Probe: State missed chances to rescue Dugard
State Parole agents fell down on the job again and again during the 10 years they supervised sex offender Phillip Craig Garrido, failing to check out clues that could have led to alleged kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and going long stretches without monitoring him at all, a state investigation found Wednesday. Images View More Images Video View Larger Size More Crime News From 1999 until he was finally arrested in August, Garrido, 58, was supposed to be subject to regular visits and other checks...

Questioning of Dugard, Garrido detailed
Jaycee Dugard hid her identity, lied, refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer as a Parole agent probed her relationship with Phillip Garrido during the Aug. 26 meeting in Concord that prompted the arrests of Garrido and his wife. Ultimately it was Garrido, questioned separately, who admitted he had raped and kidnapped Dugard and that he was the girls' father. Only later did the woman who went by "Alyssa" reveal herself, according to a report this week by the state Inspector General's...

Questioning of Dugard, Garrido detailed
Jaycee Dugard hid her identity, lied, refused to answer questions and asked for a lawyer as a Parole agent probed her relationship with Phillip Garrido during the Aug. 26 meeting in Concord that prompted the arrests of Garrido and his wife. Ultimately it was Garrido, questioned separately, who admitted he had raped and kidnapped Dugard and that he was the girls' father. Only later did the woman who went by "Alyssa" reveal herself, according to a report this week by the state Inspector General's...

CA officials pledge changes to parole supervision
California corrections officials say they're working to improve the monitoring of released Sex Offenders, responding to a scathing report that cited missed chances to catch the suspect accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years. The department was slammed in a report released Wednesday by state Inspector General David Shaw for its supervision of convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido , who has been charged with the abduction, Rape and imprisonment of Dugard. When Dugard was finally...

CA officials pledge changes to parole supervision
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California corrections officials say they're working to improve the monitoring of released Sex Offenders, responding to a scathing report that cited missed chances to catch the suspect accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years. The department was slammed in a report released Wednesday by state Inspector General David Shaw for its supervision of convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido, who has been charged with the abduction, Rape and imprisonment of Dugard. When...

Jaycee Dugard Lied, Protected Alleged Abductor: PHOTO
She initially gave authorities a false name and said she was hiding from an abusive husband, according to government report

Report: Details from Arrest of Jaycee Dugard's Alleged Kidnapper: PHOTO
The frightened victim initially told authorities she was hiding from an abusive husband

How Parole Officers Failed Jaycee Dugard [Aftermath]: PHOTO
A report released Wednesday shows the many lapses by California Parole authorities that allowed Phillip Garrido to hold Jaycee Dugard in his yard for 18 years — and the changes that need to be made so others avoid her fate.

Report: State agents missed chances to discover Jaycee Dugard
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Had state Parole agents leafed through Phillip Garrido's federal Parole file when they took over his supervision in 1999, they would have known his property near Antioch, Calif., didn't end at the backyard fence. They might have found Jaycee Dugard and her two girls back behind that fence, perhaps in the soundproofed shed that federal agents knew about, the one Garrido called his recording studio .

Jaycee Lee Dugard: California missed chances to free kidnap victim report says
Parole officers in California missed numerous chances to free kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard and failed to properly supervise her alleged abductor Phillip Garrido, according to a report.

Calif. Admits Failures in Jaycee Dugard Case
Parole agents failed to properly supervisor Phillip Garrido as he kept Jaycee Dugard in captivity for 18 years, according to a report by the California inspector general.

Jaycee Dugard Had Stockholm Syndrome?
A new report from the state inspector general reveals that Jaycee Dugard, the woman who was kidnapped as a child and held in an East Bay sex-offender's backyard for eighteen years, apparently suffered from Stockholm syndrome . According to the Chron , the report states that when authorities first questioned Dugard, she defended her kidnapper, Philip Craig Garrido, calling him "a great father who was good with her kids." Stockholm syndrome refers to the phenomenon of victims who identify with...

Chances Missed To Free Jaycee Dugard
A host of mistakes were made by authorities which allowed Jaycee Lee Dugard to remain imprisoned by convicted rapist Phillip Garrido, according to report released by California's inspector general. Dugard was held captive for 18 years, and Garrido fathered two daughters by her. During that period, Garrido was on Parole and should have been closely monitored by authorities. The report declared, "Our review shows that Garrido committed numerous Parole violations and that the department failed to...

Report: Parole Officers Failed Jaycee Lee Dugard
November 5, 2009 (ChattahBox)—A scathing report released yesterday by California’s Inspector General David Shaw, blasts the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for its multiple and continued failures to detect Jaycee Lee Dugard in her kidnapper’s backyard, despite numerous missed chances. Dugard’s kidnappers, Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender on Parole and his wife Nancy Garrido, were able to evade authorities and pass visits by Parole officers for...

