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Cops: Garrido Search Yields "Nothing of Interest"
September 22, 2009
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While the search of the Garridos' property yielded no obvious clues to the Garecht and Misheloff cases, Orrey said, "We will never have to wonder if we should have or could have, because we did."

Still, investigators from both Hayward and Dublin said they will continue to pursue Phillip Garrido as a possible suspect in both cases.

He said investigators will also follow up on at least 15 tips that have come in to the Dublin Police Department over the last two days.

"I know there is someone out there that knows something," von Savoye said.

When asked by reporters if she would like the chance to talk to the Garridos about her daughter's case, Murch said she would rather speak to Nancy Garrido.

"I think she may be as much of a victim as is anybody else. And perhaps once she is free of him, and once she believes that he will not be set free to do more harm to her, maybe she'll be willing to tell us what she knows," Murch said.

She added, "I wouldn't want to talk to Phillip Garrido. I wouldn't want to be in the same room with him."

Video: Cops: Garrido Search Yields "Nothing of Interest": Tim Daly's 5 p.m. Report, 9/22/09
Even though police did not find any obvious clues during a week-long search, police say Phillip Garrido remains a possible suspect in the disappearances of two East Bay girls.
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?aid=82444

Video: Police Continue Digging for Clues at Garrido Antioch Property: Tim Daly's Midday Report, 9/22/09
Police investigating two child abductions said digging will continue Tuesday on the Antioch property where a Northern California couple allegedly held a girl captive for 18 years.
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?aid=82415

Article:
http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=67368&catid=2
 
Authorities End Search On Garrido Property
Updated: 6:57 pm PDT September 22, 2009
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Authorities on Tuesday ended an exhaustive weeklong search on the property where a Northern California girl was allegedly held captive for 18 years.

But after an extensive effort in which archaeological experts and employees of multiple law enforcement agencies combed through more than an acre of land in blistering heat -- some on their hands and knees -- the search revealed no links to the 1988 abduction of Michaela Garecht or the 1989 disappearance of Ilene Misheloff.

"While we did not locate any definitive evidence that provides answers, this operation still holds much value and much potential value," Hayward police Lt. Chris Orrey said. "We will walk away from these properties knowing that we left no stone unturned."

Orrey said authorities still have not ruled out the couple as potential suspects. She said "boxes and boxes" of documents, photos and other evidence still must be examined, and investigators hope to someday question the Garridos about the decades-old cases.

Video: ANTIOCH: Intense Search At Garrido Home Comes Up Empty, Draws To A Close
http://www.ktvu.com/video/21072138/index.html

Video: ANTIOCH: Garrido Believed Mysterious Black Box Talked To Him
http://www.ktvu.com/video/21061653/index.html

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20995673/detail.html
 
Documents: Parole Commission praised Garrido as 'productive citizen'
September 22, 2009
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Eight years after allegedly kidnapping a South Lake Tahoe girl, Phillip Garrido received praise from the U.S. Parole Commission before approving his release from federal jurisdiction in 1999, and said he should be allowed to get off early, according to documents released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Justice.

&#8220;After a thorough review of your case, the Commission has decided that you are deserving of an early discharge,&#8221; Raymond E. Essex, the panel&#8217;s administrator, said in a certificate releasing him from parole on March 19, 1999.

&#8220;You are commended for having responded positively to supervision and for the personal accomplishment(s) you have made,&#8221; the certificate said. &#8220;The Commission trusts that you will continue to be a productive citizen and obey the laws of society.&#8221;

The document was among 19 pages released by the U.S. Parole Commission in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Reno Gazette-Journal. Portions of the 19 pages were redacted. They refused to release another 92 pages of parole documents, claiming they are exempt from FOIA requests.
The Reno Gazette-Journal is appealing that decision.

PDF~Garrido 1999 Parole Documents:
http://www.rgj.com/assets/pdf/J7143043922.PDF

Article:
http://www.rgj.com/article/20090922/NEWS01/90922043/1321/news
 
Dugard stepfather wonders why it took 18 years to find Jaycee
September 21, 2009
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Carl Probyn, stepfather of the South Lake Tahoe girl kidnapped in 1991, likened the law enforcement and parole officers who oversaw the man who allegedly abducted her to the "Keystone cops" and blasted them for failing to see three young females living in his backyard.

