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“It appears that Phillip Garrido has been hearing the voices of angels for years,” she wrote. “[Jaycee Dugard] spoke to investigators about his self described ability to understand the voices of angels, after Mr. Garrido was arrested. One of the children disclosed this as well, describing how the voices would keep him up at night, and how the angels lived underground and spoke to him from this location.”
Gellman cited Garrido’s “Origin of Schizophrenia Revealed” manifesto, and his giving it to the FBI two days before his arrest, as proof of his “serious mental illness.”
The defense motion appeared to set the stage for a mental health defense by Garrido, as he had done more than thirty years earlier in Nevada.
“Mr. Garrido believes he has a story of transformation to be told,” said Gellman. “Mr. Garrido wrongly believes that [Jaycee] is part of his transformation and his disclosure. Mr. Garrido believes that he and [Jaycee] once had a plan to launch a website wherein Mr. Garrido’s ability to speak to angels would be revealed to mankind. He remains confused as to why this has not happened. These are not factors indicating manipulation but something else entirely. They indicate thinking that is delusional, but very real to Mr. Garrido.
“They are not acts of harassment or intimidation or attempt [sic] to dissuade a witness. They are demonstrations of mental illness.”
At a hearing on February 26, Judge Douglas Phimister agreed to allow Nancy Garrido to place two five-minute telephone calls to her husband over the next two weeks. His ruling came over the objection of DA Vern Pierson and El Dorado County undersheriff Fred Kollar, who vehemently opposed any contact. Both the Garridos attended the hearing.
“These are two people who are potentially facing the rest of their lives in prison,” said the judge. “To allow them ten minutes to talk to each other is not unreasonable.”
He then scheduled another hearing on April 15, to decide what further communication between the co-defendants to allow. And he also authorized the monitoring and recording of their telephone calls, although he would only make it available to the prosecution if the Garridos did anything illegal.
“We may expand the rights of the defendants,” he said. “But if there’s a problem with the first phone call, then that will be that.”
Judge Phimister also refused to reveal Jaycee Dugard’s address or phone number to the defense. But he appointed two new attorneys to represent her daughters, saying they would probably be witnesses at the trial and should have a say about being contacted by the Garridos’ attorneys.
“It’s been a while,” said the judge, “but having had three teenage children, I know they don’t always follow the lead of their mother.”
Once again sitting in the public gallery was Katie Callaway Hall, who later told a reporter that she might be called as a witness at Phillip Garrido’s trial, under a victims’ rights law that allows past victims to testify.
After the hearing, Nancy Garrido’s attorney, Stephen Tapson, said his client was delighted when she learned she could talk to her husband for the first time since their arrest almost six months earlier.
“She loves him,” said Tapson. “She almost burst into tears.”
Epilogue
On Friday, March 5, Jaycee Lee Dugard spoke for the first time publicly, in a home movie sold to ABC-TV. In an exclusive deal—reported to have been worth as much as $200,000 to the Dugard family—the ABC network heavily featured snippets of the video on that day’s Good Morning America, 20/20, and Nightline.
The moving home video portrayed a family healing together. Jaycee, Terry and Shayna were shown celebrating Christmas, baking cookies and laughing. In another scene they rode horses on a ranch, as part of their therapy.
“Hi, I’m Jaycee,” she said with a big smile. “I want to thank you for your support. It’s been a long haul but I’m getting there.”
Now a brunette, Jaycee was filmed on a swing, wearing a pink baseball cap, jeans and a black shirt, feeding her two spaniels. But her two daughters were not featured at all in the video, which also contained a personal plea by Terry Probyn for privacy.
“It is my desire to share our miracle with the world,” Terry said. “But it has to be done on our terms. Please give us the time we need to heal as a family, without the prying eyes of the photographers and the press. We released this video so you can see that we’re happy and well, and when we have more to share we will. As a mother I am pleading for our privacy in this very public story.”
On July 1, 2010, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger approved a $20 million settlement to Jaycee Dugard and her family. The huge payment was recommended by the state Department of Justice. Although noting in an analysis that the California Corrections Department had denied the allegations against it and that California has legal immunity against such claims, Jaycee’s case, they acknowledged, “had a unique and tragic character.”
A week later, it was revealed that after her discovery Jaycee had told investigators that parole agents had actually spoken to her and her daughter Angel during their captivity. The agents failed, however, to investigate their exact relationship to Phillip Garrido.
Author’s Note
At the time this book went to press, the 29-count criminal complaint against Phillip and Nancy Garrido remains pending and unresolved. Although both defendants deny all charges, there is speculation of a possible insanity defense by Phillip. Separately represented, the details of Nancy’s legal defense are not yet known.
In the intense media frenzy that accompanied Jaycee’s release from her 18-year captivity, there have been many unsubstantiated media claims. So far there is nothing to support speculation as to either of Jaycee’s daughters ever being sexually abused anywhere, and Jaycee has always denied it. Additionally, there is no evidence to connect Jaycee or her children to orgies or sex parties, allegedly observed by some neighbors on the Garrido property.
Table of Contents
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Part One
1 “ THE BABY OF THE FAMILY ”
2 INSANITY
3 ROCK CREEK
4 RENO
5 “ ALL I WANT IS A PIECE OF ASS ”
6 “ JUST IMAGINE THAT YOU WERE IN ROMAN TIMES ”
7 “ PLEASE HELP ME !”
8 “ IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENE FROM A PORNO FLICK ”
9 “ HE’S A SICK PUPPY ”
10 SATYRIASIS
11 KATIE CALLAWAY TAKES THE STAND
12 “ HE IS FOLLOWING A PATTERN ”
13 “ I HAVE HAD THIS FANTASY ”
14 “ EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO GET A POUND OF HIS FLESH ”
15 LEAVENWORTH
16 NANCY
17 “ I’LL SEE YOU AGAIN, KATIE ”
18 THE SECRET BACKYARD
Part Two
19 JAYCEE LEE DUGARD
20 THE ABDUCTION
21 “ IF YOU CAN HEAR MOMMY ”
22 AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
23 THE SUMMER OF TERROR
24 STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
25 “ MY BABY BLUE ”
26 “ THE POWER OF ADVERTISING ”
27 “ A PRODUCTIVE CITIZEN ”
28 CREEPY PHIL
29 1554 WALNUT AVENUE
30 “ I DON’T WANT TO HURT HIM ”
31 “ GOD’S DESIRE ”
32 “ DO YOU HEAR ANYTHING ?”
33 THE MAN WHO SPOKE WITH HIS MIND
34 CLOSING IN
35 THE SECOND COMING
Part Three
36 “ I’M SO PROUD OF MY GIRLS ”
37 “ MY NAME IS JAYCEE LEE DUGARD ”
38 “ THEY FOUND JAYCEE ”
39 “ A GENETIC CONNECTION ”
40 “ A POWERFUL, HEARTWARMING STORY ”
41 MEA CULPA
42 THE SEARCH
43 ANTIOCH 94509
44 “ SHE LOVED JAYCEE VERY MUCH ”
45 NO STONE
UNTURNED
46 “ I’M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK ”
47 “ MISSED CLUES AND OPPORTUNITIES ”
48 “ A MASTER MANIPULATOR ”
49 “ MR. GARRIDO DOES NOT HARBOR ANY ILL WILL ”
Epilogue
Author’s Note