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Sex offenders should be drawn and quartered.
Report: Kidnapped California Girl Who Surfaced 18 Years Later Kept as Sex Slave
Thursday , August 27, 2009
A convicted sex offender and his wife arrested in the 1991 kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl who recently went to police allegedly kept her as a sex slave, FOX 40 News reported.
Authorities told the station that the victim, Jaycee Lee Dugard, bore several children for sex offender Phillip Garrido and said Garrido and his wife Nancy kept Dugard as a sex slave in a shed or other unit in the backyard.
Phillip Garrido, 58, and Nancy Garrido, 54, are in custody in Dugard's abduction 18 years ago from a school bus stop.
They were arrested for investigation of kidnapping and conspiracy on Wednesday, police said. Phillip Garrido also is being held for investigation of rape by force, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor and sexual penetration, said Jimmie Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department.
Phillip Garrido has a conviction for rape by force or fear, according to the Megan's Law database.
Click here for more on this story from FOX40.com.
Authorities in Concord, Calif., say they're "very confident" that the woman who recently came into the police station identifying herself as the missing girl is Dugard.
"We're 99 percent sure it's her," said Lt. Les Lovell of the El Dorado Sheriff's Department. He said DNA tests were being conducted. The woman is in good health, but it was not immediately clear when she came in to the station.
Dugard was taken from a school bus stop when she was a blond, ponytailed 11-year-old, minutes after she left her South Lake Tahoe home.
Lovell said Concord police did an investigation after the woman surfaced, and he received a call Wednesday from investigators who tentatively identified her as Dugard.
"Her family has been contacted and they are in the process of arranging" a meeting, said Lovell, who was a detective assigned to help investigate the kidnapping in 1991. "We are very confident at this point in time that it is her."
Jimmie Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, said FBI and El Dorado sheriff's deputies arrested two suspects Wednesday night. They were being held in the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez.
A house in the city of Antioch was cordoned off with police tape as it was being searched by FBI agents and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department.
Neighbor Helen Boyer, 78, described the Garridos as nice and friendly and said they cared for Phillip Garrido's elderly mother.
"If I needed something, they would be the first I would call on," Boyer said.
Dugard's stepfather, Carl Probyn, said the news that she was found was like winning the lottery.
"To have this happen where we get her back alive, and where she remembers things from the past, and to have people in custody is a triple win," he told The Sacramento Bee.
Dugard left for school the morning of June 10, 1991, dressed all in pink and stood at the bus stop two blocks from her house. As her stepfather watched from the driveway, a gray car with two people inside pulled up, grabbed the child and sped away, according to witnesses.
In media reports at the time, the girl's stepfather said he heard Jaycee scream then jumped on a bicycle and frantically pedaled after the car in a failed effort to follow it up a hill. He then turned around and shouted at neighbors to call the police.
The case attracted national attention and was featured on TV's "America's Most Wanted," which broadcast a composite drawing of a suspect seen in the car.
Probyn said his wife, Terry, spoke with Dugard by phone on Wednesday.
"She got a call from the FBI, they said they had found Jaycee and she was alive," Probyn told KTVU. "My wife talked with her and is convinced she is Jaycee. Jaycee remembers everything."
He said the mother and their 19-year-old daughter were flying from their Southern California home to meet with Dugard in Northern California.
Investigators first visited with his wife about three weeks ago, he said.
Probyn said he endured years of suspicion from FBI agents who believed he may have been involved in the abduction. He eventually lost hope that he would ever see his stepdaughter alive again.
"Then you pray that you get her body back so there is an ending," Probyn said.
Lovell said investigators have been working the case consistently since she was abducted and new leads had surfaced over time.
"You bet it's a surprise. This is not the normal resolution to a kidnapping," he said.
The sheriff's department scheduled a news conference to discuss the case later Thursday.
"After 18 years, you do give up hope," Probyn told KTVU. "This is a miracle."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,543640,00.html
Events such as this make me seriously question our criminal justice system, in particular its penalties and methods.
The perp has a previous conviction.
The perp and its wife worked together to commit a crime with a duration of 18 years.
While it's great that the young woman survived - the 11 year old girl, along with whatever she might have become - died at the time of abduction. She has been changed, irreversibly so. And then there are the two children, apparently due to the actions of the perp.
Prison, IMO, is insufficient. Clearly it failed to deter. Equally clearly, it will not in any way balance the scales. I do not know the answer; but this crime, along with other horrific crimes, suggests something needs to change.
