Jaycee Lee Dugard News

She watched "The Silence of the Lambs" as a girl and so related to Jodie Foster's character that she wanted to become an FBI agent and go after psychopaths.

Low-risk inmates such as Michelle Bradley and her fellow fire crew members at the California Institution for Women are considered the cream of the prison crop.

A day, a week, a month, a year, a decade or more. When a child disappears, it feels like an eternity for the loved ones left in the lurch.

Dugard was abducted by Garrido at the age of 11 and only released this August after spending the intervening years hidden on his back-lot in Antioch, California, during which time she had two children by her abductor.

Photo: Phillip Garrido and Jaycee Dugard. SACRAMENTO, Calif. The man accused of kidnapping, raping and holding Jaycee Dugard captive for nearly two decades wrote a jailhouse apology letter that talks about "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible." Photos: Jaycee "Happy To Be Back" Photos: Inside Jaycee's Terror Tent Photos: Inside ...

A spokeswoman for Jaycee Dugard says only Dugard and her family should decide when and if a film is made based on the 18 years she spent with the man charged with kidnapping her.In a statement Tuesday, family spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer called a plan to make a movie about Dugard's life "exploitive, hurtful and breathtakingly unkind."The statement ...

Guilty plea ... Wanda Barzee, inset top, has apologised for kidnapping Elizabeth Smart.

The trial against Phillip and Nancy Garrido could be moved to Sacramento, Stockton or Modesto, as finding impartial jurors could be difficult in Placerville, according to a former deputy district attorney.

Phil Garrido, the kidnapper and rapist of Jaycee Lee Dugard, claims to have been cured of his sexual deviancy by Jesus.

In light of a new letter from kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido, the El Dorado County district attorney described the convicted rapist as a "master manipulator." Garrido issued an apology "for what has taken place" and referenced "ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible" "We see this as just another example of his attempt to control the ...

In his third jailhouse letter to KCRA 3, Phillip Garrido issued an apology, but for what was unclear.

The recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, the bodies unearthed at Anthony Sowell's home in Cleveland, Ohio, and the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard by Phillip Garrido in California, beg the question: Could these crimes have been prevented? While on the surface these crimes may not have much in common, they all have paper trails that tell ...

Photo: Nancy Garrido, right, with Gilbert Maines, who has been removed as her attorney.

Yes, you can probably guess that this film is related to, and is set to cash in on, the story of Jaycee Lee Dugard who was allegedly kidnapped and held by Phillip and Nancy Garrido for some eighteen years, however it doesn't sound like it's an official film version of the story, just one that is a oeloosely based ona the real events.

Inspector general's report offers valuable ideas where system fell short in Garrido case.

All 6,782 sex offenders currently on parole in California are being monitored by GPS.

Jaycee Lee Dugard didn't initially reveal her true identity to officials when officials interrogated her earlier this year, according to a report from the state Office of the Inspector General.

Phillip Garrido, left, is charged with the kidnap and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

Cleveland Police Department file photo shows Anthony Sowell, 50, arrested 10/31/09 on a rape and felonious assault warrant.

The California Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case filed by four registered sex offenders who claim they were forced into homelessness by Jessica's Law.