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| State Failed Jaycee Dugard: New Report Says Parole Agents Spoke to Her in Captivity |
| 2010-07-09 |
| California parole agents spoke with alleged kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard during her apparent captivity but failed to follow up despite her alleged captor's sex offender status, according to a new report. People magazine's issue with recently freed, alleged kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard on the cover appears on a newstand in Washington, D.C., in this Oct. 16, 2009 photo. Dugard, now 30, made mention of the visit during negotiations that led to the state's recent decision to pay her $20 million for failing to properly supervise her alleged captor, registered sex offender Phillip Garrido." State agents also spoke to Dugard's oldest daughter, one of two children she bore, allegedly to Garrido, during her 18-year ordeal, according to the report, which was prepared by the state attorney general's office and initially obtained by The Associated Press. The report did not mention exactly when Dugard spoke to the parole agents. It is the latest in an embarrassing string of apparent missteps on the part of the state's parole system. A scathing investigation last year by the California Office of the Inspector General concluded that Garrido's state parole officers had missed numerous opportunities to locate and rescue Dugard and her children from their backyard prison. She was eventually found last August when two UC-Berkeley police officers notified authorities after finding Garrido handing out religious materials on campus, Dugard's daughters in tow. Dugard, kidnapped in broad daylight in 1991, had been living in a dirty backyard labyrinth of tents and sheds. She has been living in an undiclosed location in northern California with her daughters, now 12 and 15, and her mother. The $20 million settlement was reached with Dugard and the Department of Justice on June 24. |
| Posted by:Fred |