Ironic: Dugard's Kidnapper Gave Advocate Child Safety Tips

Reminiscent of burglars who become security consultants, Jaycee Lee Dugard's kidnapper, rapist and father to her two children (as well as possible prostitute murderer) gave a woman advice on protecting children. Janice Gomes couldn't possibly have understood the irony.



Fifteen years ago, Janice Gomes, an Antioch resident and a child safety advocate, asked Phillip Carrido to print some flyers on child safety. Garrido told her she left some tips out.



"Phillip had printed my business cards for years and I wanted some child safety tips printed too. He said children should not be allowed to go to bus stops alone because they are no match for adults."



Obviously, Phillip Garrido knew what he was talking about. Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped by Garrido from a bus stop in 1991, while her stepfather watched helplessly from two blocks away.



Janice Gomes helped in the search for 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild when she went missing from Vallejo in 1999. Evntually, it was found that Fairchild had been murdered by Curtis Dean Anderson.



Jaycee Lee Dugard was finally "found" when UC Berkeley police were raised on August 25th, when Phillip Garrido brought his two young daughters, 11 and 15, via Dugard, to the university to discuss holding an event related to God, the FBI and other topics. The children acted more like "Stepford Wives," and after checkitg with his parole officer, police were told that Garrido had no daughter. The next day, the case came to a head.