Jaycee Lee Dugard Abduction: Phillip & Nancy Garrido Arrested

by Jordan Yerman | August 27, 2009 at 08:28 am

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Jaycee Lee Dugard has turned up at an Antioch, California police station after having disappeared on June 10, 1991, and was brought to nearby Concord. (Jaycee Lee Dugard pictures, via updated FBI file) Jaycee Lee Dugard has been missing for 18 years. Jaycee Lee Dugard was last seen as an eleven-year-old girl on her way to a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe. The case was treated as an abduction, and was never solved. Jaycee Lee Dugard has met with her mother and stepfather, Carl and Terry Probyn, who are convinced that she's who she claims to be. Meanwhile, Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender, and his wife Nancy Garrido were arrested in connection with Jaycee Lee Dugard's disappearance. (Phillip Garrido photo)

Phillip and Nancy Garrido admitted to keeping Jaycee Lee Dugard as a sex slave in their garage or garden shed, and face kidnapping and rape charges.

Now, at age 29, her story is considered credible enough that the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department and the FBI are investigating further.

Replay of the Jaycee Lee Dugard press conference

The stepfather of Jaycee Dugard, told our Sacramento affiliate, "It's an absolute miracle if it is her. Can you imagine this after 18 years?"

During questioning by a parole officer, Garrido admitted to having abducted Dugard and said the two children were his, said Scott Kernan, undersecretary for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Though the police have not issued an official statement, court records reflect that two arrests have been made: Phillip and Nancy Garrido of Antioch.

Authorities are keeping mum until a press conference at 6 p.m. ET, but court records show that a search warrant was issued Wednesday for 1554 Walnut Ave., Antioch. Records indicate it is the address of Phillip and Nancy Garrido.

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A White (not verified)

at 11:58 on August 27th, 2009

Almost anything is possible. I have never forgotten the disturbing story of Amy Bradley, and I hope her parents have already seen Jaycee's story and gotten renewed hope from it. I pray for Amy's safe return.

321654654654654654 (not verified)

at 18:49 on September 3rd, 2009

do you know what happened to Amy Bradley, Did you know her

Yuliya Talmazan

at 14:46 on August 27th, 2009

[UPDATE -- August 27]

During the press conference on Thursday, it was revealed that Philip Garrido fathered two children with Jaycee Lee Dugard. More updates to follow.

Phillip Garrido, a 58-year-old registered sex offender, and his wife Nancy Garrido, 54, have been arrested in connection with the case, with police sources saying Miss Dugard had borne two children to Mr Garrido.

susique (not verified)

at 16:37 on August 27th, 2009

Google that address above 1554 walnut ave, Antioch, Calif and you can see the tents & sheds in the back yard.

deuce (not verified)

at 19:01 on August 27th, 2009

Not to mention if you do the street view, you can actually "travel" down the street as he pulls out of his driveway and drives along behind the Google "street car". Creepy!

BenT (not verified)

at 21:19 on August 27th, 2009

I noticed that too. His ugly van follows the Google car at least two blocks. Creepy doesn't begin to describe it. He (and his wife and mother) are sick.

PennyM (not verified)

at 08:29 on August 28th, 2009

I can't understand how people with houses that close together can't hear the people less than 100 ft away living in tents(no sound proofing). When the children were born, wasn't there any crying? The neighbors must be on crack or alcohol. This is just so messed up.

ScottAB (not verified)

at 05:06 on August 29th, 2009

On the google street search, if you go through the sequence of images down Walnut St. as the google camera van was driving, you will notice a van backing into the driveway. In the one image you can make out who may be the kidnapper himself driving the van! If someone had only known or been more inquisitive, maybe she could have been saved sooner.

C C G (not verified)

at 18:52 on August 27th, 2009

I am totally disgusted that we have to even deal with crime to begin with. Bring the damn armed forces home and keep the peace here. While I am happy she is back, it's an extremely disgusting thought. This our own American brand of terrorism. We terrorize our own towns.

C C G (not verified)

at 18:54 on August 27th, 2009

Woops, her return is not disgusting, her ordeal is disgusting.

Barry ORegan

at 21:18 on August 27th, 2009

Jordan I am speechless, if ever there was a call for the death penalty, this is certainly the case here, immediate and final. Certainly makes one lose faith in God, cause after all the saying Suffer the little Children, makes me want to puke!

awyg (not verified)

at 12:04 on August 28th, 2009

I agree. This does make one lose faith in God. The shortsighted ones think this is a happy ending... this girl and her children are going to be haunted for the rest of their lives. I'm not sure how one could go on living, except for the sake of her children.

