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[Angel Who Cares]

Antioch Officials Distance Town From Dugard Case
Posted: 10:44 pm PDT September 4, 2009
Updated: 12:56 am PDT September 5, 2009
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On Friday, Antioch's mayor held an unusual news conference trying to set the record straight about his city.

City officials were trying to distance themselves from Phillip Garrido and his alleged crimes, including the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.

Along with some residents, Mayor Davis called a news conference Friday evening to clarify that Dugard's nightmare happened outside the city limits.

"I believe it's certainly not showing us in the best of light," said Antioch Mayor Jim Davis. "Antioch is a wonderful community. We have a lot of positive things we want to make sure the general public understands. And this unfortunately -- because it keeps being labeled as Antioch -- is not helping anyone."

Given the apology issued by the Contra Costa County Sheriff last week for missing the chance to free Dugard in 2006, the Antioch press conference struk an odd note.

VIDEO~ ANTIOCH: City Officials Deny Responsibility In Dugard Case; Garrido Recordings Surface
http://www.ktvu.com/video/20738934/index.html

Article:
http://www.ktvu.com/news/20738766/detail.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Phillip Garrido sang of fascination with young girls, former customer says.
Posted: 09/04/2009 04:28:00 PM PDT
Updated: 09/04/2009 09:42:43 PM PDT
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A Concord man who says he knew Phillip Garrido well for 15 years and met Jaycee Dugard and their two girls played a pair of CDs for Bay Area News Group on Thursday containing suggestive rock songs and trippy synthesized ballads he says Garrido recorded and gave to him about three years ago.

The discs contain about 20 songs, with lyrics that seem to reflect Garrido's now infamous history in prison for the kidnapping and rape of a woman in 1976, and perhaps the abduction and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard.

"Leavenworth's a long long way from Nashville/ Here I go, tra-la-la/But I get my jollies in a motorcar, feelin' good," a man sings in one song.

But Lister thinks that Garrido was frustrated at the difficulty in spreading his peculiar religious message and ready to come out to the world and explain his self-described transformation. In short, he may have invited his arrest, Lister suggested.

"I think he was trying to get people to listen to him."

AUDIO: Phillip Garrido's music recordings (KPIX)
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

Article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13272160?nclick_check=1

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Van towed from Garrido back yard, seized as evidence in Jaycee Dugard case
Posted: 09/04/2009 08:27:55 AM PDT
Updated: 09/04/2009 05:14:34 PM PDT
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The Contra Costa Sheriff's Office is having a van towed from the back yard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's home in unincorporated Antioch this morning. Authorities said the vehicle is being seized as potential evidence in the 18-year kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.

Sheriff's deputies and an Oakley-based tow company were at the Walnut Avenue home about 11 a.m. to bring the van out of the yard. They used a chain saw to cut branches and pitchforks to move away debris and rubbish, all to clear a path for the van to be removed.

The presence of a van associated with the home has become Internet fodder over the past week on Google Maps street view, where a van appears to pull out of the Garrido driveway and follows the Google Maps van that surveys and photographs city streets to add to its online map database.

But the van depicted on Google Maps is brown, whereas the one seized from the Garrido home today is yellow in color and distinctively different in body.

Capt. Daniel Terry of the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said the van was being seized as evidence in the kidnapping investigation, which involves the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and FBI. Terry declined to comment further on the seizure.

Article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13269606

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Songs By Garrido Reference Daughter, Lewd Acts
Sep 4, 2009 8:53 pm US/Pacific
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CBS 5 has obtained music apparently written and performed by Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido over the last 15 years.

The songs allude to girls and there is at least one reference to lewd acts.

In one song, Garrido mentions the name of one of his daughters, calling her "my lovely one."

The songs were apparently part of his prosthelytizing and were provided to CBS 5 by a former business associate of Garido's.

According to the Bureau of Prisons, Garrido was in federal custody from April 4, 1993 until May 10, 1993. Garrido was then confined to his home until Aug. 31, 1993.

Garrido was "discharged" from federal parole in March 1999.

