JAYCEE DUGARD - 11 yo (1991) - Lake Tahoe CA

The town where Jaycee Lee Dugard was
kidnapped 18 years ago celebrated her astounding reappearance with a
parade Sunday while she remained secluded with her family in Northern
California.

Dugard's former classmates and teachers were among those who took part
in the one-mile march along South Lake Tahoe's main drag to celebrate
her safe return. She was snatched from a school bus stop in the resort
town in 1991 at the age of 11. "We just want her to know that we
love her and support her," said Jillian Broadfoot, 30, who attended
Meyers Elementary School with Dugard at the time. "I think Tahoe lost
its innocence with the kidnapping, and hopefully her return restores a
little faith here." South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Terry Daniels
estimated 2,000 people took part in the parade and another 500 people
joined them at a rally afterward. Most wore pink attire or held pink
balloons in recognition of Dugard's favorite color. The parade route
was lined by pink ribbons on trees. Some participants yelled
out, "Jaycee, we love you." Others wore pink T-shirts with the message,
"Jaycee, Tahoe (Hearts) You." Meghan Dorris, 28, of Stateline,
was among Dugard classmates who started a pink ribbon campaign when she
was she abducted to show their hope for her safe return. "It
really haunted us over the years, and I'm just excited to get her
back," Dorris said. "Putting myself in her place, I can't imagine what
she went through. I wish her the best in the healing process and hope
she can lead a normal life." Sunday's parade followed the
reverse route of a march held on the 10th anniversary of Dugard's
abduction. Missing person posters that volunteers handed out in the
days after she disappeared in 1991 were stacked near the start and
updated with large black circles with slashes drawn through them.
Dugard had been living in the South Lake Tahoe area with her mother,
stepfather and infant sister for less than a year when she was snatched
off the street. Her stepfather, Carl Probyn, has said they moved there
from Southern California partly because they thought it would be safer.
Phillip Garrido, 58, and his wife, 54-year-old Nancy Garrido, have
pleaded not guilty to 29 counts of kidnapping, rape and false
imprisonment in Dugard's disappearance. Police say the Garridos
held Dugard captive in a backyard encampment of tents and sheds in
Antioch, Calif., and Garrido fathered two children with Dugard. Both
Garridos are being held without bail. Probyn watched the parade
from a sport utility vehicle and attended the rally. He was at Tahoe
with an Australian television crew. "I wanted to be there, but I didn't want to be the center of attention," Probyn said. "I didn't want it to be about me."
Karen Gillis-Tinlin, principal of Meyers Elementary when the kidnapping
occurred, said she can't recall a happier day or a larger throng at
Tahoe. "All I want to do is cry right now," she said. "I feel
overwhelming joy and happiness. Obviously, Jaycee hasn't been
forgotten. She has remained in our minds and hearts all these years." She and classmates remembered Dugard as quiet, friendly and well liked.
"She could have been anyone's child, and that's why you personalize
it," Gillis-Tinlin said. "You think, 'It could have been my child who
was kidnapped."' At a rally afterward, law enforcement officers
and representatives of the sponsoring group Soroptimist International
paid tribute to Dugard and her family. "We wish they could be
here today, but we want to reach out and let them know we love them,"
said Brooke Laine of the Soroptimists. El Dorado County sheriff's Lt. Les Lovell said the Dugard case teaches an important lesson.
"I was suspecting that we would never see her again," he told the
crowd. "Her story shows that anytime there's hope we need to keep hope
alive." Pink T-shirts and cupcakes were sold at the rally, with proceeds going to the Jaycee Dugard Family Fund.

Jaycee Lee Dugard is preparing to finally tell her story to the public. The UK Daily Mirror
reports Dugard will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" this December.
The paper goes on to say Dugard will get one-million dollars for the
appearance.
Sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, are accused of
abducting, raping and holding Jaycee for 18 years. The pair is set to
appear in court Monday morning for a bail review and another
preliminary hearing. A press conference and statement from the El
Dorado County District Attorney will follow.

