Tahoe Girl, Missing For 18-Years, Identifies Herself to Bay Area Police As Girl Missing Since Age 11

[Kadie]

Aug 27, 2009 7:13 am US/Pacific
Tahoe Girl, Missing For 18-Years, May Be Alive
Jaycee's stepfather tells CBS13 that the FBI says they have people responsible for her disapperance.

South Lake Tahoe (CBS13) ― A possible break in the 1991 kidnapping case of an 11-year-old girl from South Lake Tahoe. A woman showed up in Contra Costa County yesterday, claiming to be Jaycee Lee Dugard, who has been missing for 18 years.

This morning, Dugard's mother, Terry Probyn is flying to Northern California from her home in Southern California to meet with the woman who claims to be her missing daughter.

CBS13 spoke with Dugard's stepfather Carl Probyn late Wednesday and Thursday morning, who says the FBI facilitated a phone call between the woman in Concord and Dugard's mother Terry who now lives in Riverside County. According to Carl Probyn, this woman walked into a Bay Area police station identifying herself as Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11-years-old at the time of her disappearance.

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"The FBI did tell us they have Jaycee and the people that did this," said Probyn.

Jaycee's mother told Carl that she is 90% sure this woman is her daughter and that she remembers things about her past.

more...
http://cbs13.com/local/jaycee.lee.dugard.2.1146196.html

[babylonsister]

1. Holy cow. Can you imagine the parents' shock? nt

[MineralMan]

2. I hope it is her. The disappointment would be so horrible

if it weren't.

[livetohike]

3. I remember this case

I was living in CA then. This was a big news story. I hope it's true.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. My Mom lives in Tahoe and knew the family --

I think I have to wake her up and tell her the news! If this is true -- :wow:

How many other kidnapped children are out there, alive today but perhaps not remembering what happened to them or still unable to break free???

[livetohike]

5. I remember camping up around Tahoe and seeing her missing posters

It's wonderful news. I hope there are others out there like her....it's hard to think of the alternative :-(.

[FirstLight]

6. HOLY Crap!

I wonder when the press conference is?
I live in Tahoe and have kids
Because of this case, we are all constantly reminded that "it can happen here too" when it comes to children and abduction.

wow...this is amazing...

The article speaks of another case they thought was related, I remember the news revisiting the case here back in 2003 again as well - and Jaycee's mom saying that, against all odds, she still had the 'feeling' that Jaycee might be alive somewhere... mother's intuition or false hope?

wow, just wow...

[Hell Hath No Fury]

10. Where are you in Tahoe?

My Mom lives just a few blocks from the Y -- I am heading up for the weekend, in fact. :hi: She is a member of the Tahoe Choir and does volunteer work around town. She feels like the lone Dem in a very red area. :)

[Kadie]

20. Looks like 3 pm press conference.

Will post more info as I find it.

[JSK]

7. Amazing

I can't begin to imagine the torture her mother has gone through. Trying to somehow move on, yet still hoping.

We have a vacation home at Tahoe and I remember seeing the missing posters for Jaycee for many years. My daughter was particularly affected by seeing Jaycee's smiling face on the posters; they are about the same age.

I truly hope this woman is really Jaycee and that she isn't too messed up.

[juno jones]

8. I hope it's her.

I lived in Tahoe for awhile several years after the dissappearance. People still talked about it, signs were still up. It would be nice for the the people of what is in fact a small, tight-knit local community to get some closure.

[JohnnyLib2]

9. Fingers crossed, so to speak.

What a wonderful thing this would be.

[Festivito]

11. Another twist on a missing white girl story.

I would like to share the happiness.

Why now though? What made her suddenly decide to show?

[inna]

12. yes, it's a very strange case; supposedly she's 29 now.

what has she been doing all these years? why now? strange case.

[Rebubula]

17. Awesome job...

...injecting race into a story that had nothing to do with race.

[Festivito]

19. The sarcasm fell flat on me. Care to elaborate? /nt

[MineralMan]

21. Why the skepticism and the racial thing?

I don't get it. I'm sure she's going to tell why it took so long. Maybe she didn't know how to contact her parents or was afraid. I can think of many reasons.

How about just being glad?

[Festivito]

33. It's a running thing with the media.

It seems to keep stories about Bush admin acts filtered from the public. This time while more reports about the CIA abuses slowly trickle out, drip drip drip.

[Hekate]

24. It can take 20 or more years to speak up about childhood sexual abuse & this one was KIDNAPPED too

Good lord.

That young man (Steven Stayner) who finally left his abductor only did so because another little kid who got snatched was so miserably unhappy that he just knew he didn't want that kid to be as sad as he had been. His captor had told him over and over that his parents gave him away. He never got over the experience, either.

When a child is abused, especially over a long period of time, they don't just miraculously become psychologically healthy adults when they turn 21. If ever.

Hekate

[Festivito]

34. That part is understandable.

I hope she begins a healing process.

[Contrary1]

13. This will be easy enough to verify.

They have Jaycee's dental records. Also, there was a chicken pox mark between her eyes and a birthmark on her right arm.

I belong to The Doe Network. We compare missing person reports with John/Jane Does looking for possible matches.

I have looked for Jaycee many times. I sure hope it's her.

