Jaycee Dugard: Finally Free From Captivity, Writes About Experience

Officers’ Failed Inspection

During Jaycee’s captivity, law enforcement officers had been to Garrido’s home at least twice. However, they failed to inspect his backyard. Thus, they did not even detect Jaycee or his two girls living back there.

Yet, witnesses did say that at times, Jaycee was seen inside the home and even answered the door, but never tried to leave or raised concern. The Garrido family just seemed to keep to themselves. Jaycee’s girls could be seen playing in the backyard and even in Phillip’s car as passengers. Then came the beginning of the end for these three captives.

Suspicious Campus Visit

Years later on August 24th and 25th, 2009, Phillip Garrido made two visits to the Univeristy of California in Berkeley that aroused suspicion.

This convicted sex offender was acting very unusual and had two girls with him. His reported odd behavior led to his parole officer ordering him to bring the girls into an office in Concord. When Garrido arrived at the parole office on August 26th, 29 year old Jaycee was with him.