Finding Humor
Often times, Jaycee has credited her two daughters with giving her the will to survive. She also spoke with Diane Sawyer about finding humor to help them. She said of her daughters, “They saw his craziness and ups and downs and knew how unpredictable he was…To know it was OK to laugh about, you know, Phillip and Nancy and their…craziness … it helps.”
Garrido’s History
What troubled many people upon hearing about the Garridos, was the past offenses. Apparently, Phillip Garrido was already a convicted sex offender who was on parole at that time for not just rape but even abduction. He was previously sentenced to 50 years of prison time, but released after just 11.