Jaycee, now 29, has two daughters allegedly fathered by Phillip
Garrido. It's unknown if Jaycee's children will also appear on Oprah's
show in December. Dugard and her daughters have been reunited with
Jaycee's mother.

Bail for Phillip Garrido, a sex offender accused of abducting and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard, was set Monday at $30 million.But because of a parole hold, he is not eligible for release, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson said.Garrido
and his wife, Nancy Garrido, face charges in the 1991 Meyers kidnapping
of Dugard, who was found safe last month in the Bay Area.Phillip
Garrido allegedly fathered two children with Dugard, and apparently
forced her to live in his Antioch back yard for many years, police said.A mental evaluation has been requested for both of the Garridos.Phillip
and Nancy Garrido were brought into a Placerville courtroom together on
Monday morning for a brief bail hearing. She appeared to be out of
breath.Phillip Garrido appeared in court with a bandage on his nose and a newly grown beard.Nancy Garrido is being held without bail. Both are due back in court for an Oct. 29 hearing.Pierson said it is difficult to tell when a trial will begin.
"This is a pretty unusual case," Pierson added. "I don't think anybody has ever handled a case quite like this one."
Outside court, Pierson told a throng of media from around the world
that investigators were continuing to pursue other leads in the case. "As of today, there are no additional charges ... That's not to say there won't be," he said.
He said Dugard and her children were doing exceptionally well under the
circumstances after being reunited with Dugard's mother shortly after
the Garridos were arrested Aug. 27. "Basic human decency mandates honoring the family's request for privacy," he said.
He declined to comment on rumors that Dugard, now 29, has agreed to
appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show and praised the state parole agent who
brought the Garridos into custody. The agent, whom Pierson
identified as Eddie Santos, questioned Phillip Garrido after being
notified by University of California, Berkeley police employees that
the convicted sex offender had arrived on campus with two children
while attempting to distribute religious pamphlets. "This parole
agent successfully broke through the elaborate, well-planned cover
story that was 18 years in the making," Pierson said. "We all owe him a
debt of gratitude." Gordon Hinkle, a spokesman for the
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, would not
confirm that Santos was the parole agent. But he said Garrido's most
recent parole officer had been assigned to the case only since December.
He said the department was reviewing its handling of Garrido's parole
but would not release any details because it did not want to interfere
with the ongoing criminal case. Before Monday's hearing, Deputy
District Attorney Trish Kelliher filed a declaration seeking higher
bail for both suspects, citing the serious nature of the crimes and
saying they should be considered flight risks. She also said in
her court filing that a stun gun was used to subdue the victim when she
was kidnapped from a school bus stop in 1991. Both defendants
are due back in court for an Oct. 29 hearing. The district attorney's
office said it could take a year to 18 months to bring the case to
trial.

Rumors of a televised interview with 1991 kidnap victim Jaycee Lee
Dugard are completely unfounded, says a family representative.

Sunday, the UK Daily Mirror reported
Dugard will appear on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in December. The article
goes on to say Dugard will be paid $1 million for the appearance.
Dugard family spokeswoman Erica Price Schulte told News10 that plans for any television interview were completely false.
In a recent interview with The Insider's Samantha Harris, Oprah Winfrey did say the Jaycee Lee Dugard interview is an interview she wants.
"I want that interview," Oprah said. "This is the first time I have
ever called up a producer and said 'are we on this story?' because I
want that interview."
Sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido, are
charged with the abduction, rape and imprisonment of Dugard. She was
taken from South Lake Tahoe and 1991.
Jaycee, now 29, has two daughters allegedly fathered by Phillip
Garrido. Dugard and her daughters have been reunited with Jaycee's
mother.

