Inside Jaycee Lee Dugard's tent there are signs of both normalcy and sorrow: a cartoon sheet, black and white photos and blue-starred necklaces. But police say Dugard was forced to live in this tent with her two daughters who were fathered by her abductor, Phillip Garrido.
Police found utter squalor in the Antioch, Calif., backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido. The pair has been charged with the abduction and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
An undated Google Map aerial view of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home clearly shows the series of blue tarps that police say housed Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two children. Now, armed with rakes, shovels and chain saws, officers are combing the backyard and the one next door for evidence of other crimes.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, was reunited with her mother, sister and another relative on Aug. 27, 2009. Her stepfather says her two children remain with her and she is healthy although she feels guilty about developing a bond with her alleged abductor, Phillip Garrido.
Jaycee Lee Dugard's hidden two decades began to come into view on Aug. 26, 2009, as her alleged captors Phillip and Nancy Garrido walked a now 29-year-old Dugard, who called herself "Alissa," and her two daughters, allegedly sired by Phillip Garido, into a parole meeting. Phillip Garrido was convicted for a 1977 kidnapping and rape but was paroled after only 11 years of a 50-year sentence.
Investigators are searching for clues to other crimes at the Garrido home
The Garridos have denied charges relating to the kidnap of Jaycee Dugard
A child's tricycle is shown the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived. In 1991, Dugard was snatched on her way to school and was hidden for nearly two decades behind a series of fences, sheds and tents less than 200 miles from her childhood home.
Police found utter squalor in the Antioch, Calif., backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido. The pair has been charged with the abduction and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
This is a look inside the tent that housed Jaycee Lee Dugard. Police say, after her 1991 abduction, Dugard was taken directly to the hidden tents and shacks in the leafy backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home.
Police say this is the tent in which Jaycee Lee Dugard lived. Kidnapped at age 11, Dugard was snatched on her way to school and was hidden for nearly two decades behind a series of fences, sheds and tents, even giving birth to her alleged abductor Phillip Garrido's children in this suburban backyard compound less than 200 miles from her childhood home.
Inside Jaycee Lee Dugard's tent there are signs of both normalcy and sorrow: a cartoon sheet, black and white photos and blue-starred necklaces. But police say Dugard was forced to live in this tent with her two daughters who were fathered by her abductor, Phillip Garrido.
Two shacks are seen in the backyard Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009.
A tent is seen in the far backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived with her two daughters. The kidnapping took another disturbing turn as authorities searched the home of her alleged captor for evidence in the murders of several prostitutes and new evidence surfaced of missed opportunities to arrest him years ago.
A child's swing is shown in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home Aug. 28, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
Authorities look at a shack in the backyard Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009, where police say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived. Police have widened their investigation of the Garridos and are looking for evidence that might tie them to the murder of several prostitutes.
Authorities walk next to shacks in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009.
A tent is seen in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 28, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
An FBI agent carries a bag of evidence from Phillip and Nancy Garrido's Antioch, Calif., home on Aug. 27, 2009.
An FBI agent inspects a car as it is impounded from the Antioch, Calif., home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido on Aug. 27, 2009. Jaycee Lee Dugard's stepfather witnessed her 1991 abduction and gave police a description of her kidnapper's car, but police never found it.
Nancy Garrido is seen with his court-appointed attorney in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Aug. 28, 2009. Garrido was arraigned on 29 felony counts stemming from the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 at the time. Garrido pleaded not guilty on charges including forcible abduction, rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment.
Phillip Garrido is seen with his court appointed attorney in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., Aug. 28, 2009. Garrido was arraigned on 29 felony counts stemming from the 1991 abduction of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was 11 at the time. Garrido pleaded not guilty on charges including forcible abduction, rape, sexual assault and false imprisonment.
Authorities investigating two missing girl cases say that cadaver dogs have picked up a scent that may indicate there are buried remains in the backyard of a Northern California couple already charged in a kidnapping.Two dogs trained to hunt for human remains have found a possible scent at the California home of kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido, US police say.
Alameda County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said Thursday two dogs alerted at a site in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido.
The couple is charged with the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.
Their Antioch home has become a focal point of investigators reviewing outstanding kidnapping cases in the San Francisco Bay area.
Nelson is not saying where in the yard the dogs picked up a scent. He also cautioned about false positives.
Investigators plan to scan the site Friday with high-tech equipment.
Ground-penetrating radar will be used to search the spot identified by the cadaver dogs, a police spokesman said.
Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy are accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard when she was 11 and holding her captive in their backyard for 18 years.
They are also being investigated over the disappearance of two other girls.
Bones found
"The first dog was very tentative on its indications. The second dog was more direct and indicating directly."
Sgt Nelson said high-tech radar equipment would be used on Friday to scan the site, and if it yielded results then the digging would begin.
Bones were found both at the Garrido residence and at an adjacent property on Wednesday, but it is not known whether they are animal or human and they are currently being analysed.
Michaela Garecht, nine, was abducted from outside a grocery store in Hayward, California, in 1988. A year later, 13-year-old Ilene Misheloff vanished in nearby Dublin.
Both areas, on the outskirts of San Francisco, are about 50 miles (80km) from the Garridos' home.
Jaycee Dugard was walking to catch a school bus from outside her home in South Lake Tahoe, close to the Nevada border, in 1991 when she was dragged into a car.
Police actions and plan.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.
o 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.
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