Would HVLT help? Couldn't hurt. But a moment's pain before death is not, IMO, nearly adequate to the crime.
frostfire
08-27-2009, 18:11
SF-TX beat me to it....
HVLT for the dirt bags. The girl not only lost all those years but will never be the same.
High
Velocity
Lead
Therapy
that is much too kind. I'm not without fault myself and do my best to be a pragmatist.....but the first thing that popped out in my mind upon reading the news was the scene with Rorschach and the child molester from Watchmen
They should be tortured in a shed for 18 years as well.
Praetorian
08-27-2009, 20:07
recorded interview with the perp- Hes totally insane (http://www.kcra.com/news/20591281/detail.html)
Further proof?
His Website:
http://voicesrevealed.blogspot.com/
He seems to be under the impression he did her a favor.... He says that its ""heartwarming" that he was able to sleep with the children and he didn't touch them" as if not molesting kids deserves a medal....
These two should be buried under the prison....
(BTW- The "Comments" on his webpage are by no means "worksafe" at his point.....)
Utah Bob
08-27-2009, 20:48
There are just not enough bad things they can do to these people as far as I'm concerned.
Looked him up on the national sex offender registry:
Phillip Craig Garrido
6'4" 196lbs
DOB:*04-05-1951
1554 Walnut Ave
Antioch, CA 94509
Convictions: 261(a)(2) RAPE BY FORCE/FEAR/ETC
:mad: :mad: :mad:
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Utah Bob
08-28-2009, 10:27
When the local police came out to check on the complaint from a neighbor that some kids were living there and didn't do a decent investigation.....
Somebody's got some 'splaining to do.
More...
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090828/D9ABSTLO0.html
But neighbors said there were clues even before a parole agent on Wednesday noticed Dugard, now 29, who accompanied Garrido, his wife and the children to a parole office.
Neighbor Diane Doty said she could see the tents and often heard children playing in the backyard, the corner of which abuts her own backyard. She said she even suspected the children lived in the tents, but her husband said she should leave the family alone.
"I asked my husband, 'Why is he living in tents?'" she said. "And he said, 'Maybe that is how they like to live.'"
The case broke after Garrido was spotted Tuesday with two children as he tried to enter the University of California, Berkeley, campus to hand out religious literature. Officers said he was acting suspiciously toward the children. They questioned him and did a background check, determined that he was a parolee and informed his parole officer.
Garrido was ordered to appear for a parole meeting and arrived Wednesday with Dugard, who identified herself as "Allissa," his wife, and two children. During questioning, corrections officials said he admitted to kidnapping Dugard.
He was convicted of kidnapping a 25-year-old woman whom he snatched from a South Lake Tahoe parking lot, handcuffed, tied down and held in a mini-warehouse in Reno, according to a November 1976 story in the Reno Gazette-Journal.
He also has a conviction for rape by force or fear stemming from the same incident, and was paroled from a Nevada state prison in 1988, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Now here's a disturbing part...
Garrido gave a rambling, sometimes incoherent phone interview to KCRA-TV from the El Dorado County jail Thursday in which he said he had not admitted to a kidnapping and that he had turned his life around since the birth of his first daughter 15 years ago.
Disturbing as imagine if he presses for visitation with his two "daughters".
This guy should be paraded to the town square and made to die a very slow painfull death for all to see.:mad:
DbeforeD
08-28-2009, 13:29
I say we stack one on top of the other, and see if Team Sergeant can shoot off the top one without moving the other. Or dunk them in a pool filled with Man-o-war jellyfish, take them out and roll them in fine salt, and then stuff them in a crate filled with African army ants and bury it.
(Sorry, I have just been watching Animal Planet and reading the weapons discussion threads all day and now am completely in awe. I had a hard enough time shooting the ass end of a 12 ga round at 50 feet. It took me three tries.)
I say we stack one on top of the other, and see if Team Sergeant can shoot off the top one without moving the other. Or dunk them in a pool filled with Man-o-war jellyfish, take them out and roll them in fine salt, and then stuff them in a crate filled with African army ants and bury it.
(Sorry, I have just been watching Animal Planet and reading the weapons discussion threads all day and now am completely in awe. I had a hard enough time shooting the ass end of a 12 ga round at 50 feet. It took me three tries.)
Death is too good for them, but any other form of punishment is not enough.
