Extraordinary endings in kidnapping cases
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:25am
The rescue of three kidnapping victims is an extraordinary ending for the child abductees. Such endings are rare, but here are some similar cases of child kidnappings which have occurred in recent years:
Jaycee Dugard: Ms. Dugard was kidnapped in June 1991 in South Lake Tahoe, California at age 11 and remained missing for more than 18 years.
She was discovered in August 2009 after her abductor, Phillip Craig Garrido, a convicted sex offender, brought her to a parole office in Concord, California along with two daughters fathered by him, aged 11 and 15 at the time.
Authorities believe Ms Dugard was held for most of the time in an enclosed area behind Garrido's house in Antioch, California. Garrido and his wife Nancy pleaded guilty to kidnapping and other charges.
In June 2011 he was sentenced to 431 years imprisonment. Nancy Garrido received a sentence of 36 years to life.
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