Investigators have found bones on the property where kidnapping
suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido lived for 18 years with Jaycee
Dugard and her two daughters, police said Wednesday. Sharon Murch says the case of her daughter, Michaela Garecht, is similar to Jaycee Dugard's.
More bones of undetermined origin also were found on property adjacent to the home,
Lt. Chris Orrey of the Hayward Police Department said. "We
have located what appear to be bones on both properties," Orrey told
reporters. "We can't tell at this point if those bones are human or
animal." The evidence has been sent to a laboratory for analysis, Orrey said.Hayward Police executed a search warrant Tuesday for the Garrido home
and the neighboring property in connection with the 1988 abduction of
Michaela Garecht, police said.In addition, police in Dublin, California, obtained a search warrant
for the same locations in their investigation of the 1989 disappearance
of 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff, police said. Both warrants were being executed simultaneously Tuesday, police said. Garecht's mother said Tuesday that she holds out hope that her daughter will be found alive."I know that if Jaycee Dugard can be found alive and come home after 18
years, then my daughter can be found alive and come home," Sharon Murch
told reporters at a news conference. The Garridos face a combined 29 felony counts in connection with the
1991 kidnapping of Dugard, then 11, from South Lake Tahoe, California. Authorities believe the couple held Dugard in a well-hidden compound behind their home for 18 years and have said Phillip Garrido,
a registered sex offender, fathered two children with Dugard. The
Garridos live near Antioch, California, in unincorporated Contra Costa
County, east of San Francisco. Police from both agencies said
that while Garrido has not been named a suspect in the other
abductions, he cannot be eliminated as a suspect in either case.
Neither police department has interviewed Dugard, police said.Garecht was abducted by a stranger in front of a market in south
Hayward on November 19, 1988, according to Murch's Web site on her
missing daughter, MissingMichaela.com. Over the past two decades,
police have followed some 13,000 tips in investigating her
disappearance, Orrey said. She said Hayward police have also noted similarities between the
Garecht and Dugard cases. The victims were similar in age and
appearance, Orrey said, and both were abducted in daylight, in a
"brazen" manner. The suspect vehicle in the Garecht case is
also similar to the sedan found on the Garrido property, she added, and
in pictures from that time, Garrido appears to resemble a sketch of a
suspect based on a witness description. Murch said she also noticed the similarities in their cases and thought it could lead to finding her daughter. "My first thought when I heard Jaycee was found was please, God, let Michaela be with her," Murch said. Misheloff failed to make it home from school on January 30, 1989, Dublin Police Lt. Kurt von Savoye said."For 20 years, we have been attempting to determine what happened."
There is no eyewitness that could say with certainty she was abducted,
and evidence in the case was limited, he said. A witness did
report seeing Misheloff getting into a vehicle, a sedan similar to one
found on the Garrido property, at the time of her disappearance, von
Savoye said. Garrido "has demonstrated a propensity to abduct young
girls," police said in a statement, and he was released from prison a
few months before Misheloff disappeared. Dublin is about 40 miles from
Antioch.
Misheloff's family is aware of the search warrant execution but are out of town on a family emergency, von Savoye said.
In the property search, there are no current plans in place to raze
structures, Orrey said, but "we are very interested in what might be
behind walls, under flooring, under the ground." Authorities are
prepared to disassemble structures if needed, she said.

Two cadaver dogs trained to
detect human remains indicated Thursday they had found something on the
property of kidnap suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido as investigators
continued their search for evidence linking them to two other Bay Area
child abductions.The first dog gave a weak indication of a
finding, which was confirmed more strongly by the second dog, Alameda
County Sheriff's Office Sgt. J.D. Nelson said at an afternoon news
conference.Authorities would not go into specifics about where on the property the detection was made. Equipment
such as magnetometers and ground-penetrating radar and other search
dogs trained in finding archaeological remains will be used Friday to
further

