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First Wife Cited Abuse

Actually, Nancy Garrido was not the first wife of the infamous Phillip Garrido. They only met while he was serving his prison sentence for the first kidnapping. Nancy had been visiting her uncle there when Phillip caught her eye and the two married at the prison.

However, his first wife, Christine Murphy, was a classmate from high school who married him back in 1973 when Phillip was 22. At first, she attempted to leave because he was abusive but he kidnapped her. Three years after that first marriage he kidnapped Katherine Callaway.

Previous Kidnapping

Katherine Callaway Hall or Katie Hall got kidnapped by Phillip Garrido in South Lake Tahoe when she was 25 years old.

He held her at a warehouse in Nevada for over 5 years. Luckily, an observant police officer noticed a broken lock and car parked outside. He was charged for 50 years in 1977, but got released early in 1988.