"These guys should feel real guilty about taking a paycheck, with what she went through for 18 years," Probyn said Sunday at a fundraiser for Jaycee Lee Dugard, 29.
"It's just unbelievable that the police and the parole officer, nobody picked this up," he said. "He never even went into the backyard," Probyn said of the parole officer. "It's sickening."

Article:
http://www.rgj.com/article/20090921/NEWS01/909210335&theme=
 
Jaycee Dugard case: Phillip Garrido apparently avoided sex offender registration for years
Posted: 09/22/2009 04:33:04 PM PDT
Updated: 09/22/2009 05:33:45 PM PDT
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For eight years after Jaycee Dugard's abduction, through the sexual bondage of her teen years and the birth of her two girls fathered by Phillip Garrido, state and local authorities likely had no clue that a convicted sex offender was living at the house on Walnut Avenue near Antioch.

It appears Garrido didn't register as a sex offender in California until 1999, despite his 1976 convictions in Nevada for kidnapping and raping a female casino worker, and the fact he was under federal parole supervision over those years.

It may be nobody ever told him to register, a top federal parole official said.

There may be many others like him &#8212; people who were convicted of sex crimes in other states, moved to California and have since flown below the sex offender radar, a state Department of Justice official acknowledged.

Article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13396226
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/21/crimesider/entry5327690.shtml

NEW YORK (CBS) A 33-year law enforcement veteran who sat in Phillip Garrido’s living room and may have met Jaycee Lee Dugard, said the man accused of kidnapping and holding Dugard captive for 18 years, was "normal in every which way." And he had spoken with Garrido only two weeks before his arrest.

Photos: Inside Phillip Garrido's House
Photos: The Search For Jaycee
Photos: Jaycee Lee Dugard Found Alive
Photos: Inside Jaycee's Terror Tent

If Ralph Hernandez, who has held nearly every position from patrol officer to acting chief in three different law enforcement agencies, didn't see anything suspicious, who would have?

"I’ve been through a lot of homes... I’ve also encountered a lot of people who needed help," Hernandez said. "And this was not the situation that existed there."

Early in 2008, Garrido hired Hernandez, who works in California as a private investigator, to verify six declarations from local businesspeople stating that a black box Garrido created allowed him to communicate without speaking. Garrido did not allow Hernandez to view the device view for fear of him becoming biased, Hernandez said.

On February 1, 2008, Garrido invited Hernandez to his Antioch, Calif., home where the two sat in the living room and went over documents related to Garrido's invention. Hernandez says Garrido was "excited" about the discovery, but did not seem psychologically unstable.

more at link, I wasn't sure how much of the article we could copy.
 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/22/BAOF19QV0J.DTL

Those widely published photos showing the squalid home where kidnapping-rape suspects Phillip Craig Garrido and wife Nancy Garrido lived outside Antioch were a bit misleading.


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Garrido home wasn't really a pigsty 09.23.09

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The photos show rooms strewn with boxes, clothes, garbage and overturned furniture, and a kitchen sink overflowing with pots and pans.

But a police investigator involved in the Garrido probe tells us the house on Walnut Avenue, while a bit messy, was hardly the pigsty portrayed in the photos - until the FBI, sheriff deputies and local police went through it.

"By time we got done, the place was a train wreck," our source says. "We searched every nook and cranny."

Even in the concealed backyard, where Jaycee Dugard and her two girls allegedly fathered by Garrido lived in tentlike structures, our source says, "There is evidence they tried to keep it relatively neat."

By the way, it's looking increasingly likely that the home will be demolished, which could allow for a more thorough search of areas underneath.

The house is owned by Phillip Garrido's elderly mother, who suffers from dementia and is in a nursing home. The hitch in the demolition plan: Contra Costa County officials and Garrido's brother, Ron, who has been named conservator of the property, haven't worked out a deal on who will cover the $18,000 demolition tab.



