internet blog associated with what he called "Gods Desire Church." In the blog Garrido said he had the power to control sound with his mind:
"I Phillip Garrido have clearly demonstrated the ability to control sound with my mind and have developed a device for others to witness this phenomena" "I have produced a set of voices by effectively controlling the sound to pronounce words through my own mental powers."
Garrido asked several people, including customers, to sign testimonials confirming they had witnessed his ability to "control sound with my mind" and a device he developed "for others to witness this phenomena."
Missed police opportunity to rescue Dugard
In 2006 one of Garrido's neighbors called 9-1-1 to inform them there were tents in the backyard with children living there and that Garrido was a "psychotic" with sexual addictions. A deputy sheriff spoke with Garrido at the front of the house for about 30 minutes and left after telling him there would be a code violation if people were living outside on the property. After Dugard was found in August 2009 the local police issued an apology.
Police also failed to make the connection that Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, the same location as Garrido's 1976 kidnapping of Katherine Callaway Hall.
Reappearance
| Jaycee Dugard | |
|---|---|
| File:Jaycee Dugard FBI image.jpgA photograph taken prior to kidnapping as posted on the FBI's website, accompanied with a banner designating her as "recovered" | |
| Born | Jaycee Lee Dugard (1980-05-03) May 3, 1980 (age 44) Garden Grove, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Children | Daughter #1, (b. circa 1994) Daughter #2, (b. circa 1998) |
| Parent | Mother: Terry Probyn |
| Relatives | Stepfather: Carl Probyn Half-sister: Shayna Probyn , (b. circa 1990) |
On August 24, 2009, Garrido visited the San Francisco office of the FBI and left a four-page essay containing his ideas about religion and sexuality, suggesting he had discovered a solution to problem behaviors like his own past crimes. The essay described how he had cured his own criminal sexual behaviors and how that information could be used to assist in curing other sexual predators by "controlling human impulses that drive humans to commit dysfunctional acts."
On the same day, Phillip Garrido went to a University of California, Berkeley police office seeking permission to hold a special Christian event on campus as a part of his "God's Desire" program. He spoke with U.C. Berkeley special events manager Lisa Campbell. Campbell perceived his behavior as odd and asked him to make an appointment for the next day, which he did, leaving his name in the process. The next morning Campbell notified campus police officer Ally Jacobs about the meeting later that morning with Garrido, and her concerns. Jacobs ran a background check and learned that Garrido was on parole for rape, and decided to sit in on the meeting. Garrido arrived with two girls, ages 11 and 15, whom he introduced as his daughters. At the meeting, Jacobs felt that the girls' behavior was unusual and rehearsed.
After the meeting, Jacobs attempted to contact Garrido's parole officer to express her concern about the welfare of the two girls.
The following day, August 26, the parole office and Jacobs talked on the phone. Jacobs later said she was shocked when the parole officer told her he believed Garrido had no children, but would investigate further. After the conversation with Jacobs, he telephoned Garrido and asked him to come in for a parole meeting. Later that day, Garrido arrived at the meeting with his wife, the two girls, and Jaycee Dugard, whom they all referred to by the name "Allissa". After being separated from Garrido for a further interview, the three were discovered to be Dugard and the two children that she had borne. Garrido and his wife were then arrested by local police. An FBI agent put Dugard on the telephone with her mother, Terry Probyn, who at first thought the call was a prank. Dugard retained custody of her children and was soon reunited with her mother.
Continuing aftermath
Garrido's statements
On Thursday, August 27, KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California, interviewed Garrido in his jail cell by telephone. During the interview Garrido said, "In the end, this is going to be a powerful, heartwarming story" because, in his version of events,
"My life has been straightened out." "Wait till you hear the story of what took place at this house. You're going to be absolutely impressed. It’s a disgusting thing that took place with me at the beginning, but I turned my life completely around."
Garrido repeatedly told the reporter how he had "filed documents" with the FBI on Monday, August 24, which, when they were published, would cause people to "fall over backwards" and that he could not reveal more because he "had to protect law enforcement" and "what happened" was "something that humans have not understood well." In the interview Garrido denied he had ever harmed Dugard's two daughters. He said their births changed his life and "they slept in my arms every single night since birth. I never touched them."
On August 28, FBI spokesman Joseph Schadler confirmed that Garrido had indeed left the documents with the agency, as he had claimed, but declined to discuss any further details.
Legal proceedings
On August 28 Garrido and his wife pled not guilty to charges including kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment.
Starting at the end of August 2009, police have been extensively excavating the Garrido house for evidence of other crimes. Because Phillip Garrido had access to his neighbor's house, it is being searched for evidence as well.
Reunion and public reaction
Carl Probyn, Jaycee's stepfather, confirmed that Jaycee and her daughters are in good health and that their reunion is going well and that they are proceeding slowly. He said that his stepdaughter had developed a significant emotional bond with Phillip Garrido, having viewed their relationship as a marriage for so many years. He also commented that it appears she never told her children that she was kidnapped by their father. He commented that the children appear to be healthy and intelligent.
A psychiatrist later said Dugard might have developed some trace of Stockholm syndrome.
Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said Dugard's reappearance is an important event for families of other long-term missing children, because it shows that there is hope even in long-term cases.
