Bone Found Next Door to Garrido House IDed as Human

An independent expert has IDed a bone fragment found next door to the Antioch house of Phillip Garrido as human. Garrido held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years, since she was 11, and besides being her kidnapper, is her rapist and father of her two children, 11 and 15.

It should be noted that this part of California often produces old Native American bones, so there is no way of knowing if the bone is someone Garrido murdered, or simply an artifact. The bone fragment was found in the backyard of a neighbor's property during an extensive search of both the Garridos' property and property they had access to.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido allegedly abducted 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard from a school bus stop near her South Lake Tahoe home on the morning of June 10, 1991. As she was abducted, her stepfather witnessed the event, helplessly, from two blocks away.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido have been charged with 29 felonies, including kidnapping, forcible rape and false imprisonment,

Additionally, the Pittsburg and Antioch police departments, sought to link Garrido to several unsolved homicides in the 1990s, including a series of prostitute murders. The bodies of some of the prostitutes were found near Garrido's business. Police said last week that they did not find any evidence to link Garrido to those crimes.

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.

Dugard Was Key Employee at Kidnapper's Business

Details continue to trickle out in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case, and we are beginning to see some of the details of the "relationship" between Dugard and her kidnappers, Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy Garrido, 55. Not only was she his captive and the mother to two of his children, she was apparently a key player in Garrido's specialty printing business.

This obviously pretty much confirms that Jaycee Lee Dugard had Stockholm Syndrome. It would, in fact, have been surprising if she had not gotten the psychological disorder, which describes the behavior of kidnap victims who, over time, become sympathetic to their captors.

The term Stockholm Syndrome was coined after a 1973 hostage incident in Stockholm, Sweden. At the end of six days of captivity in a bank, several victims resisted rescue attempts, and even refused to testify against their captors, afterwards.

Customers knew the Jaycee Lee Dugard, 29, as "Allissa," the name she gave police last week when she was first interviewed. Garrido told them she was his grown daughter. They also knew here as efficient and professional.

Ben Daughdrill of Oakley was a customer of Garrido's who dealt with "Allissa."

"She was very professional, very polite, just like any other secretary or anyone you'd meet at a place of business. If I was requesting something, he'd say he'd have his daughter send it over. He'd say, 'I'll get Allissa right on that.'"

Antioch residents Cheyvonne Molino and her husband James used Garrido's printing firm, as well, and even worked with Jaycee Lee Dugard face-to-face. Cheyvonne Molino said:

"Phil couldn't design nothin'. Allissa was the one designing the cards, working the computer, emailing people. Allissa came out to see customers, delivering cards, talking to people."

While Jaycee Lee Dugard continues to heal, police continue to investigate possible ties between Garrido and a string of prostitute murders from the 1990's. Several of the victims were found close to Garrido's business.

Jaycee Dugard's Story Just Beginning: Experts

Jaycee Lee Dugard's story has placed the city of Antioch, CA on the map, though not in a good way. Kidnapped at age 11 in South Lake Tahoe, found on Wednesday in Antioch, seeing her mother for the first time since June 1991 on Thursday, can she, now 29, ever have a normal life?

While imprisoned in the compound in the backyard of kidnapper Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy, 55, Jaycee Lee Dugard's story includes giving birth to two daughters, now aged 11 and 15, fathered by Garrido. Likely, she spent much of her life terrified and abused. Given thay, she is experts in child psychiatry and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) say her recovery is just beginning.

When asked about the Jaycee Dugard story, Paula Fass, a history professor at UC Berkeley and author of the book "Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America" said:

"Someone asked me if I think she'll ever have a normal life. I'm not sure 'normal' is the word. But let's hope she can still live decently and reconnect with that earlier life. The challenge will be to try to integrate these two parts of her life - before she was taken, and her children now - in a way that can be meaningful."

Despite the abuse, Jaycee Dugard's story almost certainly has a component of Stockholm syndrome, a condition in which captives become sympathetic to their captors. In fact, Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, has told media outlets that Jaycee has expressed guilt for bonding with Phillip Garrido.

Stockholm Syndrome is not uncommon in these types of cases. She also probbably suffers from PTSD, as well.

Those issues, and the added complication of her children, could make recovery more difficult. In fact, while many are focusing on Jaycee Dugard's and recovery, let's not forget the children. Some compare their behavior at U.C. Berkeley, which eventually led to the capture of Phillip Garrido, to "Stepford Wives." They have reportedly never attended school or seen a doctor.

It is possible, according to experts, that the children will give Jaycee Dugard a focus for the future, and perhaps gave her a focus during her captivity as well, a reason to live, so to speak, and others to worry about besides herself.

One wonders, however, how long it will take before the media steps back so she and her family can pay attention to recovery, and not the press. We can only hope, also, that Hollywood will give her a chance to recover, before assailing her with offers for the "Jaycee Dugard Story" movie you know is coming.

Dugard Kidnappers Tied to Prostitute Murders; Plead Not Guily

Jaycee Lee Dugard and, we assume, her two children, today continue to adjust to "normal" life, as normal as it could be under the circumstances. At the same time, Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, of Antioch and his wife, Nancy Garrido, 55, pleaded not guilty, while police searched their residence of evidence of connection into a string of 10 prostitute murders in the 1990s.

While police remain close-mouthed about the murder investigation, they did indicate that, at the time, Phillip Craig Garrido worked near the area in Pittsburg, CA, where the prostitutes' bodies were found.