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/22/BAOF19QV0J.DTL#ixzz0RwNMGrBj
 
By Lisa Vorderbrueggen
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 09/22/2009 04:08:19 PM PDT
Updated: 09/22/2009 05:33:37 PM PDT
Veteran Contra Costa County Sheriff Warren Rupf announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election next year, ending a long tenure for the county's top law enforcement officer.
The announcement to his top management team and supporters was not unexpected, although it would not have been out of character for the outspoken 66-year-old lawman to stay around for another term.
A 45-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, where he began his law enforcement career as a deputy and rose to the top job in 1992, Rupf has been talking about retiring for months.
He had intended to announce his decision in early September but held off until after some of the fervor died down over one of the biggest crime stories to hit Contra Costa County: the shocking reappearance of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard who was allegedly held captive for 18 years by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in a house just outside Antioch.
In the days following the Garridos' arrests, Rupf issued a public apology and disclosed that one of his deputies failed in 2006 to search the couple's premises after neighbors reported children living in the backyard. more at link: http://www.contracostatimes.com/sea...contracostatimes.com-www.contracostatimes.com
 
New Life of Lake Tahoe Kidnapping Victim Is Different Than Most Would Expect
http://www.theskichannel.com/news/s...g-Victim-Is-Different-Than-Most-Would-Expect-

South Lake Tahoe girl Jaycee Lee Dugard has been staying at an undisclosed location with her daughters and family since her release from 18 years of captivity. Now, her stepfather, Carl Probyn, is speaking out on what has been happening to her now that she is away from Phillip and Nancy Garrido, who are charged with kidnapping and raping Dugard.

Probyn says that Dugard's exposure to the outside world is still extremely limited, as officials do not want her memory to be tainted by the media. Therefore, she is not allowed to watch TV, read a newspaper, or listen to the radio. In addition, law enforcement authorities are debriefing her so she has the proper information. Probyn also says that Dugard and her daughters, Angel and Starlit, are "going a little stir crazy," but they will stay in hiding for as long as necessary so they can deal with their ordeal in the healthiest way possible.
 
Lawyer: Jaycee Dugard's Family Doing 'Remarkably Well'
Jaycee Dugard and Her Mother Want to Help Other Families Whose Children Are Missing
By SARAH NETTER, STEVEN CHENG and LEE FERRAN
Sept. 24, 2009

After an 18 year separation, Jaycee Dugard's family is doing "remarkably well under the circumstances," according to an attorney for the Dugards.

"They are very much functioning. They are very much a family," attorney McGregor Scott told "Good Morning America" today. "Watching the dynamics between the sisters [Jaycee's two daughters] and their grandmother, who are really just becoming acquainted for the very first time, it was just a very, very encouraging scene to observe."

Scott, who has visited the Dugards twice, said that Jaycee is a mother to her two daughters, who she raised while allegedly being held captive by Phillip Garrido, "in a very classic sense."

Now that the shock of the reunion is beginning to settle, Scott said the family wants to focus on the healing process and on helping others.

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Scott said the family does not want "the spotlight on them."

"Jaycee and her mother, in particular, want very much to utilize the bully pulpit that they've been given through this experience, to bring attention to those families and their need to bring their children home" Scott told "GMA."

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During an appearance on "The Today" show, Scott said Jaycee has mixed emotions surrounding the arrest of her alleged captors, who she lived with for 18 years. Phillip Garrido fathered her two children.

But Jaycee realizes "some bad and terrible things were done to her," he said.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/lawyer-jaycee-dugards-family-remarkably/story?id=8659761
 
Jaycee Lee Dugard Will ‘Most Likely’ Testify Against Captors

US (ChattahBox) - The attorney for Jaycee Lee Dugard, the women who was abducted at age 11 and kept in a makeshift home in her captors backyard for 18 years, will probably testify against the Garridos.


“I’m confident in saying that, if this case does proceed to trial, Jaycee will, in all likelihood, be a witness for the prosecution,” McGregor Scott, the family attorney, was quoted as telling The Early Show.

“She’s aware of that, and understands that. That day is a long ways away from right now, so she’s got a lot of time to continue with the mending and the healing and the rehabilitation she’s going through now.”

Jaycee has been going through psychological counseling for her ordeal, as have her two daughters, 15 and 11. They have been constantly surrounded by family as they all heal from the horrible conditions of their lives.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido are both accused of various counts of kidnapping and rape. They have put in a plea of ‘not guilty’ and are currently in isolation awaiting trial.

