Tahoe Girl Missing For 18 Years: Alive! (Jaycee Lee Dugard )

[solange82200]

Tahoe Girl Missing For 18 Years May Be Alive

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (CBS13) A possible break in the 1991 kidnapping case of an 11-year-old girl from South Lake Tahoe. A woman showed up in Contra Costa County yesterday, claiming to be Jaycee Lee Dugard, who has been missing for 18 years.

This morning, Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn is flying to Northern California from her home in Southern California to meet with the woman who claims to be her missing daughter.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08...y5268829.shtml

This could be another Shawn Hornbeck type of story, can you imagine if she really is the missing child from 18 years ago????????

[Tazzzz]

That was a interesting part of the article.

Local police and the FBI have stated that they believe they have the persons responsible for Dugard's abduction in custody. They have yet to name the suspects, but The Charley Project gives a list of past persons-of-interest in the Dugard abduction:

* James Anthony Daveggio and former girlfriend Michelle Michaud - the couple was convicted of raping and killing another girl and according to Charley Project, they are awaiting execution. Michaud is said to fit the description of the female suspect who abducted Jaycee Dugard in 1991.

* Stephen Kiesle - Kiesle, a former priest, became a suspect just 7 years ago, but police were unable to connect him to the abduction.

* Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee - the couple charged with abducting Elizabeth Smart from her Salt Lake City home in 2002.

[Morbid]

Just a reminder, we do not allow Opening posts in reality Bites to go to blogs. Please use an online news source.

[Just my luck sucks]

I hope for her family's sake that it is her, and not some nut claiming to be her.
Like that guy did awhile back--can't recall his name.

[RaVen Blackehart]

I hope for her family's sake that it is her, and not some nut claiming to be her.
Like that guy did awhile back--can't recall his name.

Dugard’s stepfather -- Carl Probyn – told KTVU that the girl’s mother got a stunning phone call at work Wednesday from the FBI.

“She got a call from the FBI, they said they had found JC and she was alive,” he said in a phone interview from the couple’s Riverside County home. “They put her (the woman) on the phone. My wife talked with her and is convinced she is Jaycee. Jaycee remembers everything.”

http://www.ktvu.com/news/20581022/detail.html

[cubby]

WOW!!!

How wonderful, tho, I hope for the family's sake that she really is who she says she is. It would be such a horrible thing if it's a fraud. But it seems on the face of it she really is Jaycee.

[Tazzzz]

Jaycee Lee Dugard


Jacey's family talked to the woman and they say its her.

Jacey Lee Dugard went missing in 1991 after being kidnapped whilst walking from her house to the school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe. Her stepfather said he watched a man pull Jacey Lee into a car and drive off. Despite several false sightings she was never seen again.

The FBI and El Dorado County Sheriff's Department are investigating the claims the woman is Miss Dugard. They are planning to hold a news conference later today.

The woman has spoken to Jacey Lee's family members, who reportedly believe she is the girl who was kidnapped 18 years ago. Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, is flying to Northern California to meet the woman claiming to be her daughter

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...After_18-Years

[thebooblady]

Wow..she is 29 now. Where has she been and what has happened to her? I was captivated by the Shawn Hornbeck case. I can't wait to hear more details.

[thebooblady]

Picture of her at age 11 and an age progressed picture:



It'll be interesting to see how close they were.

[dmax]

Jaycee Lee Dugard Found: Family Says Abducted 11-Year-Old Located 18 Years Later

Jayce Lee Dugard's Stepfather Says California Authorities Have Woman, Suspected Captors

A California stepfather who heard his little girl scream as she was abducted 18 years ago said she has been found alive and well and her captors are in custody.

A woman claiming to be Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, walked into a police station in tiny Antioch, Calif., Wednesday, her stepfather Carl Probyn told ABCNews.com today. Based on conversations his wife has had with police, the FBI and the woman herself, Probyn said the family is convinced Jaycee has been found.

"I had personally given up hope," he said. "I had just hoped for a recovery" and to find the people responsible.

Instead, he said, "I've actually won the lotto."

Authorities are keeping mum until a press conference at 6 p.m. ET, but Probyn said his stepdaughter had been transferred from Antioch to Concord, a smaller city in the area more than a two hour drive from the South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Neighborhood where Jaycee was snatched on June 10 as she tried to catch the bus to school.

"I saw them pull her in and I tried to get her," Probyn said.

The kidnapped terrified the community and led to a massive manhunt.

His wife, Terry Probyn, who now lives in Orange County, left for northern California at 6 a.m. today, joining the couple's 19-year-old daughter who was just a year old when her sister was kidnapped.

