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Probe: State missed chances to rescue Dugard

Nov. 4, 2009
For 10 years, California parole officials missed obvious clues at the home of convicted sex offender Phillip Craig Garrido that could have led to his arrest in the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping case, a scathing state report said today. From 1999 until he was...
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Parole officials blasted in Dugard case

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SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard could have been found sooner if California parole officials had properly monitored her abductor, a state watchdog says.

Abduction suspect eyed home institute

ANTIOCH, Calif., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- The man suspected of abducting Jaycee Lee Duggard once filed paperwork to open an institute of some type near his California home, officials say.
Bones from Garrido home all from animals

Bones from Garrido home all from animals

HAYWARD, Calif., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Police in Hayward, Calif., say bones and bone fragments unearthed from property owned by kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido all came from animals.

Alleged Jaycee abductor did not register

ANTIOCH, Calif., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A California man suspected of kidnapping an 11-year-old girl and holding her for 18 years wasn't registered as sex offender for much of that time, records show.
Garrido still suspect in two cases

Garrido still suspect in two cases

ANTIOCH, Calif., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Investigators in California say they have not found any evidence so far linking Phillip Garrido to the decades-old disappearance of two young girls.
Phillip Garrido held on $30 million bail

Phillip Garrido held on $30 million bail

PLACERVILLE, Calif., Sept. 14 (UPI) -- A California judge Monday set bail at $30 million for Phillip Garrido in the alleged 1991 kidnapping and rape of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard.
Rape victim 'can't imagine' Dugard's fate

Rape victim 'can't imagine' Dugard's fate

NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The capture of Phillip Garrido for kidnapping an 11-year-old girl in 1991 helped provide closure for a rape victim of his, the woman said.

Kidnap victim not always hidden in yard

ANTIOCH, Calif., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Jaycee Dugard worked for her alleged kidnapper's printing business and interacted with customers during 18 years in his California home, witnesses said Friday.

Accused Calif. kidnapper a serial killer?

ANTIOCH, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Police confirmed the California man suspected of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 is being investigated in a series of prostitute slayings.
Family: Freed kidnap victim moving forward

Family: Freed kidnap victim moving forward

ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Jaycee Lee Dugard, the 29-year-old California woman freed after 18 years as a sex offender's captive, is moving forward with her life, her stepsister says.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler