Child abducted 18 years ago turns up alive
Jaycee Dugard, who was abducted from South Lake Tahoe, California in June 1991, reappeared at a California Police Station on August 26, 2009. She was isolated from the world for the past 18 years in a backyard compound by a convicted sex offender. UPI/El Dorado Police Handout
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PLACERVILLE, Calif., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Sex offender of Phillip Garrido got glowing reports from psychiatrists while he held Jaycee Lee Dugard captive for 18 years, California records show.
SACRAMENTO, July 14 (UPI) -- The El Dorado County Attorney's office in California has released new videos Jaycee Lee Dugard's abductors shot as they stalked other children.
PLACERVILLE, Calif., June 2 (UPI) -- Phillip and Nancy Garrido were given sentences Thursday likely to keep them in California prisons for the rest of their lives for kidnapping Jaycee Dugard.
PLACERVILLE, Calif., April 5 (UPI) -- A California woman kidnapped at the age of 11 apparently won't be put through the trauma of her abductor's trial, an attorney involved in the case said.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- California corrections officials are being sued for refusing to release information on a man accused of holding a girl hostage for 18 years, authorities said.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Jaycee Lee Dugard, who spent 18 years hidden by the California man who allegedly kidnapped her as a child, will probably testify against him, her lawyer said.
ANTIOCH, Calif., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Bone-sniffing dogs will be used to search for possible human remains at the California property of suspected kidnapper Phillip Craig Garrido, authorities say.
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.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The aunt of Jaycee Lee Dugard says her niece is happy after being reunited with her family after 18 years in captivity in California.
HAYWARD, Calif., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- California authorities are examining similarities between the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard and another child who was kidnapped around the same time in 1988.
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