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.
One customer, Ben Daughdrill, told The New York Times he went to Phillip Garrido's home to discuss a printing job. There, he was introduced to a young woman Garrido said was his daughter, Allissa.
Daughdrill realized Dugard's true identity only after seeing recent news stories.
Dugard, now 29, was abducted at age 11 near her home in El Dorado County. She revealed her identity Wednesday at a police station in the San Francisco Bay area.
Daughdrill said he talked to "Allissa" on the telephone and exchanged e-mails, never realizing she was not Garrido's daughter.
"She was the design person; she did the art work; she was the genius," he said.
Garrido allegedly housed Dugard and the two children she had by him in a compound in the back of his property, concealed by a fence. But she also apparently worked in his business and met other customers without revealing her identity.
Garrido, a convicted sex offender, and his wife, Nancy, were arraigned Friday on more than two dozen counts of kidnapping, rape, false imprisonment and other charges.