In the meantime, police are looking for possible connections to two other kidnappings of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht in 1988, and 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff in 1989.

Phillip Garrido is also being looked at for his possible involvement in the murder of several prostitutes who were found in an area that he was working in at the time.

Investigators have found several bone fragments on the couples property, as well as the one next door that the Garridos looked after as caretakers. Police are awaiting results to find out if they are human.

http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/09/24/jaycee-lee-dugard-will-most-likely-testify-against-captors/
 
GUYS - WHOS PHOTO IS ON HERE scroll down?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/24/earlyshow/main5334580.shtml?tag=stack

Home The Early Show Presented by: Sept. 24, 2009
Jaycee Would Probably Testify, Lawyer Says
Attorney for Family: Dugard Would "In All Likelihood" Take Stand Against Accused Abductors Phillip and Nancy Garrido

CBS) Jaycee Dugard has been in seclusion since her 18-year kidnapping ordeal ended a month ago.
Dugard, 29, has been surrounded by her two daughters, her mother, her sister (who was just one when Jaycee was abducted) and other family members, and has been undergoing psychological counseling.

Very little is known about how she and her family have been coping, and about her nearly two decades in captivity since she was grabbed from a bus stop in broad daylight in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. in 1991, allegedly by Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido.

Both have pleaded not guilty to charges including kidnapping and rape. Authorities say Garrido fathered Jaycee's two daughters, who are now 15 and 11.

The Garridos are accused of keeping Jaycee and her daughters in a backyard maze of tens and sheds all these years, at their Antioch, Calif. home.

Investigators have combed the Garrido home and backyard for signs of two other abducted girls, Michaela Garecht, who was nine when taken in 1988, and Ilene Misheloff, who was 13 when she was grabbed in 1989.

Now, a lawyer hired by Jaycee's family says she would probably testify against the Garridos when the time comes.

"I'm confident in saying that, if this case does proceed to trial, Jaycee will, in all likelihood, be a witness for the prosecution," McGregor Scott told "Early Show" co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez. "She's aware of that, and understands that. That day is a long ways away from right now, so she's got a lot of time to continue with the mending and the healing and the rehabilitation she's going through now."

Jaycee's mother, Terry Probyn, has issued a statement saying, "All of us are doing very well under the circumstances. What we need most right now is to be allowed to become a family again within a zone of privacy and security."

Scott told Rodriguez privacy is a primary concern of the family's, but Jaycee's relatives also want her case to give hope and encouragement to other families of abducted children.

Scott says Jaycee is doing "remarkably well," under the circumstances:
 
Lawyer: Jaycee Dugard would testify against captors
September 24, 2009
Updated 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
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Attorney Scott McGregor admitted it has been a difficult transition for Dugard and her two children -- who police say were fathered by her captor -- given her captivity spanned more than half her life and was the only world she knew for so long.

"But there is no question that she knows that terrible and wrong things were done to her and that those people must be held accountable," McGregor said.

He acknowledged Dugard would have to relive the "trauma" in court by sharing the "very, very sordid tale."

But McGregor said the family is trying not to focus on any of that and instead work on building a new life together. He said he had met with Dugard and her family twice for a couple of hours and was happy to see "how well they had been doing."

"Even more encouraging was the second time I met with them, I saw progress," he said.

"I'm just very pleasantly surprised watching the dynamics, and I think it's a very positive thing going forward."

"This is a woman whose [own] formal education ended in the fifth grade," he said. "She has a brain that she wants to develop, so it's a very positive thing."

"To watch the interaction between Jaycee and her mother ... after 18 years is remarkable," McGregor said. "The emotions there, I think they're still wrestling with all of that but I think they're making great progress."