RAW VIDEO: Antioch Mayor On Garrdio Case 09/04/09 8:02pm PT
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

VIDEO: Songs By Garrido Reference Daughter, Lewd Acts 09/04/09 5:48pm PT
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

AUDIO: Songs By Kidnap Suspect Phil Garrido Reference Daughter, Lewd Acts
http://cbs5.com/local/phillip.garrido.music.2.1165331.html

Article:
http://cbs5.com/local/phillip.garrido.music.2.1165331.html

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Frenzy over Garrido wanes, but incident will stick with Antioch
Posted: 09/04/2009 04:15:37 PM PDT
Updated: 09/05/2009 04:29:20 AM PDT
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Quiet had reclaimed Walnut Avenue on Friday morning.

With the dozens of news crews that had descended on Phillip Garrido's neighborhood a week ago gone to cover other stories, the only trucks rumbling down the silty country lane were there to collect the week's trash.

"Twilight Zone" one week and "Nobody Home" the next, as one resident sighed.

Now, with the spotlight dimmed, this unincorporated neighborhood and the Antioch community at large are left to try to regain some semblance of normality, even as they grapple with the reality of what happened here to kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard.

"It's just so overwhelming," said Antioch's Lulu Pagnini. "Everybody recovers from everything ... but this one, I think it's touched everybody deeply. It's so horrific."

Antioch Mayor Jim Davis scheduled a news conference at the city's Police Department for Friday evening to remind media that the Garridos lived on unincorporated land, outside of the city's jurisdiction.

That technicality hasn't seemed to matter to most people here, however, who say that what happened on Walnut Avenue is just another black eye for a community hit by a handful of high-profile criminal cases in the past year, and battling against a rising tide of violent crime.

Article:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13271992
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PDF: Documents from the Nevada court file in the rape conviction of Phillip Garrido
http://extras.bayareanewsgroup.com/east-bay/graphics/garridorapeconviction.pdf

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Investigators seize Phillip Garrido's van
Friday, September 04, 2009 | 6:02 PM
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Investigators pulled a filthy yellow van out of the backyard of kidnap and rape suspect Phillip Garrido Friday afternoon.

In another mysterious twist in the ongoing investigation of Phillip Garrido and the property where he is accused of keeping Jaycee Dugard for 18 years, investigators Friday towed away a van that was parked in brush and dirt in Garrido's backyard in an unincorporated part of East Contra Costa County.

It took detectives from the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department some time to dig the filthy yellow van out of its shrouded location in the backyard of Phillip Garrido.

Contra Costa sheriffs would not say what if any role it might have played in the 18-year imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard or whether it may figure into some other crime on the property.

VIDEO: Investigators seize Phillip Garrido's van
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7000067

Article:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=6999671

 

[Coldpizza]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/05/garridos-mental-state-likely-be-issue-trial/news-breaking/

 

[Coldpizza]

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/03/previous-garrido-victim-says-he-should-die/news-breaking/

 

[Coldpizza]

The reason I'm posting these is to find the article that said Nancy is from Denver...still looking

 

[Harmony 2]

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusiv...-reveals-secrets-behind-jaycee-duggard-photos

EXCLUSIVE: FBI Profiler Reveals The Secrets Behind Jaycee Dugard Photos

"There is no doubt that Garrido is a narcissistic sociopath who was a sex addict too. In his twisted mind people, especially women, were pawns in his life that existed solely just to please him," revealed Van Zandt. "Garrido felt that he was the sun and everyone else were just planets and stars to serve him. The sad part was he wasn't actually that bright and that the authorities allowed him to get away with his 'family fantasy' for 18 years before he was finally caught."

 

[Harmony 2]

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusiv...re-afraid-jaycee-dugard-kidnapper-high-school

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Girls Were Afraid of Jaycee Dugard Kidnapper In High School

(photo by: Splash News)

High school classmates of Phillip Garrido, the man charged with kidnapping and holding Jaycee Lee Dugard for 18 years, reveal he was a misfit and unstable. In exclusive interviews with RadarOnline.com, people who knew him at Liberty High School in Bentwood, California, also reveal that girls at the school were frightened of him.

