Jaycee Dugard, Abducted in 1991, Has Been Found Alive And Well?

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(CNN) — Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy met while he was in a federal prison serving time for abducting a different woman from South Lake Tahoe, California, and holding her captive in a storage unit, Nevada probation and parole officials said Friday.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido face 29 felony charges relating to the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Durgan.

1 of 2 Details of Phillip Garrido’s past began to emerge after he and his wife were charged with crimes relating to the abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and her captivity in a shed in the family’s backyard in Antioch, California. Phillip Garrido, 58, and Nancy Garrido, 54, face 29 felony charges relating to Dugard’s kidnapping.

Garrido’s record as a sex offender began with an arrest in Reno, Nevada, on November 23, 1976, on charges of kidnapping and rape of a South Lake Tahoe woman, the Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Division of Parole and Probation said in a press release.

Garrido, then 25 years old, abducted a 25-year-old casino worker and took her to Reno, Nevada, where he held her captive.

After being convicted of federal kidnapping charges on March 9, 1977, Garrido began serving a 50-year sentence on June 30, 1977, in Levenworth, Kansas.

Parole officials said he met Nancy while he was in prison, but they didn’t give details.

But Garrido’s life began to spiral out of control in high school, his father, Manuel Garrido, told CNN.

“He had a motorcycle accident and got on LSD and he’s not in his right mind,” Manuel Garrido said. “He was in a bad accident and hit his head and then got on LSD in high school. That was the end. He went to selling dope. He went crazy.”

Though he hasn’t spoken to his son for 20 years because they “didn’t get along” and has never been to the home where his son his accused of holding Dugard, Manuel Garrido said he wasn’t surprised to hear about accusations.

“I wasn’t surprised because I know he’s out of his head for God’s sakes,” he said. “He was an angel when he was young and it’s a damn shame.” Learn about some missing children who have been found alive »

Phillip Garrido’s father also said his son believes “he talks to God and he can do things.”

And Garrido apparently maintained a blog where he discussed talking to God and also claimed he could control sound with his mind.http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/28/california.missing.girl.blog/index.html

Focus in Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping turns to wife of Garrido

Nancy Garrido is charged in California with ‘forcible rape’ of abducted girl
Nancy Garrido, the wife of Phillip Garrido, the man charged with the kidnapping and rape of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in a case that has stunned America, played an equal role in his alleged crimes, according to a 16-page charge sheet filed in California by US prosecutors.

As Dugard’s step-grandmother told how Jaycee Lee, now 29, who had been missing for 18 years, was “doing good”, attention switched from Garrido to the role allegedly played by his wife. According to the charge sheet against her, Nancy Garrido is accused along with her husband of kidnapping Dugard “for sexual purposes”.

Prosecutors accuse Nancy Garrido of “forcible rape”, committing a “forcible lewd act upon a child” and of “false imprisonment by violence”. They allege she “did unlawfully have and accomplish an act of sexual intercourse with a person, to wit, Jane Doe (the alleged victim), not his/her spouse, against said person’s will, by means of force, violence, duress, menace and fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on said person and another”.

In total, Nancy Garrido faces 16 charges dating from 10 June 1991 – the day Dugard was abducted – to 26 August 2009, the day she reappeared in public.

The allegations raise questions about the relationship between the Garridos, who were married while Phillip was serving a prison term for kidnapping and raping a 25-year-old woman in California.

Garrido had admitted to being the father of Dugard’s two children, now aged 11 and 15, but on Friday he and his wife denied all charges brought against them in relation to the now notorious kidnapping.

Dugard’s step-grandmother, Wilma Probyn, told People magazine in the US that she had spoken to the missing woman’s mother, Terry, last night. “She said Jaycee was doing good, that she’s got a lot of guilt, that she bonded with this guy. But after I’ve heard all these things, I think that’s the only reason she’s alive, because she did bond with him,” Probyn said.

Questions have been raised as to why Garrido, who in 1977 was sentenced to 50 years for the kidnap and rape conviction, was granted parole in 1988. Politicians and law enforcement officials expressed surprise at the relatively short length of time Garrido had served considering the severity of his sentence.

Meanwhile police have named Phillip Garrido as a “person of interest” in their investigation into the unsolved murders of several prostitutes in the 1990s. The women’s bodies had been dumped near an industrial park where Garrido once worked, according to police investigators.

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Police: Bones found on Garrido property ANTIOCH, California (CNN) —

Investigators have found bones on the property where kidnapping suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido lived for 18 years with Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters, police said Wednesday.

Police search for evidence relating to missing girls Ilene Misheloff and Michaela Garecht.

More bones of undetermined origin also were found on property adjacent to the home, Lt. Chris Orrey of the Hayward Police Department said.

“We have located what appear to be bones on both properties,” Orrey told reporters. “We can’t tell at this point if those bones are human or animal.”

The evidence has been sent to a laboratory for analysis, Orrey said.

Hayward Police executed a search warrant Tuesday for the Garrido home and the neighboring property in connection with the 1988 abduction of Michaela Garecht, police said. Watch police search the Garrido home »

In addition, police in Dublin, California, obtained a search warrant for the same locations in their investigation of the 1989 disappearance of 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff, police said.

Both warrants were being executed simultaneously Tuesday, police said.

Garecht’s mother said Tuesday that she holds out hope that her daughter will be found alive.