Remington Raidr
08-28-2009, 18:54
After hearing this rectum giving an interview from jail, I'm putting my money on a Not Guilty by Mental Disease or Defect. Not saying he's gonna get it, but I bet the defense raises it. Course, his bitch would have to be just as loco.:rolleyes:
I came across a rhetorical question elsewhere. I found it disturbing.
Suppose dirtbag is in fact the father of two daughters. Does dirtbag have the right to contact those daughters? And, does the mother have to endure such ongoing contact? Do the daughters?
I cannot help wondering if the courts and legal system would add this further indignity to the situation.
Again, purely a rhetorical question.
I came across a rhetorical question elsewhere. I found it disturbing.
Suppose dirtbag is in fact the father of two daughters. Does dirtbag have the right to contact those daughters? And, does the mother have to endure such ongoing contact? Do the daughters?
I cannot help wondering if the courts and legal system would add this further indignity to the situation.
Again, purely a rhetorical question.
He can be stripped of that "right" by the much hated and maligned courts.
incarcerated
08-28-2009, 20:19
HVLT for the dirt bags.
This is the first thing that you and I have ever disagreed on. HVLT would be way too humane.
And too quick. I'll go with Mitch and SFO.
But you're dead-on right about her never being the same.
Skelepede
08-29-2009, 15:24
The fact that he was a parolee and the Sheriff's Department thought they needed a warrant to go into his house is absurd. I think the prostitution investigation is away to thwart public skepticism about the Deparment's incompetence, and redirect the conversation in another direction. Simply put the idea that these monsters should be released from prison is the problem. Typically, those who commit crimes of sexual violence only escalate as time goes on. I dont think he could win with an insanity defense--how insane was he-- he owned a house in an expensive real estate market, he owned a business, and kept up a public facade, but when it comes time to be held accountable for his crimes, he's insane? Right. He also deliberately hid the children, and the kidnapping victim from the world, and built a sound-proof shed. I think people mistake sickening behavior for being sick, and it's not the same thing. I hope this raises public consciousness about the stupidity of sex offender registration, and we start giving the offenders more harsh sentences, or we'll be seeing this again, and again. If we cant stop a pedophille on parole from having prisoners living in his house, what chance do we have of stopping the ones who haven't been caught yet? We have to raise the stakes for those who commit these crimes of sexual violence, or we'll all end up paying in the end.
The fact that he was a parolee and the Sheriff's Department thought they needed a warrant to go into his house is absurd. I think the prostitution investigation is away to thwart public skepticism about the Deparment's incompetence, and redirect the conversation in another direction. Simply put the idea that these monsters should be released from prison is the problem. Typically, those who commit crimes of sexual violence only escalate as time goes on. I dont think he could win with an insanity defense--how insane was he-- he owned a house in an expensive real estate market, he owned a business, and kept up a public facade, but when it comes time to be held accountable for his crimes, he's insane? Right. He also deliberately hid the children, and the kidnapping victim from the world, and built a sound-proof shed. I think people mistake sickening behavior for being sick, and it's not the same thing. I hope this raises public consciousness about the stupidity of sex offender registration, and we start giving the offenders more harsh sentences, or we'll be seeing this again, and again. If we cant stop a pedophille on parole from having prisoners living in his house, what chance do we have of stopping the ones who haven't been caught yet? We have to raise the stakes for those who commit these crimes of sexual violence, or we'll all end up paying in the end.
She was eleven years old.
This is truly a tragedy.
Holly
Go For Broke
08-31-2009, 13:56
Abducted at 11 Years Old, Girl Kept as Sex Slave for 18 Years ...he had turned his life around since the birth of his first daughter 15 years ago.
18 - 15 = 3
3 + 11 = 14
:eek: :eek:
:mad: :mad:
I suspect 14 is the best case. Given 9 months gestation, the age could range from 13 to 14.
And then there's this:
LINK (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/us/31abduct.html)
Excerpt:
California Officials Fear Abduction Case May Hurt Efforts on Parole
SAN FRANCISCO — The case of Phillip Garrido, a parolee and registered sex offender accused of abducting an 11-year-old girl and holding her hostage for 18 years, has become embroiled in the debate over legislation intended to reduce California’s inmate population.
So the various politicians not only don't seek to remedy the problem, they worry about not having the chance to make it worse and afflict communities with even more parolees.
18 - 15 = 3
3 + 11 = 14
:eek: :eek:
:mad: :mad:
Yeah, like he wasn't doing anything before that. My bet, she was not physically capable of getting pregnant when he first abducted her. She probably became pregnant as soon as her body was able.
