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DJ AM, real name Adam Goldstein, was found dead Friday (August 28, 2009).

The celebrity DJ, is best known in pop media for his relationships with Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore. His passing away comes nearly a year after Goldstein survived a Learjet crash in South Carolina (alongside Travis Barker) that claimed the lives of four passengers and left the DJ covered with second and third degree burns.

This is amazingly sad and devastating news. It’s something I would not have believed unless I’d read reports myself with my own eyes, but it is true. DJ AM Adam Goldstein, 36, was found dead. He really did die in his apartment on Lafayette Street in Manhattan on Friday afternoon, his publicist Jenni Weinman said in a statement.

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Since this morning’s postings on the finding of Jaycee Lee Dugard and the arrest of her alleged captor, more details have been released on the story of how Dugard came to be found 18 years after her abduction.

Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe. Her stepfather was said to have been a witness to the abduction. A fact that made him a former suspect for the crime.

A man by the name of Philip Garrido, 58, has been arrested for kidnap and years of abuse that could bring tears to your eyes. In 1991, when she was only 11 years of age, Dugard was abducted and then held as the alleged sex slave of Garrido. He is said to have held her in a hidden section of his back garden without proper living quarters and only basic utilities. He even referred to her as his wife when captured, even though is married to a woman named Nancy Garrido, 54.

Dugard is said to have bore him two children after years of imprisonment and repeated rape. Those children, two girls, are aged 11 and 15. The guy seems to be beyond delusional. Neighbours referred to him as seeming strange and a religious fanatic. In an odd twist, he is even said to have his own religious blog. A website called Voices Revealed, a blog associated with God’s Desire, a church Garrido registered in June of 2008.

According to reports on Gawker (who elaborate on earlier police reports), Garrido was on parole for a 1971 kidnap/rape. He was actually caught when he essentially turned himself in by bringing Dugard and their two children to a meeting with a California parole office. Idiot. It was a moment Dugard had been waiting for and she revealed her identity to California police and her alleged abuser was arrested.

You can see video relating to Dugard’s release and of Garrido’s arrest.
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