Dugard showed 'Stockholm syndrome' signs
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Jaycee Dugard, kidnapped from a California school bus stop and allegedly imprisoned for 18 years, showed loyalty to her captors, a state report said. Dugard -- who was 11 years old in 1991 when she was dragged into a car as her stepfather watched helplessly from the family home in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. -- told a state Parole agent Aug. 26 that her name was Alyssa and that Phillip Garrido, whom she did not identify as her alleged kidnapper, was "a great person who...

Official describes Jaycee Dugard's first meeting with authorities
Reporting from Sacramento - Jaycee Dugard first told authorities that her name was "Alyssa" and tried to protect Phillip Garrido, who is accused of Kidnapping her 18 years ago, when she was 11, raping her and fathering her two children, according to a report released Wednesday by David Shaw, California's inspector general for state Prisons. Below, Shaw publicly describes for the first time Dugard's interaction with authorities at a state Parole office in Concord on Aug. 26. A UC Berkeley police...

Jaycee Dugard case elicits strong criticism from California prison watchdog
Reporting from Sacramento - State Parole officials missed many chances to return convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido to custody and find Jaycee Dugard, whom he is accused of Kidnapping 18 years ago and harboring in his Antioch backyard, a Prison watchdog has concluded in a highly critical report released today. Inspector General David R. Shaw said a two-month investigation found that the state Parole division supervising Garrido for the past decade could have discovered Dugard, and her two...

Dugard a victim of Stockholm syndrome?
Far from being relieved when her alleged kidnapper, Phillip Craig Garrido, was on the verge of arrest, Jaycee Dugard told authorities he was "a changed man" who was "good with her kids" and angrily asked why she was being questioned, according to a state report released Wednesday. Images View Larger Image More Crime News The report by the state inspector general, largely devoted to spelling out missteps by Parole agents assigned to monitor Garrido, shows that after 18 years in captivity, Dugard...

Did Dugard Suffer from Stockholm Syndrome?
By Margaret Carrero A state report that showed Parole agents missed several opportunities to put Phillip Garrido back behind bars also indicates that Garrido's victim, Jaycee Dugard, may have been suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. It's a phenomenon that leads victims to become affectionate toward their captors. In a recent interview, Dr. Frank Ochberg, a psychiatrist at Michigan State University said, "The Stockholm Syndrome dynamic could have been there at the beginning if she was really...

Report: California Failed In Supervision Of Garrido
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A state report released Wednesday blasts corrections officials for missing chances to catch the sex offender accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive in his backyard for 18 years. The 45-page report by the state inspector general paints a heartbreaking picture of overlooked opportunities to rescue Dugard, but also contains new details of the now 29-year-old's first interactions with Law Enforcement after her captivity. It says Dugard repeatedly tried to conceal her...

Report criticizes Calif watch of alleged kidnapper
A new report finds that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to properly supervise parolee Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover his alleged Kidnapping victim. The California Inspector General's Office released a summary of the report Wednesday on its Web site. The office planned an afternoon news conference to release the full report. The inquiry was launched after Garrido and his wife were arrested for allegedly Kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding...

Top California prison official blasts parole system in Dugard case
San Francisco - California's top Prison watchdog issued a damning report Wednesday that said the state's Parole system failed in basic measures, which could have led to the apprehension of convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido years before his victim Jaycee Dugard was released after 18 years in captivity. The report by California Inspector General David R Shaw found that the state Parole division supervising Garrido for the past decade could have discovered Dugard, and her two children fathered...

CA officials pledge changes to parole supervision
California corrections officials say they're working to improve the monitoring of released Sex Offenders, responding to a scathing report that cited missed chances to catch the suspect accused of holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Matthew Cate said Wednesday that legislation taking effect in January should help reduce caseloads and create a risk-based supervision model to ensure the most dangerous offenders receive the closest...

Parole officials blasted in Dugard case
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard could have been found sooner if California Parole officials had properly monitored her abductor, a state watchdog says. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday Inspector General David R. Shaw was about to issue a report in which he says Parole officials missed numerous opportunities to pick up convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and find Dugard. The California woman was found in August, 18 years after she allegedly was abducted by...

CA corrections officials under scrutiny for Dugard case
Posted by Sarah Harlan - email CALIFORNIA (NBC) - Corrections officials have been criticized for the way they handled the case of a convicted sex offender accused of Kidnapping a girl and holding her captive for 18 years.   The review released by the California State Inspector General details how corrections officials failed to properly supervise Phillip Garrido and missed opportunities to discover Jaycee Dugard. The report said, among other things, that Parole agents were not trained to...