As an update to the earlier post about the abduction and later return of Jaycee Lee Dugard after 18 years, a man named Philip Garrido has finally been arrested.
The man in the mugshot photo above is Philip Garrido, the man arrested for the kidnap of Dugard when she was aged only 11. The shot in the gallery below (far right) details his measurements and also what is belived to be Philip Garrido’s address.
Dugard walked into a police station in Antioch, California on Wednesday (August 26, 2009). She claimed to be the missing person, now aged 29, and family and friends believe her story.
She’d been held in a backyard compound by Garrido, who is a convicted sex offender. Philip and his wife Nancy Garrido were arrested for kidnapping and conspiracy, after being seen with two young children at the University of California, Berkeley. Police believe the two children were born by Dugard, with Garrido. The two girls are now aged 11 and 15, and are believed not to have attended public school.
Scarily, Garrido had been convicted of rape in 1999. He is accused of keeping Dugard held isolated in a compound where they only had electricity from electrical cords, a rudimentary outhouse and a rudimentary shower, according to El Dorado County Undersheriff, Fred Kolla. The children were never even allowed to see a doctor. Presumably to avoid them saying something they shouldn’t.
Garrido gave a phone interview to KCRA-TV Thursday, and says he has not confessed to the kidnapping. “Wait until you hear the story of what took place at this house. You are going to be completely impressed. It’s a disgusting thing that took place with me at the beginning. But I turned my life completely around and to be able to understand that, you have to start there.”
Video related to the arrest of Philip Garrido over Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnap.
Mugshot and details of Garrido’s address and a picture of Jaycee Lee Dugard.