"She's in shock," Probyn said of his wife. "I told her and my daughter to sit down there and think of questions to ask her."

Probyn said he doesn't have any details of what had happened to Jaycee for the last 18 years or who abducted her, but he claims that the FBI told his wife that "they have Jaycee and the people she was with."

"She sounds like she's okay," he said. "She had a conversation with my wife and she remembers things. I hope she's been well treated this entire 18 years."

No DNA test has been done to confirm the woman's claims, but Probyn said his wife told him that she remembers her childhood. Plus, he added, the FBI likely wouldn't have upset his wife unnecessarily unless they were pretty sure.

FBI Sacramento Special Agent Steve Dupre told ABCNews.com today that he could not confirm any details about the woman, but that "we've had an open case since it happened in 1991."

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, which covers the area where Jaycee was taken, declined to provide further details.

Jaycee's abduction tore at the entire family.

"I've gone through hell," Probyn said, noting that investigators and even members of the extended family looked at him suspiciously for months afterward.

He and his wife, though still legally married, were separated.

Now Probyn just wants to find out who these people are that took his daughter and why.

And of course, to see the now-grown woman he thought was gone for good.

Most children abducted in the same manner as Jaycee do not have such a happy ending.

Though the country rejoiced when Elizabeth Smart was found alive months after the 14-year-old was snatched, many are never heard from again.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8426124

[Morbid]

Hey, this one is so rare, I'm gonn front page it. Once I'm done, could you all help out with updates?

[Tazzzz]

Carl and Terry Probyn, the parents of Jaycee Dugard


Jaycee Lee Dugard

CONCORD — A woman who has been missing from her South Lake Tahoe home for 18 years has surfaced in Concord, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the case and booked into County Jail in Martinez, said Jimmy Lee, spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. He deferred further comment to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department, which plans to hold a press conference on the case later today.

El Dorado Sheriff's deputies and FBI agents began serving a search warrant this morning at a home in Antioch that has been linked to the investigation.

Jaycee Dugard, now 29, was abducted in Meyers, in El Dorado County, on June 10, 1991 as her stepfather watched helplessly. The case was cold for nearly 20 years as investigators struggled to make headway into what had happened to the girl. National talk shows like "Geraldo" intermittently brought attention back to the disappearance.

Few details were available about the reappearance of Dugard. A woman claiming to be Dugard walked into the Concord Police Department on Wednesday afternoon. Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, said Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn, spoke with the woman claiming to be her missing daughter and is en route to Northern California from her Riverside County home.

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingn...nclick_check=1

[Whisper]

At the link theres a archive of videos of searchs over the past 18 yr looking for her. EL DORADO COUNTY, CA -

The El Dorado County Sheriff's office is confirming that kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard had been located in good health in the Bay Area.

Jaycee was abducted on June 10, 1991 from South Lake Tahoe. At that time, it was reported that a vehicle with two people inside, drove up to her and grabbed her.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department and FBI are planning to hold a news conference Thursday at 3 p.m. to discuss the missing person case of Jaycee Dugard.

News10 will live stream the presser as it happens on News10.net.

Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, told News10 last night that family members believe authorities found the now 29-year-old girl alive
It's an absolute miracle if it is her...can you imagine this after 18 years?," Probyn said in a telephone interview.

The amazing news of Dugard's return came after a Concord police officer confirmed to News10 that local agencies were investigating the claims of a woman who allegedly walked into a Contra Costa County law enforcement office Wednesday and said she was kidnapped 18 years ago.
An FBI agent leaving Concord Police headquarters Wednesday night said the Bureau was involved in the case, but would not comment on any details of the investigation.

"There will be a press conference tomorrow," the unidentified agent told reporters. "We're working it."

Probyn, a contractor who now lives in the southern California community of Orange, said Jaycee's mother Terry received a call at her job with the Riverside School District from the FBI Wednesday afternoon.

Probyn said the agent on the phone identified himself and said, "We've got Jaycee." Terry then had a phone conversation with the woman authorities believed to be her long-lost daughter, a conversation that left Terry "positive" that Jaycee was home, Probyn said.

He said his wife thought Jaycee sounded normal and not like she was mistreated over the last 18 years. Terry said that "(Jaycee) remembered a lot," according to Probyn, who was in "complete shock that (Jaycee) is alive."

Terry Probyn told Carl that the FBI didn't get into where Jaycee was or who she was with for the past 18 years, but said "she was with some people and...they are in custody." Probyn said he had no idea about the identity of those "people."

"I told my wife I want those responsible to be taken down, no deals at all," Probyn said.

Dugard was just 11 years old when she was last seen just 150 yards away from her home as she walked to her bus stop in South Lake Tahoe around 8:05 a.m. on June 10, 1991.

