After 18 years in captivity, Jaycee Dugard shown as smiling woman who is ‘happy to be back’SAN FRANCISCO — Jaycee Dugard is emerging from obscurity after police say she spent 18 years as a captive in a sex offender’s yard, releasing the first photos of herself as an adult and her first statement. Jaycee Dugard, held 18 years in backyard, says she’s ’so happy to be back with my family’SAN FRANCISCO — The first photo of Jaycee Dugard since she was reunited with her family after 18 years in captivity shows a smiling woman with long, light brown hair. Spokeswoman: Jaycee Dugard is comfortable with mom, sister; they ’seem like any other family’NEW YORK — A family spokeswoman says Jaycee Dugard, her two daughters, mother and sister are close, comfortable and happy and says they “seem like any other family.” Nancy Garrido’s brothers say she is cooperating in kidnapped girl case, should be punishedSAN FRANCISCO — Kidnapping suspect Nancy Garrido’s brothers say their sister is cooperating with authorities investigating the abduction of a California woman who resurfaced 18 years after she was snatched off the street as a child. Mom of Calif. girl abducted 18 years ago urges others to never stop looking for missing kidsSAN FRANCISCO — The mother of a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped says people should never stop looking for missing children. Police resume search at home of CA kidnap suspects; ties sought to other missing girlsANTIOCH, Calif. — Investigators are back at the Northern California home of a couple already charged with one child abduction seeking any evidence that might link them to two other cases in the 1980s. Calif. town where girl was kidnapped in 1991 holds parade to celebrate her reappearanceSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The town where Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped 18 years ago celebrated her astounding reappearance with a parade Sunday while she remained secluded with her family in Northern California. Bravado, mental illness or both? Garrido’s recent actions factored into arrestSAN FRANCISCO — In the days before his arrest, cracks showed in the elaborate facade authorities say Phillip Garrido built to conceal the girl he kidnapped, raped and imprisoned — and those cracks were of Garrido’s own making. Bizarre Calif. kidnapping case has police checking other unsolved murders, child abductionsRENO, Nev. — Police are scouring old records of major unsolved cases in northern Nevada to determine if any match the profile of the man charged in the abduction and assault of a Lake Tahoe girl 18 years ago. The cold cases include the 1989 murders of two Reno children who vanished near their school bus stop. Bizarre Tahoe kidnapping case has police checking other unsolved murders, kidnappingsRENO, Nev. — Police in northern Nevada are scouring old records of major unsolved cases to determine if any match the profile of the man charged in the abduction and assault of a Lake Tahoe girl 18 years ago. Police: Garrido arrested in 1972 on suspicion of raping 14-year-old at motel; charges droppedSAN FRANCISCO — Another allegation of sexual abuse emerged Thursday against kidnapping suspect Phillip Garrido, when Antioch police disclosed he was arrested nearly 40 years ago on suspicion of drugging and raping a 14-year-old girl. Dugard aunt: Niece missing 18 years ‘remembers all of us,’ meets sister she knew only as babyLOS ANGELES — Jaycee Dugard remembers her family and is enjoying getting to know her younger sister, who was a baby when Dugard was kidnapped 18 years ago, her aunt said Thursday. Aunt of Jaycee Dugard shares her story of her reunion with kidnapped California girlSANTA ANA, Calif. — The aunt of Jaycee Dugard is sharing her story of her reunion with the kidnapped girl. Inside a monster’s mind: Details of kidnap suspect revealedSAN FRANCISCO - As police continued their search Tuesday of properties owned or managed by kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido, many mysteries remained about the man whom neighbourhood kids called “Creepy Phil”. Kidnapped woman’s kids thought she was their sisterSAN FRANCISCO - The daughters of kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard thought she was their sister and were never told she was abducted by their father when she was 11, a Dugard family representative said Tuesday. Experts say kidnapped victims like Calif. girl stay with abductors out of fear, survival willSAN FRANCISCO — In the 18 years that Jaycee Lee Dugard allegedly spent captive in Phillip Garrido’s backyard, shielded from the world by trees, tarps, tents and tool sheds, she no doubt had a chance or two to tell someone the truth. Calif. police search home next to couple charged in kidnapping; seek links to other crimesANTIOCH, Calif. — Armed with rakes, shovels and chain saws, about 20 officers on Sunday combed the backyard of a couple charged with kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard and used cadaver dogs to search an adjoining property where neighbors say one of the suspects once served as a caretaker. Police agencies in California review open cases as more details of kidnapping case come forthANTIOCH, Calif. — Police on Saturday searched the home and property of a California couple charged with kidnapping a little girl 18 years ago, looking for evidence linking them to other open cases in the area, including the unsolved murders of prostitutes. Questions haunt neighbors, police who came in contact with accused California kidnapperANTIOCH, Calif. — His neighbors knew he was a registered sex offender. Kids on his block called him “Creepy Phil” and kept their distance. Parole agents and local law enforcement regularly visited his home and found nothing unusual, even after a neighbor complained children were living in a complex of tents in his backyard. Shawn Hornbeck: found after 4 yearsThe feelings of getting back the dearest missing persons after a long painful gap is something which is difficult to evaluate through a keyboard, you have to see, feel the reactions of the families of Jacyee Lee Dugard, Shawn Hornbeck or Ben Ownby and lot of others. Police: Convicted rapist fathered children with abducted woman hidden 18 years in CA backyardPLACERVILLE, Calif. — A girl snatched on her way to school was hidden for nearly two decades behind a series of fences, sheds and tents, even giving birth to her suspected abductor’s children in the suburban backyard compound less than 200 miles from her childhood home. AP News in BriefGunmen lay siege to 3 security sites in east Pakistan, while bomber hits NW; 37 dead |