 

[Harmony 2]

http://www.contracostatimes.com/health/ci_13277798

Jaycee Lee Dugard and daughters need appreciation, privacy for recovery

The road to recovery for kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard depends on fostering the innate capacity for healing, along with society fully supporting her, says a German psychologist who treats severe trauma in crime victims.

"Most of all, trauma victims need appreciation," said Dr. Christian Ludke, known for his work on the psychological effects of kidnappings, hostage-takings and bank robberies.

Appreciation for those surviving life-threatening crimes means acknowledging that they were victims who weren't responsible for their trauma.

"They need quietness and distance from their painful experience," Ludke said, "so they can start their self-healing process, which is a natural, inborn ability of every human."

Recovering from severe trauma relies less on immediate talk therapy and medical interventions, he said, than on re-establishing stability in key relationships and thinking ahead to a positive future.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

Phillip Garrido's mental state likely to be issue at Jaycee Dugard trial
Posted: 09/05/2009 10:16:31 AM PDT
Updated: 09/05/2009 10:25:49 AM PDT
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In the days before his arrest, cracks showed in the elaborate facade authorities say Phillip Garrido built to conceal the girl he kidnapped, raped and imprisoned &#8212; and those cracks were of Garrido's own making.

Whether rooted in bravado, mental illness or both, his actions in the years, days and hours before his secret life was exposed raise questions about whether he subconsciously wanted to be caught. And experts say his behavior is likely to become relevant as prosecutors prepare to try Garrido and law enforcements agencies explore possible connections to unsolved sex crimes.

Ken Lanning, a consultant and former FBI agent who specializes in crimes against children, said Garrido's lack of discretion and increasing outspokenness are not unusual among sex offenders. Some try to justify their deeds by arguing that their victims cared for them or somehow benefited from the abuse, he said.

"Deep down, this guy knows he kidnapped this girl 18 years ago, but he is not thinking of this everyday," said Lanning. "He probably wanted to convince himself that he had changed &#8212; 'I was bad at one time and this is the proof that I am a different person.' His need to validate that belief system is a far more likely explanation than that he was crying for help."

The FBI and police departments in California and Nevada have started looking anew at old unsolved rapes, child abductions and murders based on what they have learned so far about Garrido's methods in Dugard's kidnapping.

If he keeps talking, his story could ultimately help law enforcement agencies develop better ways of monitoring sex offenders by determining which ones are the most dangerous, according to Lanning. It could be that investigators never considered him a suspect in Dugard's disappearance because they regarded Garrido as a rapist who targeted adults, not children, although in the Nevada case he admitted exposing himself to young girls.

"One of the great teaching points is to remind people that just because a prior sex offense was against an adult doesn't mean the guy couldn't kidnap a child," he said. "Here is a guy who kidnaped a woman in Nevada, had some kind of sex palace and did a lot of weird things. If somebody had asked me, I would have said this guy is a good suspect and you want to check him out."

But Lanning says there is at least one person whose actions should not be second-guessed &#8212; Dugard.

"If you are alive after 18 years, you did the right thing. I don't care what you did, it was the right thing," he said.

Article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_13277412
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VIDEO: Reporter & Psychologist Talk About The Jaycee Dugard Case Kidnap Case (CBS Early Show) 09/05/09
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

VIDEO: Exclusive: Jaycee's Aunt Speaks About Ordeal (CBS Early Show) 09/04/09
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

VIDEO: Exclusive: Jaycee's Aunt Describes Reunion(CBS Early Show) 09/04/09: 7:37
http://cbs5.com/video/[email protected]

 

[Californian]

The reason I'm posting these is to find the article that said Nancy is from Denver...still looking

Several outlets said this, and it was posted somewhere in this forum around 8/28-29. Someone posted "property records show Nancy living in Denver."

Also, this new article published yesterday goes one step further to say:

Little is known about Nancy Garrido's early years.

Public records show she was born in Texas in 1955, and that she lived in New York City and Denver before moving to Kansas. It was there she met the man of her dreams -- serving time for kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 25-year-old Harrah's card dealer.​

source: http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/09/was_nancy_garrido_as_much_a_vi.html

 

[thatswhatshesaid]

Kidnapper took Jaycee on 'child-shopping trip'

PHILLIP Garrido selected the pretty blonde girl with the gap-toothed grin as his prey during a "child shopping" trip because she looked "cute", his wife Nancy has told investigators in California.