What we do know, is that both Garridos lived in the house where Jaycee Lee Dugard was housed in a compound (pictured above), secreted behind a backyard fence that kept outsiders from seeing the buildings. Despite the obvious evidence to the contrary, Garrido and his wife Nancy both plead not guilty to a total of 29 charges of rape and kidnapping in connection with the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

Also, more details on just how Jaycee Lee Dugard was finally found continue to emerge today. UC Berkeley police said that campus officers' suspicions were raised on Tuesday when Phillip Craig Garrido brought his two young daughters, via Dugard, to the university to discuss holding an event related to God, the FBI and other topics.

You might recall that Garrido had his own "church" and a blog with some strange postings, among which were assertions that he could control sound with his mind.

Officer Ally Jacobs said that the girls acted strangely.

"The younger daughter was staring directly at me, as if she was looking into my soul, with this eerie smile on her face. I just got a weird, uneasy feeling."

After checking Garrido's background, which included the fact that he was a registered sex offender, Jacobs contacted his parole officer. She told the parole officer that Garrido was accompanied by two daughters.

"He said, 'Garrido doesn't have any daughters.' At that point, my stomach just sank."

While still a tragedy, reports are that Jaycee Lee Dugard today appears to be adjusting well to the "outside world," according to her parents.

While still a tragedy, reports are that Jaycee Lee Dugard today appears to be adjusting well to the "outside world," according to her parents. She, and probably her children, will need counseling, and hopefully, will get it quickly.

Details Emerge in Jaycee Lee Dugard's 18-Year Ordeal; Kidnapper "Heard God," Could "Control Sound"

More details are emerging in the case of Jaycee Lee Dugard, the now 29-year-old woman who was kidnapped 18 years ago while her stepfather watched helplessly. The initial crime itself was terrible, but the details on the following 18 years are horrific.

Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, of Antioch has been arrested in the case. He had a prior history as a sexual predator prior to the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping. His wife, Nancy Garrido, 55, has also been arrested. The two are pictured above.

According to reports, Garrido kept Jaycee Lee Dugard, as well as two children he fathered with her, housed in sheds and other buildings hidden behind a separate fence in his backyard. The fencing was done in such a manner as to prevent it being easily seen by others. The walls of the "compound" were even soundproofed.

In fact, the fencing was so well done that Philip Craig Garrido dodged a bullet in July 2008, when a multiagency Contra Costa County task force searched his home as part of a sexu offender compliance check. They found no evidence of anyone besides the two Garridos and his mother living at the house.

When the task force looked in the backyard, they saw only a screened-in porch and a back fence. What they missed was that behind the back fence was a hidden area with sheds and outbuildings, where Jaycee Lee Dugard and her children were living.

At this point, Jaycee Lee Dugard and her daughters, who are 11 and 15, are together in a motel in Antioch. Her mother, Terry Probyn has spoken to her and says she "sounds normal," according to Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, from whom Terry is separated. However, when she first spoke to police this week, Dugard told them her name was Allissa, authorities said.

Neither of Jaycee Lee Dugard's daughters has ever attended school. It's also unclear why she did not attempt escape previously, thought that question will likely be answered as time passes. Speaking to my psychologist wife, It is likely that Stockholm Syndrome had something to do with it.

Stockholm syndrome is a well-known psychological response by abductees, in which the hostage shows signs of loyalty to the abductor, regardless of their treatment during the time of kidnapping. In such cases, the abductee may have chances to escape, but not take them, even appearing in public with the kidnapper.

Philip Craig Garrido told NBC station KCRA of Sacramento in a telephone interview Thursday from jail that he has turned his life around, and that the abduction of Dugard had a great deal to do with it.

"Wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house. You are going to be completely impressed. It's a disgusting thing that took place with me at the beginning. But I turned my life completely around and to be able to understand that, you have to start there.

"If you take this a step at a time you're going to fall over backwards and in the end, you're going to find the most powerful heart-warming story."

Does that sound sort of, well, insane? Perhaps that's not off the mark by too much. Apparently Garrido had his own "church," and blog, in which he stated:

This document is to affirm that 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. by using a sound generator to provide the sound, and a headphone amplification system, ( a device to focuc your hearing so as to increase the sensitivity of what one is listening to) I have produced a set of voices by effectively controlling the sound to pronounce words through my own mental powers.

He also stated that:

[...] the Creator has given me the ability to speak in the tongue of angels in order to provide a wake-up call that will in time include the salvation of the entire world.

In case you needed any more evidence, there it is; he's one sick puppy.Pictures from Jaycee Lee Dugard's childhood are above.

Woman Surfaces After Abduction 18 Years Ago

Jaycee Dugard, now 29, was abducted in Meyers, CA in El Dorado County, on June 10, 1991. She has now surfaced in Concord, CA, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

A couple have been arrested and booked into County Jail in Martinez in connection with the Jaycee Dugard case. The two were identified as Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, of Antioch and his wife, Nancy Garrido, 55.

Jaycee Dugard was last seen as she was walking to a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe. She was trying to catch her school bus. Carl Probyn, her stepfather, was watching from the family's driveway a hill about two blocks away when a two-tone gray sedan pulled up and someone grabbed Dugard while the car sped off.

On Wednesday, Jaycee Dugard walked into the Concord Police Department. Full details are not yet available, but it has been confirmed that the woman is indeed Jaycee Dugard.

Terry Probyn is on her way to the SF Bay Area to be reunited with her daughter, Jaycee Dugard. Carl and Terry are currently separated, according to reports. The family had given up hope, as most might after 18 years. Carl Probyn said:

"I gave up hope for 18 years, just went into recovery mode. I thought it would be nice just to recover her and capture the people and find out why they did this. Now, I just won the lotto. It's just unbelievable. This is going to be a great day today."