Cstric1 (not verified)

at 18:52 on August 28th, 2009

I agree, this idiot and his wife deserve a speedy trial, and the death sentance. We absolutely shouldn't pay tax dollars to keep this type individual alive.

watermelon girl (not verified)

at 05:46 on August 28th, 2009

the thoght of jaycee lee dugard being kept as a sex slave is disgusting

valg (not verified)

at 08:16 on August 28th, 2009

screw the death penalty...take that bastard out into the middle of the street and strap a few or more sticks of dynamite to him and blow him to bits. why waste the tax payers money on court trials and prison time.

awyg (not verified)

at 11:54 on August 28th, 2009

A panel needs to be formed to come up with a way that will inflict the most amount of pain on this couple. Both deserve a slow and extremely painful death. Remember the Braveheart ending?

Cstric1 (not verified)

at 18:57 on August 28th, 2009

Our justice system is so leinient with sentances, it is a contributing factor as to why we have the crime in America that we do... I agree, but blowing him up would be rather fast... Dont ya think ? I'm thinking if justice was served, he would have alot of metal pain with the slow death... Just sayin

RightBellTone (not verified)

at 15:02 on August 28th, 2009

valg (not verified)

at 08:19 on August 28th, 2009

i have better idea strap a land to air missile to his ass and send him on his merry way.

valg (not verified)

at 08:20 on August 28th, 2009

i have a better idea strap a land to air missile on his butt and send him on his merry way.

lyrker (not verified)

at 08:25 on August 28th, 2009

"His ugly van follows the Google car at least two blocks. " Out of curiosity I traveled up Walnut to Bown and along Bown to Veira and yeah.. the rusty van that came out of the kidnapper's driveway is right there the whole way. If you check out the shot at the intersection of Bown and Veira you can actually see him through the van's windshield. When the GoogleCam turns north on Veira you can make out the van heading south there. I wonder if the person driving the Googlecam knows they were followed by and they took pictures of this creep?

vince nelson (not verified)

at 08:56 on August 28th, 2009

when i visited california from north carolina in 1992, my aunt who was a close friend of the parents of jaycee, handed me a t-shirt that the parents of jaycee had printed with all of the relevant information about jaycee and her abduction along with her photo.

i told her that i would wear that shirt until jaycee was found, never really expecting that to ever happen.

it is now 2009 and i had worn that shirt in public as recently as only a few months ago. it has some holes in it and it is slightly faded. but the message and picture still readable.

i always got the same question: "has she been found?". the answer was always "i dont believe so".

when i saw jaycee's picture on the net today, i literally ran to find my shirt and be sure it was the same missing girl. it is.

i promised my aunt that i would not "retire" that shirt until jaycee came home.

today is that day. you are now a symbol of hope.

WELCOME HOME JAYCEE!

joseph homan (not verified)

at 16:47 on August 28th, 2009

thank you so much.Your story is amazing.I

Truax (not verified)

at 11:42 on August 28th, 2009

'Certainly makes one lose faith in God...' If anything, this should restore ones faith in God. If this isn't a miracle, I don't know what is.

Lucretius Epicurus (not verified)

at 05:15 on August 29th, 2009

So, if God was watching out for her, why didn't he stop it from happening in the first place?He wanted to torture an 11 year old girl by having her kidnapped, raped, and turned into a religious wacko's baby farm? Some miracle!No, not a miracle, just decent police work by real, existing human beings who investigated a suspicious circumstance. God was not present here.At all.

Mother of 4 (not verified)

at 06:59 on September 3rd, 2009

If you truly beleive that then why is she still alive? Why didn't she die, after all she has been through? I believe that God is with her and has always been with her!!

seeyes22 (not verified)

at 18:01 on August 28th, 2009

There was a similar case in KS/MO like that. Father, a Banker, took the four year old daughter and took off on visitation. When found refused to let the Mother see her and moved. Because he has unlimited funds he kept the police at bay. When he was fianlly found again, in MO the sheriff refused to serve him because he was the Banker of a small town and the Sheriff and Police Chief were his buddies. He was charged with abuse and abduction by Family Services. He put the child in a mental hospital to keep her from talking, (She is 16 now). It backfired on him when she talked and the State took custody of her. She was given back to the Mother and told to leave town asap. One phone call and all charges were dropped against him. Child is HOME with Mom. Happy at last. There is no justice if you have enough money.

W. Wilson (not verified)

at 01:39 on August 29th, 2009

Who on earth is God? You Yankee's are all living in cloud cookoo land, bombing everyone else

jennivre (not verified)

at 21:30 on August 29th, 2009

i hope that if not the death penalty, at least a lifetime of torture and brutality in prison

bp (not verified)

at 20:24 on September 2nd, 2009

How is God not present in this situation. He isn't on earth and can't control people and make them not do things they shouldn't. Have you ever looked in the Bible it's called satan and he temps people to do the wrong things. Everything happens for a reason we may never know why or understand why this happened to Jaycee and we are not suppose to that's just the facts of life we are just suppose to keep believing. These are his tests for us to see how we respond and if we keep believing in him. This did turn out to be a miracle because her family kept hope and look in the end they got to be reunited with each other. Granted it is going to take a long time for her and her girls to recover but at least she is back with her family.