Article:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/24/jaycee.dugard/index.html
 
Sniffer dogs under scrutiny 3:15
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Today Show Video: Man claims he&#8217;s Dugard&#8217;s biological father 1:33
Sept. 24: Police continue to search for clues at the home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the couple accused of abducting Jaycee Dugard. Meanwhile, a man claiming to be Jaycee's father makes a plea to meet her. NBC's George Lewis reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32999205#32999205

Today Show Video: Spokesman: Dugards focused on &#8216;reconciliation&#8217; 5:01
Sept. 24: As Jaycee Dugard attempts to readjust to life after 18 years in captivity, TODAY's Ann Curry talks to McGregor Scott, a spokesman for the Dugard family, about how she and her daughters are holding up.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32999250#32999250

Today Show video: Search of Garrido property ends 1:46
Sept. 23: Forensic crews wrap up the search of accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido's backyard with no definitive evidence linking Garrido with other missing girls. KNTV's Jodi Hernandez reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/32983544#32983544
 
Dugard's Mom: 'Miracles Can Happen'
Jaycee Dugard's Mom Says 'Never Stop Looking'
POSTED: 10:00 pm PDT September 23, 2009
UPDATED: 11:01 pm PDT September 23, 2009
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The mother of a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped said never stop looking for missing children because "miracles can happen."

Terry Probyn was reunited with her daughter Jaycee Dugard in August.

She said in a statement Wednesday that she hopes her family's story will focus attention on all missing children, and "As Jaycee shows, miracles can happen."

Probyn has been in seclusion with Dugard and her daughters since their reunification Aug. 27. She said they are doing very well under the circumstances.

Article:
http://www.kcra.com/news/21096866/detail.html
 
Lawyer: Dugard Has Mixed Emotions
Woman Will Likely Testify Against Garridos
POSTED: 5:57 am PDT September 24, 2009
UPDATED: 6:53 pm PDT September 24, 2009
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The lawyer for kidnapping victim Jaycee Lee Dugard said his client has mixed emotions surrounding the arrest of her alleged captors, but realizes "some bad and terrible things were done to her."

Attorney McGregor Scott told CBS' "The Early Show" on Thursday that Dugard will likely testify against the Garridos when the time comes.

"I think she very clearly understands that some very bad and terrible things were done to her, and the people that committed those crimes need to be held accountable, and her participation with law enforcement is essential for that to happen," Scott said.

Scott is a former U.S. attorney in Northern California.

"I devoted almost two decades of my life to law enforcement in this state and we failed. We failed Jaycee Dugard and her family. And I think we need to own that," Scott said.

For now, Dugard, her girls and mother are all getting psychological help and working on basics, like getting birth certificates for her daughters, now 11 and 15.

Video: Attorney: State Failed Jaycee Dugard
http://www.kcra.com/video/21109487/index.html

Article:
http://www.kcra.com/news/21101439/detail.html
 
Jaycee 'making great progress' 3:03
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Dugard Attorney: Jaycee Doing Well
September 24, 2009
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An attorney representing kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard said she and her two daughters are doing very well as they adjust to their new life and become acquainted with Jaycee's mother Terry Probyn.

The family is reportedly living in seclusion in Northern California.

McGregor Scott, a former U.S. prosecutor, said he was approached a week ago about representing the family, which is receiving free legal help from his Sacramento law firm.

"I was very pleasantly surprised, candidly, when I met with them for the first time to see how well they seem to be doing," said Scott.

He added that Dugard is aware of the media spotlight and that she and her mother are protecting the girls from getting "too much information too early in the process." Scott also stated that Dugard does not want media attention and would not be appearing on shows in the foreseeable future.

Scott said Dugard realizes she will need to testify against her accused kidnapper and father of her two daughters Phillip Garrido as well as his wife Nancy about her life in their Antioch home.

Scott said Dugard and Probyn would now like the media to focus on other families who have missing children so perhaps they can experience similar reunions.

Interview: Attorney McGregor Scott Talks About Dugard Case; 9/24/09, 2 p.m.
McGregor Scott, a former U.S. prosecutor, said he was approached a week ago about representing the family, which is receiving free legal help from his Sacramento law firm.
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?aid=82588

Dugard Attorney: Jaycee Doing Well: Alicia Malaby's Report; 9/24/09, 6 p.m.
An attorney representing kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard said she and her two daughters are doing very well as they adjust to their new life and become acquainted with Jaycee's mother Terry Probyn.
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?aid=82602

Article:
http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=67554&catid=2
 
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