Carl Probyn said from inside his home, he saw a man and a woman in a two-tone gray, late-model sedan make a U-turn on Washeon Boulevard, then saw the woman in the car grab Jaycee and pull her inside.

Investigators at the time believed Dugard may have been taken across state lines into Nevada after her abduction. Despite at least one alleged sighting immediately following her disappearance, Dugard was not seen again -- until Wednesday.

Of the past two decades since Jaycee's disappearance, Probyn said, "It's like having heart surgery and not being sewn up. Your heart just aches."

Carl Probyn said the stress, pain and trauma of Jaycee's abduction destroyed the Probyns' marriage. The pair are separated, but Probyn said they remain friends, living 40 miles apart.

Probyn said Terry and the couple's 19-year-old daughter Shayna were flying to northern California Thursday morning to reunite with Jaycee.

Along Washeon Boulevard Wednesday night, South Lake Tahoe residents who heard about the developments in the case were hopeful these latest events would bring closure to 18 years of unanswered questions.

"I remember my sister was in (Jaycee's) class in the fifth grade when it happened," said resident Sara Esposito. "I'm just blown away."

David Watkins, who bought Jaycee Dugard's family home on Washeon in 1998, said the spectre of Jaycee's disappearance still lingers in the neighborhood.

"You hear about it every year. Someone says something...'What happened to her? What's going on with her?,'" Watkins said. "Maybe it'll put an end to everything finally."

http://www.news10.net/news/local/sto...=65885&catid=2

[Morbid]

I did a quick and dirty article ont he FP. Any updates would be very helpful as I am sure I will probably miss the press conference on this.

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/08/...as-been-found/

[Harley_Tech]

WOW people just WOW, great job of digging up the details and bringing it here.

I can't wait to hear from her how she was convinced that she was not stolen by whomever took her. I can't imagine her not seeking out her past as she got older unless she was convinced she was the child of her captors.

R

[MadeaBecBec]

A California stepfather who heard his little girl scream as she was abducted 18 years ago said she has been found alive and well and her captors are in custody.

Based on conversations his wife has had with police, the FBI and the woman herself, Probyn said the family is convinced Jaycee has been found.

"I had personally given up hope," he said. "I had just hoped for a recovery" and to find the people responsible.

Instead, he said, "I've actually won the lotto."

His wife, Terry Probyn, who now lives in Orange County, left for northern California at 6 a.m. today, joining the couple's 19-year-old daughter who was just a year old when her sister was kidnapped.

"She's in shock," Probyn said of his wife. "I told her and my daughter to sit down there and think of questions to ask her."

Probyn said he doesn't have any details of what had happened to Jaycee for the last 18 years or who abducted her, but he claims that the FBI told his wife that "they have Jaycee and the people she was with."
"She sounds like she's okay," he said. "She had a conversation with my wife and she remembers things. I hope she's been well treated this entire 18 years."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8426124

I am sincerely amazed and grateful.... WOW!
Video of her here: http://www.necn.com/Boston/Nation/20...251388501.html
Looks alot like her!!

[MadeaBecBec]

Girl in Police Station, looks like her!!

[Whisper]

She still ;looks 11 lol I wonder what the back story is

[Morbid]

That's not her recent pic and this was already posted in the forums and the front page

[Echo]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33305875...-today_people/

Wow! Jaycee as she is now on the cover of people magazine. She looks amazing for what she has been through. I am so happy that she has been reunited with her mother and so disgusted by what those monsters stole from her and put her through for 18 years.

First photo: Jaycee Dugard as she is now
The kidnap victim looks happy, healthy in People magazine spread

People
Less than two months after the kidnap victim was reunited with her family after 18 years, the California mother of two smiles on the cover of People magazine.


By Mike Celizic
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 25 minutes ago
The hair is darker, bordering on brown, but Jaycee Dugard’s clear blue eyes still sparkle in a face lit by a brilliant smile. Looking out from the cover of People magazine, the young woman who was kidnapped at the age of 11 appears to be 10 years younger than her 29 years.

“I’m so happy to be back,” reads the headline on the cover of the Oct. 26 issue, which hits newsstands this Friday. The cover photo of Jaycee, the first since she was rescued on Aug. 26, can be viewed now on People.com.

People first wrote about Jaycee in November 1991, five months after she was kidnapped outside her home in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., allegedly by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy. The Garridos were taken into custody after a campus cop at University of California at Berkeley thought something was suspicious about the man who was seeking a permit to hold a religious meeting on campus.

Dugard was not interviewed by the magazine, although people close to her spoke at length about her rehabilitation and that of her two daughters, Angel, 14, and Starlit, 11. Dugard and her daughters are recovering from her long ordeal with her mother, Terry Probyn, at an undisclosed location in northern California.