[Kadie]

14. They have updated the web page...

Aug 27, 2009 9:13 am US/Pacific
Sheriff: Jaycee Dugard Found Alive After 18 Years
Jaycee's stepfather tells CBS13 that the FBI says they have people responsible for her disapperance.
Contra Costa Co. confirms a man and woman are in custody in relation to the case.

South Lake Tahoe (CBS13) ― The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department says a little girl kidnapped from South Lake Tahoe in 1991 has been found alive and in good health. Yesterday, a woman claiming to be Jaycee Lee Dugard showed up at a police station in Contra Costa County. This morning, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department confirms a man and woman are in custody in relation to the case.

http://cbs13.com/local/jaycee.lee.dugard.2.1146196.html


I have never heard of The Doe Network. Amazing. Good for you!

[CraftyGal]

30. So do I...

Please remember that it is very difficult for these kids to get away from their abductors. Just look at Elizabeth Smart or Shaun Hornebeck, both are miracles. Elizabeth was gone for 9 months and when she was asked if she was Elizabeth Smart she denied it as she was still with her abductors. She denied right up to the time she saw her parents. she had been sexually abused that whole time. Shaun Hornebeck was held for 4 years and was found only because Ben Ownby had been abducted and a witness was able to describe the truck the abductor was driving. Shaun had been sexually abused that whole time and threatened with death, even enduring being strangled at one point. Please lets not judge these kids, they would do anything to survive their ordeal.

CraftyGal

[Kadie]

15. ********* UPDATE *********

18 years later, kidnapped woman turns up alive

Henry K. Lee,Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writers

Thursday, August 27, 2009


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Law-enforcement sources said Phillip Craig Garrido, 58, of Antioch and his wife, Nancy Garrido, 55, were arrested in connection with the case. Phillip Garrido was being held in lieu of $1 million bail at Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez on suspicion of kidnapping, rape by force, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sexual penetration and conspiracy.

Nancy Garrido was being held on suspicion of conspiracy and kidnapping. Her bail was also $1 million.

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Terry Probyn was able to speak on the phone with her daughter. "She sounds normal. She told my wife she remembers everything," Carl Probyn said.

Federal records show that Phillip Garrido has a rape conviction and served time in the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/27/BA4N19EJ35.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz0PPBADSLX

[GardeningGal]

18. Glad she's been found and someone is in custody.

It will be interesting to hear the full story. Poor girl/woman - I hope she is able to recover from what she must have gone through.

[Arugula Latte]

16. I grew up in Contra Costa County and always remember another girl who disappeared.

Lisa Dickinson, taken from a Walnut Creek park in 1976.

[Xithras]

22. I wonder if the stepdad will get an apology

I asked this in the LBN thread, but that one dropped like a rock.

The stepdad was all but charged with her kidnapping and murder, and even local papers ran articles accusing the guy of getting away with murder. He saw the kidnapping, was the last person to see her alive, so everybody drew the natural conclusion...that he'd killed her, dumped the body, and made up the kidnapping story as a cover. A big part of the family moving to SoCal supposedly had to do with escaping ongoing harassment from neighbors who considered him a killer.

I'm glad to see that the girl is doing well, and its good to see the stepdad exonerated.

[condoleeza]

31. No apology could ever be enough for this, there will be no "justice" for the stepdad,

only the peace he has from this resolution that proves his innocence. Perhaps he and his estranged wife can get back together, at least they would have that. No "good" outcomes for any concerned, but certainly better than what they all had.

[Codeine]

23. Tahoe WOMAN

Who writes these fucking headlines?

[Pangolin2]

27. I don't think the headline is inappropriate...she was a child when she vanished.

I lived right by St. Joseph Minnesota when a 10 or 11 year old boy was supposedly abducted and has never been seen since, 20 years ago. We know he's a full grown man if he's still alive but referring to him as a kid or an adolescent as he was when he went missing isn't disrespectful as far as I can tell.

editing,

his name is Jacob Wetterling I never knew him but I did run into his parents a few times.

[maxsolomon]

25. this is going to be a horrific story when it all comes out

it will be interesting to know why she went to the police now.

i wish this woman peace and healing.

[Poll_Blind]

26. It will be, but hopefully one people can learn from in some way. n/t

PB

[maxsolomon]

29. i can't picture the way they'll learn yet

be more suspicious, inquisitive, or investigative of odd neighbors?

[Xithras]

32. It already is...she apparently bore two children by her kidnapper.

Horrific.

[Kadie]

28. ********UPDATE: Officials: Sex Offender Admits Abduction**********

Victim Found Safe 18 Years Later
Officials: Sex Offender Admits Abduction
Victim Found Safe 18 Years Later

POSTED: 9:05 am PDT August 27, 2009
UPDATED: 2:10 pm PDT August 27, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Bay Area sex offender has admitted to the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was found safe this week, California corrections officials said Thursday.

A parole agent's questioning of 58-year-old Phillip Craig Garrido led to the discovery of Dugard, who was 11 years old when she was abducted 18 years ago in the El Dorado County community of Meyers, officials said. Dugard turned 29 on Thursday.

A 3 p.m. police news conference in Placerville will be streamed live by KCRA.com.

Phillip Garrido and his 55-year-old wife, Nancy Garrido, have been arrested, jail records show.

more...
http://www.kcra.com/news/20582717/detail.html