While some, such as Georgia Hilgeman-Hammond, who founded the Vanished Children's Alliance in San Jose, California in 1976 after her 13-month-old daughter was abducted, focused on the emotional turmoil of the experience and the need for years of counseling, others such as Elizabeth Smart have stressed the importance of focusing on the future with a positive attitude as an effective approach to accepting what has happened.
Carl Probyn, who continues to report on the reunion to the media, said that the girls thought Jaycee was their sister, and that they cried over their dad's arrest and were angry about it. It was also reported that only after Garrido's arrest did Jaycee tell her daughters that she was kidnapped by their father and that she was not their older sister but their mother.
Both Jaycee's aunt, Tina Dugard, and former neighbor in Antioch, Cheyvonne Molino, have made public statements that in their opinion, despite the unlawful behavior of Phillip Garrido, there is no manner in the upbringing of Jaycee's children to suggest in an any way that the children are flawed, deprived, or significantly deficient in ways that cannot be addressed promptly and efficaciously through typical remedial education. In particular, Ms. Molino took exception to the notion of officer Ally Jacobs that the two girls displayed any sort of catatonia or that, in general, the children's dress, upbringing, and relationship with their father was anything but typical.
The Jaycee Dugard Trust Fund was established. The fund is based in Atwood, California.
See also
References
- Accident, drug use changed man accused in abduction, father says Mercury News, 2009-08-28
- Father: Man accused of abducting Jaycee Lee Dugard changed after accident, drug use Contra Costa Times, 2009-08-28
- Suspected Kidnapper's Father Says Son Had Long History of Problems Washington Post, 2009-08-28
- Suspect Faced ’72 Rape Case New York Times, 2009-09-04
- Phillip Garrido "Tried to Gouge My Eyes Out," Says First Wife CBS News Crimesider, 2009-09-01
- Phillip Garrido victim speaks to Larry King about Jaycee Dugard case and shares her story Examiner.com, 2009-09-01
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- Psychiatrist diagnosed Phillip Garrido in 1976 as a 'sexual deviant' Los Angeles Times, 2009-08-30
- Phillip Garrido, charged with kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard, told court he stalked girls at schools New York Daily News, 2009-08-30
- Nancy Garrido is the former Nancy Bocanegra
- timesonline.co.uk, Jaycee police question kidnapper over prostitute murders, 31 August 2009, retrieved 2 September 2009
- Parade to mark return of Calif. kidnap victim Associated Press, 2009-09-03
- http://www.examiner.com/x-21577-Jackson-Family-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Jaycee-Dugard-a-lesson-for-us-all Jaycee Dugard, a lesson for us all] Examiner.com, 2009-09-02
- Full details about Jaycee Lee Dugard
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- "Police: California Girl Kidnapped 18 Years Ago Kept as Sex Slave in Couple's Backyard - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News". FOXNews.com. 1991-06-10. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
- Los Angeles Times, "Sex offenders move to Antioch area 'because they can',"
- Cops search two Antioch homes for evidence in the Jaycee Dugard case 2009-08-31
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- Associated Press, Gone 18 years, girl found but questions remain, 30 August 2009, retrieved 31 August 2009
- Accused abductor of Jaycee Dugard turned increasingly zealous, customers say 2009-08-29
- Missing girl could have been found in 2006, The Independent, 29 August, 2009
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- EXCLUSIVE: Meet Cop Who Helped Nail Alleged Dugard Kidnapper
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- Questions arise over how alleged abductor went undetected for so long, MSNBC, 28 August, 2009
- Jaycee Dugard's stepdad says reunion with family 'going great' 2000-08-28
- Richard Alleyne, Jaycee Lee Dugard may have succumbed to 'Stockholm Syndrome', Telegraph.co.uk, August 28, 2009
- Lisa Leff and Terry Collins, Many missed chances to catch kidnapping suspect, Associated Press Writers, kentucky.com, August 29, 2009
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"Challenges ahead for Jaycee Dugard's recovery from long ordeal". http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13226665. 2009-08-28.
{{cite news}}: External link in|work= - Elizabeth Smart's Advice to Jaycee Dugard: Move Forward in Life 2009-08-28
- Jaycee's Stepdad: Her New Life "Like Mars", August 31, 2009
- Jaycee And Kids 'Cried At Kidnapper's Arrest', 31 August 2009
- Inside the Jaycee Dugard reunion: 'She's fabulous' 2009-09-02
- Controversy: Jaycee Dugard Daughter's Photos 2009-09-01
- Jaycee Lee Dugard private prison backyard photos, pictures, slideshow and video 2009-08-31
External links
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- Charley project website Profiles the disappearance of Jaycee Lee Dugard, missing since June 10, 1991 from South Lake Tahoe, California.
- Garrido's entry on the California Sex Offender's Registry
- Phillip Craig Garrido's blog
- Photo slide show of Dugard case
- Location of Garrido house: 38°0′31″N 121°46′15″W / 38.00861°N 121.77083°W / 38.00861; -121.77083 1554 Walnut Avenue, Antioch, CA 94509-7223
- Kidnapping site:38°53′08″N 119°59′12″W / 38.88556°N 119.98667°W / 38.88556; -119.98667 Washoan Blvd near Nadowa Street, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
- Scemata of compound (SkyNews)
- Articles with multiple maintenance issues from September 2009
- Current events from September 2009
- Children kept in captivity
- Kidnapped American children
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- People from El Dorado County, California
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