The 10-page article is accompanied by many pictures of Dugard and her mother. Dugard’s daughters are shown only from the back.

TODAY’s Matt Lauer asked People’s managing editor, Larry Hackett, if the magazine paid for the photographs, which were taken by a private photographer engaged by the family.

“We have bought photographs in the past,” Hackett said, apparently confirming that the family was paid for the pictures. “I don’t want to go into the details.”

'She looks radiant'
Hackett said that Dugard and her mother decided to allow publication of the photos and to tell their story because of the intense interest.

“They thought, ‘We want to control this situation. Let’s do it now,’ ” Hackett told Lauer.

Hackett remarked on how well Dugard looks in the photos. “She looks radiant, she looks healthy, she looks happy,” he said. But, he added, the story in the magazine shows recovering from years of abuse will not be easy.

“As you read the story, you realize this is a long process, an extraordinary process of her trying to get her life back,” Hackett said. “It’s a long, slow process. Somebody likened it to an adoptive parent meeting their child. There’s 18 years of time to make up. I just don’t think she’s ready to answer a lot of questions involving a lot of things that have happened in her life.”

Erika Schulte, a family spokeswoman for Probyn and Dugard, also spoke with TODAY’s Ann Curry. She said the interview is the family’s way of thanking all the people who have sent messages of support.

“I have seen a family,” Shulte said. “If you didn’t know the circumstances, it would just seem like any other family. [They] are just very close and comfortable and happy.”

Prepared to testify
Both Schulte and Hackett said that Dugard is prepared to testify against Garrido and his wife when they are brought to trial.

A therapist is using horseback riding to help Dugard and her daughters cope with their years of captivity in a makeshift encampment behind Garrido’s home. “Jaycee love animals,” Schulte told People.

“I’m so happy to be back with my family,” Dugard said in a statement to the magazine. “Nothing is more important than the unconditional love and support I have from them.”

Schulte said Dugard provided the photos to People because she wanted to “life the veil and acknowledge that she is doing well. She wants to thank everyone for their support and best wishes and to let people see that this is her.”

'This has been a miracle'
She is staying with her mother, a 50-year-old middle-school secretary, and her daughters. Schulte told People that despite never having gone to school, both Angel and Starlit have been tested and are performing at grade level. That, Schulte said, is a testament to Dugard, who educated her daughters despite not having gone to school beyond the fifth grade herself.

“This has been such a miracle – that Jaycee was able to do all that she’s done under those circumstances just tells us what a strongwoman she is and how extremely intelligent she is,” Probyn’s stepmother, Joan Curry, told the magazine.

Schulte said the mother and daughters spend their time catching up, cooking and reading. “They’re not hiding,” Schulte told People. “They’re enjoying their privacy.”

Curry said that everyone understands that challenges lie ahead. Dugard was raped repeatedly by Garrido and her daughters thought that she was their sister, not their mother. “Jaycee’s realistic,” Curry told People. “She knows this is not going to be the easiest road that she’s ever traveled, but she is just very upbeat, giddy that she’s with her family.”

Dugard has also taken delight in getting to know her half sister, Shayna Probyn, 19, who was just a toddler when Dugard was kidnapped and is now a college student.

Schulte said that Dugard does not want to dwell on the past, choosing instead to look to the future and more forward.

“She is never looking back,” Schulte told People. “They are just taking things one day at a time. She wants to have a home with her girls, and a happy, quiet, normal life.”

To see the People cover as a larger image click here. The magazine goes on sales on newsstands on Friday.

[skeptik]

I am floored that her teeth look so good. No dentist in 18 years? She must floss.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Case is on the Front Page.

http://www.dreamindemon.com/2009/08/...as-been-found/

[Echo]

This thread is for all things new and old regarding the Jaycee Dugard case.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

I just merged it all to the original thread and opened it.

And moved it to True Crime.

[Echo]

Word to The Dakota.

[MadeaBecBec]

I posted this on the front page! Just wanted to put here, the comparison of her age-progressed photo and her now.
Only thing is the hair color, IMO!

[Echo]

I cant believe how accurate they were. Amazing.

[Paigey]

She really did grow into a beautiful woman.
I am pulling for her. We know she has the fortitude to survive, so I think she will come out okay once she goes through therapy and assimilates back into normal society.

[Echo]

I am so happy for her..that she actually survived that absolute horror. The system failed her in so many ways. Its mind boggling.

[skeptik]

I hope she sells her story for millllllions and never has to work a day in her life.
....unless she wants to. I read her daughter's tested on grade level. That floored me.