investigate the area. The equipment can search about 20 feet below the surface, authorities said.Nelson said the soil on the Garrido property is sandy, making it easier to search. Authorities
are seeking clues that may tie the Garridos to the disappearances of
Michaela Garecht in Hayward in 1988 and Ilene Misheloff in Dublin in
1989. On Thursday, investigators removed 10 additional
truckloads of debris from the Garrido property and a neighboring
property, according Hayward police Lt. Christine Orrey. They also
disassembled some tents, sheds and other structures in the back of the
Garrido property and began their search of the inside of the home,
which lies in an unincorporated area near Antioch.Investigators plan to remove a concrete slab and hope to complete
the search of the interior of the Garrido home on Friday before
suspending their investigation for the weekend, Orrey said. On
Wednesday, investigators discovered bones and removed three truckloads
of trash, weeds and debris. Orrey said it was unknown whether the bones
found Wednesday were human, and that they would require testing. She
had no further information about the bones Thursday.The Garridos
have been charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard in 1991 and hiding her
in their backyard. They have pleaded not guilty. Dugard has been
reunited with her family.Investigators have also removed a
carport from the Garrido property. Orrey said no decision has been made
on whether to raze the house.

A child's sneaker lies in the sand. Dishes are
stacked in the kitchen sink. And a box of crayons sits next to a filthy
fish tank.
Those are some of the 102 images that appear in newly-released photographs of the home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido in Antioch.

Authorities allege that the Garridos kidnapped Jaycee Dugard in 1991, that Phillip Garrido fathered two daughters with her and that the couple held all three captive for several years.
Contra Costa County building inspectors took the
photographs on Aug. 31 when they condemned the property at 1554 Walnut
Avenue as unsafe to occupy. KCRA obtained the photographs from the
building department on Thursday through an official public records act
request. Many of the photographs show piles of boxes, mattresses, and debris in the
back yard. Others show a wooden shed with makeshift electrical wiring
and metal bars on the window. Also visible in the piles are two
Barbie-style dolls and a stuffed panda.
There is a damaged above-ground swimming pool, a child's bicycle and a plastic white toilet.
The interior rooms are in a state of disarray, with pieces of furniture
piled on top of one another and papers strewn on the floor.
Pots and dishes fill the kitchen sink and cover the counters and stove.
Cupboards are open. A can of pinto beans, a jar of peanut butter and a
box of crackers sit on a microwave oven stand.
In another room, a projection screen sits against a wall and a computer
sits on a dark wooden desk. Above the computer, apparently taped to the
wall, are printed definitions of the words "faith" and "truth."
A written report signed by building inspector Dan Wilson and dated Sept. 10 identifies the property owner as Patricia Franzen, who is Phillip Garrido's elderly mother. Among the violations listed on
the report are "hazardous wiring used for occupancy, piles of garbage,
refuse, discarded furniture, discarded appliances, yard cuttings,
cardboard boxes and barrels, discarded personal and household items,
improperly stored non operational vehicles, vehicle parts, tarps,
plastic and metal buckets, open septic hole and outside toilet that is
not connected to a sewer or septic system."
The Garridos, who are being held in jail in Placerville, have already pleaded not guilty to charges in the Dugard case. Since Tuesday, there's been an extensive search involving search dogs and
ground-penetrating radar on the Garrido property and a neighboring
yard, to which Phillip Garrido had access.
Hayward police Lt. Christine Orrey said her department is looking for clues to the kidnapping of Michaela Garecht in 1988, including the clothes she was wearing when the then-9-year-old
was snatched outside of a supermarket. Dublin police are also looking
for links to the kidnapping of 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff in 1989.
Similarities between the 1980s cases and the 1991 abduction of Dugard prompted the search.
Authorities said they found a small bone fragment during a search Wednesday.
However, it's unknown if the fragment is human or animal.
"From an evidence-collecting perspective, it's very difficult. This is kind
of like sifting through a landfill," J.D. Nelson from the Alameda
County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday. "I would describe it as
somebody who's saved and collected years and years and years worth of
junk." Orrey said some structures were torn down, including a carport, during the
search. Authorities could also be seen cutting down trees and clearing
brush. Investigators have not been able to question the Garridos in connection to the two
other cases, nor have they been able to talk to Dugard about what she
might know about them, according to officials.

