Phillip and Nancy Garrido are in custody following the revelation that Jaycee Lee Dugard, who went missing in 1991, had been living in their backyard in California for 18 years, bearing two children ...

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The rape of Jaycee Dugard by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido began within a month of her abduction at age 11, extended through her childhood and involved not only Phillip Garrido ...

The public defender who handled the high-profile case of Phillip Garrido said she believes the confessed kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard received an excessive sentence, but said he acknowledged his ...

Dugard's case, and others like it ... killed or kept. Photo: Jaycee Lee Dugard sometime before she was kidnapped in 1991. Wetterling and some other parents of missing children believe their ...

An update on the Jaycee Lee Dugard case. The Contra Costa County Sheriff apologized today for missing the chance to free the kidnapped women three years ago when a neighbor called to report that ...

In 1991, her stepfather watched helplessly as 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted while walking ... Testing rape kits in the case of a rapist known to the victim can enormously strengthen ...

In the 18 years that Jaycee Lee Dugard grew up, kidnapped at 11 and mother ... "Whoever the cop was, he didn't look at it thoughtfully. This was a case that cost innocent people." ...

Edward Santos Jr., a state parole agent central to the case, is breaking his silence.On June 10, 1991, an 11-year-old girl, Jaycee Lee Dugard, was taken from the street outside her South Lake ...

Has the Jaycee Lee Dugard case given you a new fear of sex offenders? Do you think the law is doing enough to protect our children?

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Jaycee Lee Dugard's kidnapping from her South Lake Tahoe ... Here's a timeline of the case: June 11, 1991: Jaycee Lee is snatched just 1,500 feet from her home by a couple driving a gun-metal ...