But the couple decided not to try to snatch 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard that day in June 1991 because she was walking through South Lake Tahoe with a group of school friends.

Instead, they apparently followed her home before returning the next morning to complete their horrific mission. Mrs Garrido allegedly jumped out of their car and grabbed the girl as she walked to a nearby bus stop while her husband stayed behind the wheel.

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/kidnapper-took-jaycee-on-childshopping-trip-1879563.html

 

[thatswhatshesaid]

US Fritzl&#8217;s mum thought kidnapped victim was his daughter

Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Mirror, Patricia told that her son introduced Dugard as &#8220;Allissa&#8221; and had no idea of her plight until police raided their California home last month.

She says: &#8220;Phillip and his elder brother Ron were good boys when growing up. But I always wished I could have had a daughter.

&#8220;So when &#8216;Allissa&#8217; appeared one day it was amazing. I was pleased she was around. I was ill and in bed.

&#8220;She was a real angel. She was hard-working and helped out with Phillip&#8217;s printing business at home. I was spending most of my time in bed and Nancy was looking after me.&#8221;

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal...napped-victim-was-his-daughter_100243475.html

 

[i.b.nora]

Friends and supporters of Jaycee Lee Dugard parade in South Lake Tahoe

September 6, 2009 | 1:37 pm

"Hundreds of people paraded through South Lake Tahoe this morning to honor Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 years old when she was kidnapped in 1991 near her home and who recently reemerged in the Bay Area 18 years after she disappeared.

Dugard’s former classmates, teachers and neighbors came wearing what was her favorite color, pink, and toting hand-made signs reading, “We Love You Jaycee.”

Members of the local Soroptimist Club sold pink T-shirts and cupcakes at the end of the parade route next to South Lake Tahoe Middle School to benefit Dugard and the two daughters, 11 and 15, whom police say were fathered by Dugard's alleged captor, Phillip Garrido.

“We were all hoping she would come back alive -- she’s one of our people,” said Meghan Dorris, 28, Dugard’s former classmate at Meyers Elementary School. “We’re just really grateful and hoping she can recover.”"

more...

 

[Californian]

Antioch has taken quite a battering in the media, some of it is deserved but some of it has portrayed this town as a ghetto. It's not like that. Like any city of 100,000+ located on about 26 square miles, it has it's pros .... and cons. Nice areas and bad areas. Good people and bad people. The Garrido's rank at the top with the bad people.

This was published in the local paper, the Contra Costa Times East County Ediition, under the headline "Antioch's Infamy Unfounded."

Antioch not the sex offender rat's nest that media suggests, data show
By John Simerman
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 09/04/2009 10:47:29 AM PDT
Updated: 09/04/2009 08:27:07 PM PDT

It's a juicy nugget for the worldwide press, tripping alarms on the cable news fear-o-meter.

Anderson Cooper of CNN has the graphics to prove it and a roster of experts to explain how the local area where police say Jaycee Dugard was held in sexual bondage for 18 years has fast become a dense haven for registered sex offenders.

"How Jessica's Law turned Antioch into a paedophile ghetto," splashed a headline Thursday on the Web site of The Independent, a major British newspaper.

Disturbing, if true. Only it's not, according to a Bay Area News Group analysis of sex offender addresses and census data.

full text and graphic: http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13270184?nclick_check=1

 

[i.b.nora]

I can't get the above link to work at all, so here is the same article at a different web address:

Antioch not the sex offender rat's nest that media suggests, data show
This is at Mercury News Website, part of the same newsgroup in the Bay Area.

A notable quote: "Antioch police Chief Jim Hyde took pains to note that the Garrido home sits outside city limits in unincorporated Contra Costa County, which is patrolled by the county sheriff's office. But the city is taking flak from the case, he said, and from what he called "high school journalism" on sex offenders."

 

[Harmony 2]

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/04/crimesider/entry5288269.shtml

Phillip Garrido Tells FBI He Can Stop Schizophrenics from Turning Violent