“I know that if Jaycee Dugard can be found alive and come home after 18 years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home,” Sharon Murch told reporters at a news conference. Learn more about Phillip Garrido’s history »

The Garridos face a combined 29 felony counts in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of Dugard, then 11, from South Lake Tahoe, California.

Authorities believe the couple held Dugard in a well-hidden compound behind their home for 18 years and have said Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender, fathered two children with Dugard. The Garridos live near Antioch, California, in unincorporated Contra Costa County, east of San Francisco.

Police from both agencies said that while Garrido has not been named a suspect in the other abductions, he cannot be eliminated as a suspect in either case. Neither police department has interviewed Dugard, police said.

Garecht was abducted by a stranger in front of a market in south Hayward on November 19, 1988, according to Murch’s Web site on her missing daughter, MissingMichaela.com. Over the past two decades, police have followed some 13,000 tips in investigating her disappearance, Orrey said.

Dugard’s abduction, rescue bring town full circle
She said Hayward police have also noted similarities between the Garecht and Dugard cases. The victims were similar in age and appearance, Orrey said, and both were abducted in daylight, in a “brazen” manner.

The suspect vehicle in the Garecht case is also similar to the sedan found on the Garrido property, she added, and in pictures from that time, Garrido appears to resemble a sketch of a suspect based on a witness description.

Murch said she also noticed the similarities in their cases and thought it could lead to finding her daughter.

“My first thought when I heard Jaycee was found was please, God, let Michaela be with her,” Murch said.

Misheloff failed to make it home from school on January 30, 1989, Dublin Police Lt. Kurt von Savoye said.

“For 20 years, we have been attempting to determine what happened.” There is no eyewitness that could say with certainty she was abducted, and evidence in the case was limited, he said.

A witness did report seeing Misheloff getting into a vehicle, a sedan similar to one found on the Garrido property, at the time of her disappearance, von Savoye said. Garrido “has demonstrated a propensity to abduct young girls,” police said in a statement, and he was released from prison a few months before Misheloff disappeared. Dublin is about 40 miles from Antioch.

Misheloff’s family is aware of the search warrant execution but are out of town on a family emergency, von Savoye said.

In the property search, there are no current plans in place to raze structures, Orrey said, but “we are very interested in what might be behind walls, under flooring, under the ground.” Authorities are prepared to disassemble structures if needed, she said.

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Cadaver dogs alert on Garrido property
ANTIOCH, California (CNN) —

Two cadaver dogs working separately each showed interest in the same area of property belonging to kidnapping suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido, a possible indication of human remains, police said Thursday.

Police search for evidence relating to missing girls Ilene Misheloff and Michaela Garecht.

Authorities will use ground-penetrating radar equipment on Friday to examine the area, and “we will eventually be digging in that location,” said Hayward police Lt. Chris Orrey.

The Garridos face a combined 29 felony counts in the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, then 11, from South Lake Tahoe, California. Authorities believe the couple held Dugard in a hidden compound behind their home for 18 years and have said Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender, fathered her two children.

On Tuesday, police from Hayward and Dublin, California, began executing search warrants simultaneously on the Garrido property and an adjacent property to which Garrido had access.

They are seeking any evidence in the 1988 abduction of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht of Hayward and the 1989 disappearance of 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff of Dublin. Both agencies have said that while Garrido has not been named a suspect in either case, he cannot be eliminated as a suspect. Watch police search the Garrido home »

On Wednesday, authorities said they had found bones on the Garrido property as well as the adjacent property but do not know whether they are animal or human. The bones are being analyzed, Orrey said on Thursday, and no new information was available about them.

In addition, a bone fragment was found on the adjacent property last week. Police said it was probably human, and it is being tested at the state DNA lab.

Police said the spot that the dogs showed interest in was in “open ground” on the Garrido property. The first dog gave a tentative indication of something there, so the second dog was brought in and made a more definite indication, said Sgt. J.D. Nelson of Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. The dogs, which undergo between six months and a year of training, are trained to find human remains.
It is possible for the dogs to give “false positives,” Nelson said — a reason why the second dog was brought in. However, since both dogs showed interest, going forward with the other methods is recommended, he said.

Orrey said the digging could begin as soon as Friday, but was not sure when it would occur.

Police have disassembled some horse sheds and a deck on the properties, Orrey said, and plan to overturn the concrete slabs they were built on in order to have the dogs check the spots out. There are other slabs on the property as well, she said, some of which are “randomly placed” and “piqued our interest,” she said.

Authorities have seized documents from the home, apparently some writings by Garrido — “it appears he was a pretty prolific writer,” Orrey said. Learn more about Phillip Garrido’s history »

Police also have taken some things for Jaycee and her family, and “a few things we want to take a second look at,” she said, adding, “nothing compelling so far has been taken.” Officers are “doing a lot of photo-documentation” in case anything turns out to be connected to another case, she said.

The operation may wrap up midweek next week, Orrey said. The home is in unincorporated Contra Costa County, near Antioch, California.

Meanwhile, officials at Contra Costa County Animal Services Department said Dugard and her daughters will be reunited with pets taken from the Garrido home after he and his wife were arrested in late August — five cats, two dogs, three cockatiels, a pigeon, a white mouse and a parakeet.

Officials said the animals appeared to be well cared-for. It was unclear when Dugard would get them back.

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