By now we are getting to know more and more of the details of Jaycee Lee Dugard’s abduction and 18 year captivity at the hands of nut-job Phillip Garrido. I have previously written about Jaycee’s abduction, the role of Garrido’s wife Nancy Garrido in the case, and possible serial killer links between Garrido and the deaths of local area prostitutes. This post is intended as a catch-all to bring together all the facts that are currently known about the case.
Phillip Garrido’s First Victim and Prison Term
Phillip Garrido was a convicted sexual predator and registered sex offender before he ever set his wicked eyes on Jaycee Lee Dugard. 1976, 15 years before Jaycee Dugard’s abduction, Phillip Garrido kidnapped a casino worker from a South Lake Tahoe parking lot. He took her to a storage unit that he rented and repeatedly raped her. For his crime, he was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison, but was paroled in 1988.
How Phillip and Nancy Garrido Met and Were Married
Phillip Garrido was serving time in Leavenworth prison in Kansas when he and his wife met. Sources are sketchy, but it appears that Nancy Garrido’s maiden name was Nancy Boconegra. Little is known of her life before she met Garrido. She met the man who was to become her husband because her uncle was a fellow prisoner at Leavenworth. Nancy Garrido was a member of the Jehova’s Witnesses at the time.
The full extent of Nancy Garrido’s complicity in Jaycee Dugard’s abduction is not known at this time. Her brother-in-law, Ron Garrido, has described her as a “robot”, and stated that she was “under his control”.
Phillip Garrido’s Blog and Website
Phillip Garrido had a blogger.com blog with the address http://voicesrevealed.blogspot.com/. On it he revealed plans for another website, godsdesire.net. Garrido registered the godsdesire.net domain name, but never completed the website. His blog is mostly a collection of disturbed ravings about his ability to speak without using using his voice. He even had some of his acquaintances make sworn testimonials about this strange “power”. Other posts are disordered religious ramblings without any clear point.
Inside the Garrido Compound Where Duggard and Her Daughters Lived
The Garrido property had a large backyard which extended far back from the house itself. The backyard was a rat’s nest of shacks and makeshift tents in which Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters were forced to live. Piles of rubbish were everywhere about the property. A lonely trampoline and a half-filled swimming pool stood next to the quarters where the girl were imprisoned.
Chillingly, some of he rooms were soundproofed. Also found among the wreck were large metal cages.
Inside the living quarters, there was equal disarray. Mattresses were strewn about the tents, with no obviously defined sleeping arrangements. One notable feature of the quarters was a large collection of cat books, which may have belonged to Jaycee or one of her daughters. It isn’t known whether the girls were allowed to keep a cat.
How Jaycee Lee Dugard Was Rescued
It was Phillip Garrido’s own overconfidence, or perhaps sheer craziness, that finally led to his arrest and rescue for Jaycee Dugard. Within the past few years, Garrido had become increasingly interested in religion and had taken to preaching his own brand of madness in shambling People’s Park in Berkeley. He also wanted to prosthelytize at the neighboring University of California at Berkeley, and had brought his two daughters along when trying to obtain a permit to pass out literature on campus.
According to a story in People Magazine, campus police officers became suspicious at the behavior of his daughters. The older of the two stared strait up at the ceiling and answered questions with an unblinking smile. Lisa Campbell and her fellow officer Ally Jacobs called Garrido’s parole officer to investigate. When told that Garrido had his two daughters with him, the parole officer answered, “he doesn’t have any daughters”. The next day parole officials arrived at Garrido’s house and Jaycee Lee Dugards long nightmare was finally over.
Phillip Garrido Possible Serial Killer: Links to Prostitute Deaths
In the latest and most chilling twist to the Phillip Garrido saga, police are now investigating possible links between Garrido and the deaths of several women in the late 1990’s. Bodies of some of the women had been discovered in an area near one of Garrido’s former workplaces.
Police have also brought in so called “death dogs” to search for the bodies of three girls who disappeared from the area between 1988 and 1991. The have also searched the property of a neighbor. The Times of London offers details about this aspect of the case.
Jaycee Dugard’s Children’s Names and What We Know About Them
During her long captivity, Jaycee Lee Dugard bore two children, both presumed to have been fathered by Phillip Garrido. The older of the two daughters is named Starlite, and the younger is named Angel. Starlite is 15, and Angel is 11.
As of yet not much is known about the two girls, and I hope it stays that way. They have led lives that one can only imagine and it will take years of work and therapy to help the two to lead something like a normal life. In recent years, Phillip Garrido had become bolder about letting the two girls go out in public. He took them along with them on his trips to People’s Park in Berkeley, and had recently allowed them to attend a party at the home of a business associate.
A photo of the two entering the party has appeared in the press, with their faces blurred out. In it, they are well dressed, and appear to be wearing makeup.
The Jaycee Dugard Trust Fund
ABC news reports that a trust fund has been established for Jaycee Lee Dugard and her children. Checks (only) can be sent to:
Jaycee Dugard Trust Fund, c/o Viewtech Financial Services, P.O. Box 596, Atwood, Calif. 92811.