The property where Jaycee Dugard was held
captive for 18 years became the site of an archaeological-style dig
Friday as authorities revealed the discovery of another bone and a soil
"anomaly" that could indicate something lies buried in an area where
cadaver dogs earlier picked up a scent.
Police from the cities of Dublin and Hayward
have been searching the land to see if Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the
couple charged with kidnapping Dugard in 1991, can be tied to two other
Northern California child abductions from the late 1980s.
They cautioned that it was too soon to know whether the bone — one of
several fragments recovered from the Garrido property and a neighboring
parcel — or the presence of disturbed soil that indicates previous
spadework were related to any crimes.
"It could be a lot of different things. It could be significant, and it
could not be significant, but it's helping us target where we might do
some digging," said Hayward Police Lt. Chris Orrey.
Orrey said Dugard, who was snatched outside her South Lake Tahoe home in
1991, has not supplied any information to indicate the Garridos were
involved in the 1988 kidnapping of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht outside
a Hayward market and the 1989 disappearance of 13-year-old Ilene
Misheloff in Dublin.
"She's nosay they hid Dugard in their Antioch backyard. The Garridos have pleaded not guilty.
Investigators already have dismantled the hidden encampment of sheds and tents where
authorities say Dugard was held and lived with the two daughters she
had by Garrido. They also removed 19 truckloads of debris from the yard
and looked inside the Garrido's house.
Orrey said they have taken "boxes and boxes" of papers in Phillip Garrido's handwriting.
"We will have to take it offsite and go through every single page to see if there's something significant," she said.
New photographs taken by Contra Costa County building inspectors at the
request of the sheriff's department show the inside of the home
cluttered with clothing, overturned mattresses and other debris.Tables, couches, beds and other pieces of
furniture also are buried under paperwork, toys, pillows and clothes.
Piles of dishes spilled out of the sink; pots and bowls emptied onto
the kitchen floor from overcrowded cupboards, the pictures showed.
Cords snaked through the house hooking up a computer, television and other
electronics, and a fish tank was clouded with dirty water.
Despite the scientific scrutiny the yard is undergoing, Silva said the
technology is not foolproof and that a significant piece of evidence
could remain hidden deep underground.
"We will never walk away and say we have seen everything and there is
nothing left in there. We can't make that determination," he said.

Oprah Winfrey will host a special show Tuesday focused on missing children, including Jaycee Dugard.
She’ll speak with the two police officers who followed their suspicions about Phillip Garrido and broke the case.

Jaycee Dugard disappeared from South Lake Tahoe when she was 11 years
old back in 1991 while walking to a school bus stop.
18 years later, Dugard walked into a San Francisco Bay area police station and identified herself as Jacyee Dugard.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido have been arrested and charged with kidnapping Dugard
and holding her captive in their backyard in Antioch, California.

The spokeswoman for the family of
Jaycee Dugard says the 29-year-old has released her first public
statement since resufacing two months ago in Northern California,
saying she is happy to be with her family and have their unconditional
love and support.
Spokeswoman Erika Price Schulte says that Dugard has released the statement to
People magazine along with photos of herself as an adult.
The magazine plans to publish the photos on their Web site early Wednesday morning.Dugard was 11 when police say she was abducted outside her South Lake Tahoe home in 1991.
Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy, have been charged with kidnapping and rape
in Dugard's 18-year disappearance. The Garrido's have pleaded not
guilty.

The California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to properly supervise convicted
rapist Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover the alleged
kidnapping victim, Jaycee Dugard, held for 18 years, according to a
newly released report.
The report says that at one stage, officials knew there was a 12-year-old
girl living on the property but failed to do anything about it.
And the document accuses the department of failing to refer Garrido for a mental health assessment.
The California Inspector General's Office released a summary of the report
Wednesday on its Web site. The office planned an afternoon news
conference to release the full report.
The inquiry was launched after Garrido and his wife were arrested for
allegedly kidnapping Dugard and holding her captive in his backyard.
Authorities say Dugard was repeatedly raped by Garrido, who fathered her two children.
Questions arose about how Garrido managed to keep Dugard hidden for so long
despite being monitored by parole officers because of a previous rape
conviction.