@Songline: To me the most damning thing about her is that even after her son *admitted* to having rape fantasies, wanting to rape young girls, and having exposed himself to young girls, she still backed him. She wasn't in denial. She knew and was accepting of it. That is something I still can't grasp, it's so disturbing.
You think if she was going to offer him any grief about his child rape obsession, he would have stayed with her? No. In fact, she was fine with him being alone with three young girls, Dugard and then her daughters, *after* that chilling admission. If you knew of someone who admitted to desperately wanting to hurt animals and having already committed minor animal cruelty, would you trust them with a dog? Hell no. And yet, she didn't mind. Hell, she didn't mind her granddaughters living like junkyard dogs.
As for the girls' eyes: yes, if it's true that they have Garrido's eyes, that stare would haunt me if they were just looking at me like they did with the two Berkeley women. But I'm guessing Terry Probyn is more overwhelmed with the fact that these girls are *her* granddaughters, the children of her beloved daughter. I'm sure they look a lot like Dugard (as noted by that '06 call by the neighbor) and when they smile, it must just melt their grandmother's heart. They're obviously innocent in all this and, if anything, they helped her daughter emotionally cope with the unbelievable trauma. They most likely gave their mother a sense of purpose, something she needed to survive. That's what I'm guessing Mrs. Probyn is seeing, rather than Garrido's eyes.
That's not to say I would be against a rape victim wanting to abort the fetus or have the child of that rape be adopted by someone else. It is a constant reminder of what happened. But in this case, Dugard obviously wants her children to be a part of her life.
Stephens
I love your sensitivity ((((( HUG )))))
ITA - that is why I think Patricia is the demon seed.
You are right about Terry - we dont know how she is handeling it, and it may all just melt her heart, we do know she too has thrapy sessions.
And we also know that she is so elated to have JC that everything else may be welcome.
I am just saying for me - their eyes would be very hard to handle if they have that look, and yes they are innocent no doubt.
I will say that much - People like Patricia are an accomplice and deserve to be locked up regardless to their age.
I had an incest case long ago where the girl had a father and 3 brothers who always had their way with her
since she was 8 till she was 16 when she finally ran away from home. Her mom did nothing about it at all.
This girl grew up to be one heck of an angry spirit. (PG is an angry spirit)
With time the more we pealed away, the sweeter she got,
she was a wonderful lady.
She couldn't forgave her mom, but went to say good bye to her when she was on her death bed,
she was 32 by then. twice the age of when she left home.
She did forgive the men in her family, but never wanted to see them again.
She learned that several of her girl friends from her home town shared the same fate,
she found some comfort learning that her friends too shared that fate.
IT IS VERY SAD BUT SOME women select to dig their heads in the sand
I call them an accomplice.
But Patricia does not shock me, I learned that often where there is abuse there is also an enabler