If this was my child, he would be dead and I would be the one sitting in jail awaiting trial. And death would not come quick.
The Reaper
08-31-2009, 15:28
Call me for your alibi.
Or to borrow my jumper cables.
TR
armymom1228
08-31-2009, 15:42
Call me for your alibi.
Or to borrow my jumper cables.
TR
Wood chippers are great for removing evidence.:D:D
AFChic.. am with ya.. my dtr, and the prick would be past being a dead man.
frostfire
08-31-2009, 16:10
I came across a rhetorical question elsewhere. I found it disturbing.
Suppose dirtbag is in fact the father of two daughters. Does dirtbag have the right to contact those daughters? And, does the mother have to endure such ongoing contact? Do the daughters?
As long as the agenda of such reunion is a slice-n-dice of the dirtbag's junk, it's good to go
If this was my child, he would be dead and I would be the one sitting in jail awaiting trial.
I'd speculate there are many folks out there wanting a piece of these two monsters. We're a nation of laws, but as previously mentioned, case such as this makes one reconsider.
And death would not come quick.
18 + 11 + 15 = 44 years minimum. This is not original, but I'm all for removal of a single bone every week or so while they're kept alive in a shed filled with pics of the victims, while being forced to stare at his genitalia hung from the ceiling.
First time I heard the news, I felt sick to my stomach which had not happened for years. Perhaps the girl reminds me of the dearest person who's close to her age at kidnapping. I want to know how the judge who released him early looks at himself in the mirror and goes to bed everynight.
Now, ya'll know a certain culture/religion where this stuff is completely legal and acceptable :mad:
greenberetTFS
08-31-2009, 16:14
Wood chippers are great for removing evidence.:D
AFChic.. am with ya.. my dtr, and the prick would be past being a dead man.
AM, We should just cut his balls off and sew them in his mouth,then put him in a dark room with no windows and throw away the key........ :( Let him live in that situation until the prick dies................:boohoo
Big Teddy :munchin
armymom1228
08-31-2009, 17:14
AM, We should just cut his balls off and sew them in his mouth,then put him in a dark room with no windows and throw away the key........ :( Let him live in that situation until the prick dies................:boohoo
Big Teddy :munchin
Teddy, I still got a few freinds left on the Big Cypress. I am sure I can borrow an airboat.. let the sumbich try walking OUT Of the glades with no shooz.
Dropping him off in some Central American jail for a long term visit might not be such a bad idea..
I got, btw, my battery charger, cables, included sitting right next to me.. and a pair of group 27's in the locker all nice and hot.:D
incarcerated
09-01-2009, 02:50
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kidnap1-2009sep01,0,4671374.story
Kidnapping suspect's prison term raises questions
Some wonder why Phillip Garrido, accused of taking Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, served only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence for a similar 1976 crime.
By Maria L. La Ganga, Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Maura Dolan
September 1, 2009
Reporting from San Francisco, Orinda, Calif., and Antioch, Calif. --
As details continued to emerge about Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper, questions intensified Monday over how Phillip Garrido could have served only 11 years in prison after a 1976 rape and kidnapping for which he had been given a 50-year federal sentence as well as a life term in Nevada.
Garrido was convicted of kidnapping in federal court for abducting Katherine Callaway in South Lake Tahoe on a November night nearly 33 years ago and driving her -- handcuffed and hogtied -- to Reno. He then pleaded guilty to a Nevada state rape charge for assaulting her in a storage unit.
Former Assistant U.S. Atty. Leland Lutfy, who prosecuted the kidnapping case, said Monday that he was "amazed" because, at the time, he believed that defendants convicted of federal crimes were required to serve two-thirds of their sentences -- in this case, 33 years. That would have kept him safely away from Dugard, who was snatched from her quiet street in 1991.
"It makes no sense to me," he said in an interview.
Michael Malloy, who prosecuted the rape case in Washoe County, Nev., said the system "let everyone down, especially Jaycee Dugard. It doesn't seem an adequate sentence for the violent crime he committed in 1976."
Callaway, who has since married Jim Hall and goes by her married name, thought that Garrido wouldn't be paroled until at least 2006, she said during an appearance on CNN's "Larry King Live." But a little more than a decade after she was assaulted, she was approached at a Lake Tahoe casino by a man who resembled Garrido. She called prison officials and learned that he had been paroled to California....
Pedophiles and sexual predators, once rightfully convicted, should never again see the light of day.