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Jaycee Dugard: 'Life After Something Tragic'

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:26:20 GMT

Jaycee Dugard revels in saying her name, a name she wasn't allowed to utter or even write for 18 years while she was held captive by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Dugard chose to tell her story in a new memoir and in an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer because she wants to live free of Phillip Garrido's secrets.

Watch: Jaycee Dugard Recovers With the Love of Family

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:57:09 GMT

Adjusting to life after being rescued from the torments of Phillip Garrido.

Watch: Officer's Failed Search Caught on Tape

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:56:28 GMT

Nancy Garrido videotapes a parole officer as he conducts a surprise search.

Watch: How Did Phillip Garrido Pull Off This Crime?

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:55:22 GMT

The system failed despite Garrido being a known sex offender and being monitored

Watch: Unlikely Heroes Start to Investigate Garrido

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:54:42 GMT

Lisa Campbell and Ally Jacobs look into Phillip Garrido's past after public rant

Watch: Parole Officers Visit the House 60 Times

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:54:05 GMT

Over 18 years, officials fail to detect a crime right under their noses.

Watch: Jaycee Dugard Pregnant at Age 14

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:53:21 GMT

While held captive she gives birth to two girls.

Watch: Jaycee Dugard Dependent on Her Abductor

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:52:39 GMT

Handcuffed in the backyard, her attacker, Phillip Garrido, is her only contact.

Watch: Jaycee Dugard: The Full Interview

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:51:44 GMT

Abducted by strangers and held captive for 18 years.

Watch: Introducing Jaycee Dugard to Nancy Garrido

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:51:30 GMT

Phillip Garrido's wife is introduced bearing dolls and chocolate as gifts.

Dugard Revels in Being Free in NYC

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:26:32 GMT

On her first trip to New York City, Jaycee Dugard attended a star-studded awards ceremony, took in a Broadway play and was awed by the city's skyscrapers. But for her, the most memorable part of the trip was going for pizza. "Just walking down the street. With everybody. It was my favorite moment," Dugard told ABC News' Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview.

Watch: Jaycee Dugard Tells Diane Sawyer About Moving On

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:47:24 GMT

Jaycee Dugard says she doesn't want to live in the past.

How to Report a Missing Child Sighting

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:52:08 GMT

Authorities visited the home of Phillip Garrido at least 60 times and still somehow missed the hidden compound housing Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters. There were even reports that neighbors and residents alerted authorities to sightings of Dugard and the fact that children were living in tents in the convicted sex offender's backyard. Experts say there are several things you can look for to help a missing or exploited child.

Jaycee Dugard's Triumph Over Kidnapping, Captivity

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:57:17 GMT

Jaycee Dugard has powerful memories from the last 20 years, 18 of them spent as a prisoner of kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido. Yet, some of the most overwhelming memories come from her first two years of freedom which she and her children have spent reunited with her mother.

Missed Chances to Stop Dugard's Kidnapper

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:23 GMT

The Jaycee Dugard case is a story of more than two decades of failures by three separate governmental entities that were supposed to supervise Phillip Garrido, the registered sex offender who would hold Dugard captive for 18 years. Here are some of their most glaring alleged mistakes.

Jaycee Dugard's New Foundation Helping Families of Abduction

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:06:45 GMT

Jaycee Dugard has formed the JAYC Foundation to help families of abduction. Dugard, kidnapped at 11 and held captive for 18 years, has spent her first two years of freedom healing with her family. She now wants to help other families do the same.

Early Termination from Federal Parole: Phillip Garrido 'Thanked for Cooperation'

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:19:52 GMT

They are words of courtesy and encouragement that have come back to haunt Mark Messner: "I hope that you will continue to do well. If there is anything we can help you with in the future, do not hesitate to contact our office." Messner, a senior U.S. probation office who works for the California's nothern district probation office, included those sentences in a May 17, 1999 letter to Phillip Garrido, the man later convicted of kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for 18 years.

Watch: Wife Films Garrido Parole Visit

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 13:54:24 GMT

Exclusive home video: Garrido's wife filmed an officer touring Garrido home.

Jaycee Dugard Describes Giving Birth After Kidnapping

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:00:16 GMT

Jaycee Dugard describes giving birth and mothering her daughters in Phillip Garrido's backyard prison. In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, Dugard and her mother, Terry Probyn, recount the hope they held of being reunited with one another after Dugard was kidnapped by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in 1991 and held captive for 18 years.

'How Did It Fail So Badly?': 1976 Garrido Victim Blames Parole System for Dugard Kidnapping

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:36:09 GMT

Fifteen years before the abduction of Jaycee Dugard, Katie Callaway Hall was a kidnap and rape victim of Philip Garrido.

Watch: Before Jaycee: Garrido Victim Katie Hall

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 10:35:57 GMT

Hall says she was shocked, frightened by Phillip Garrido's early parole.

Watch: Dugard Watchdog: Feds Knew About Hidden Room

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:40:44 GMT

Calif. Inspector General: Feds knew more about Garrido land than state did.

Family Brainwashed by Dad Speaks Out

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:15:24 GMT

Marcus Wesson indoctrinated his family of 20 into believing that he was God. In his crazed brand of religion, incessant beatings, molestations, incest and even suicide were good because their father said so.

Mind Games: James Ray's Arizona Sweat Lodge

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:28:20 GMT

For about 60 high-achieving professionals, gathered from around the country in Sedona, AZ, last fall, it was to be a 5-day retreat, called the "Spiritual Warrior," the culmination of their guru's teachings, to be capped by an intense sweat lodge "re-birthing" on the final day. Instead, for three of them, their spiritual journey went horribly wrong, ending in their deaths, after the ceremonial sauna became too hot to bear. One man was badly burned and dozens of others were hospitalized that day last October. Guru James Arthur Ray, then one of the biggest names in the $11 billion industry of self-help, is now awaiting trial in Arizona on three counts of manslaughter. His was a spectacular rise and fall.

If You Think Your Neighbors are Bad, Try a Grizzly Bear

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:39:33 GMT

Charlie Vandergaw shares Bear Haven home in Alaska with grizzly bears.