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Jaycee's Kids Seemed Normal: Neighbor

Daughters like Hannah Montana, attended birthday parties

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 31, 2009 2:15 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The two daughters Jaycee Lee Dugard had in captivity seemed like normal kids, a neighbor of kidnapper Phillip Garrido told CNN. Angel, 11, and Starlet, 15, were “polite” and “well-mannered,” neighbor Cheyvonne Molino said, who noted they liked Hannah Montana. Media reports “made it seem like these little girls were living like wolves or jungle kids in the backyard dungeon,” Molino continued. “They didn't give that visual to me."

Just two weeks prior to the Garridos’ arrest, the two young girls had attended a birthday party for Molino’s daughter. But others noticed things that seemed off about the girls: “They were not dressed like average teenage girls,” said a customer at Garrido’s print shop. “They were dressed very conservatively.”

Makeshift tents and other structures fill a backyard where authorities say kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived in Antioch, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.
Makeshift tents and other structures fill a backyard where authorities say kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived in Antioch, Calif., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009.   (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Three temporary tents are set up next to a shack in a backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif., Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
Three temporary tents are set up next to a shack in a backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif., Monday, Aug. 31, 2009, where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.   (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
This family photo released by Carl Probyn on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, shows his stepdaughter, Jaycee Lee Dugard who went missing in 1991.
This family photo released by Carl Probyn on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, shows his stepdaughter, Jaycee Lee Dugard who went missing in 1991.   (AP Photo)
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grassisntgreener
Sep 3, 2009 6:31 AM CDT
after thought,How freq and under what circumstances did this neighbor meet these kids,to invite them to parties?Shouldnt they have noted something if their kids were playing together? Like asking what school they go to ,etc?
grassisntgreener
Sep 3, 2009 6:02 AM CDT
"Made it SEEM like they were living like....wolves or jungle kids in a backyard dungeon".What the? What would that neighbor call it? a backyard palace?Obviously not the neighbor (that got no where) ,who did report it . I can imagine what the cop said when he arrived,mr sex offendor,please dont have kids in the back yard tents any more.then left for starbucks.justice
cognitivefilter
Sep 1, 2009 12:10 PM CDT
really. living in a tent???

 
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