Kidnapped woman hidden in CA backyard for 18 years

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090828/ap_on_re_us/us_kidnapped_girl_found

"PLACERVILLE, Calif. – A little girl snatched on her way to school was kept hidden from the world behind a series of fences, sheds and tents for nearly two decades, even giving birth to her suspected abductor's children in the suburban backyard compound less than 200 miles from the home where she was taken.

Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 when she was abducted from a South Lake Tahoe street in 1991, was taken directly to the house and sheltered from the world in a secret, leafy backyard, investigators said Thursday.

Her abductor, investigators said, raped her and fathered two children with her, the first when Jaycee was about 14. Those children, both girls now 11 and 15, also were kept hidden away in the backyard compound behind the Antioch home."

So she's now 29

How'd she get found?

Indeed how did she get found and why would the authorities report her location at some motel for all to know, surely now the woman deserves some privacy.

Theres more details in the link below. Im surprised that she didnt get away (or tried) in all this time.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/28/california.missing.girl/index.html

You think Bill O'Reilly is gonna run another blame the victim "she liked being kidnapped and abused" story like he did with that other kid a couple years back?

Originally posted by Darth Jello
You think Bill O'Reilly is gonna run another blame the victim "she liked being kidnapped and abused" story like he did with that other kid a couple years back?

Darth Jello do you enjoy beating your wife? Man, you are one sick puppy. 😆

What are you talking about?
You don't remember that? He ran a story about how some kid who was kidnapped and molested enjoyed it because he got to play video games and never made an escape attempt. He lost a whole bunch of sponsors and John Walsh banned him from a child welfare benefit he was originally scheduled to speak at.

Originally posted by Darth Jello
What are you talking about?
You don't remember that? He ran a story about how some kid who was kidnapped and molested enjoyed it because he got to play video games and never made an escape attempt. He lost a whole bunch of sponsors and John Walsh banned him from a child welfare benefit he was originally scheduled to speak at.

What are you talking about? This thread has nothing to do with politics. Your hate for conservatives drives you to interject political bullshit in every thread you go to.

Don't get upset, just think about what I'm saying. Have a nice day.

Actually, its my hate for media circuses and equal parts hate for both Bill O and Nancy Grace that take up tons of air time for what are essentially human interest stories and infotainment and often interfere with the judicial process. So settle down and go pop a vallium.

poor woman, what a nightmare

I agree, but is it really a story that warrants more than three days of non-local, national coverage, tons of analysis and speculation, intrusive scrutiny into the woman's life, sensationalism, and air time taken away from more important things like health care, the economy, and American Military campaigns? Do we really need graphic, harrowing details and speculation for hours on end by Nancy Grace with hours of airtime provided to professional experts who give psychological profiles and recreations. Not to mention the ones who will use this case to push beliefs, policies, and corporate products.

I know none of this has happened yet. I'm just afraid that Missing White Girl Syndrome may rear its ugly head again as it always has since Jon Benet Ramsey.

Gawd! Those crazy Northern Californians AGAIN!

Let's just have the BIG ONE and we'll split. 👆

The woman should be ostracized as should the officers that rescued her.

First of all she didn't escape, which she could have by working hard enough. Secondly as long as the government does things like this people will keep getting kidnapped rather than working to avoid it in the first place.

But Garrido said he had "completely turned my life around" in the past several years. "You're going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, from the victim," he promised. "If you take this a step at a time, you're going to fall over backward, and in the end, you're going to find the most powerful, heartwarming story."

He added, "Wait till you hear the story of what took place at this house. You're going to be absolutely impressed. It's a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning, but I turned my life completely around."
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Describing his two daughters, he said, "Those two girls slept in my arms every single night from birth; I never kissed them."

In a later comment, he said that, from the time the youngest was born, "everything turned around."

What a douchebag. I cannot believe he thinks people are going to fall for this shit.

She sure has a lot of movies to watch

Originally posted by King Kandy
What a douchebag. I cannot believe he thinks people are going to fall for this shit.

This particular part, "Describing his two daughters, he said, "Those two girls slept in my arms every single night from birth; I never kissed them."

A normal person doesn't have to say that he never kissed his daughters, as a point to prove he wasn't doing things wrong with them. I certainly kiss my son and daughter. It's almost as if he is trying to convince himself or something.

It just seems really weird that he has to say something like that. That's not normal, by any means. Kissing your children and grandchildren should be normal. Me thinks he meant on da lips or in a sexual way.

Anyway. One sick bastard. And that lady probably did think about running away, everyday, in the beginning. Slowly, hope faded and that type of thinking disappeared.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Anyway. One sick bastard.

A sick bastard who raised not only his own family but also another child all the while evading the police. He should be rewarded for the amount of work he put into this.

Is the girl retarded, why didn't she try to get away?

Originally posted by saphiree95
Is the girl retarded, why didn't she try to get away?

Have there been any reports about Stockholm Syndrome?