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Inside Jaycee's Tent: a Wii, and Squalor

Pics show hints of domesticity amid trash and dirt

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 2, 2009 12:47 PM CDT
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(Newser) – Photos of the backyard and tents where Jaycee Lee Dugard and her children lived reveal a small slice of normalcy amid appalling squalor, CBS News reports. The yard that Dugard’s meticulously dressed girls emerged from is littered with piles of trash and rusting bikes. But inside, where there was electricity, evidence of a computer was found. And among the Danielle Steel romance novels and Christmas decorations there was even a Nintendo Wii game console, People reports.

A source tells People the interiors of the tents held frightening questions. “In one tent there was a mattress against one of the walls,” but another held a “5 or 6 foot high cage with a tennis ball inside it. I don’t know if it was for dogs or people who’d done something wrong.” The source says the loamy earth of the backyard smelled putrid. Click the CBS News link below for the photos.

Three temporary tents are set up next to a shack in the backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
Three temporary tents are set up next to a shack in the backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.   (AP Photo)
A tent is set up the far backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
A tent is set up the far backyard of a home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.   (AP Photo)
A child's tricycle is shown at the home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.
A child's tricycle is shown at the home in Antioch, Calif. where authorities say kidnapped victim Jaycee Lee Dugard lived.   (AP Photo)
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grassisntgreener
Sep 3, 2009 5:00 AM CDT
People shouldnt snoop,but be aware of what is happening around you,dont look the other way.Unfortunately someone did note something and called the police(thank you very much man),who did nothing at that time!Hell too bad they didnt call every day until someone investigated. Be AWARE thats all,not paranoid.
DontLikeYou___
Sep 3, 2009 3:37 AM CDT
You mean, being nosey. I despise nosey people. If someone pokes their nose in my families business, they should be prepared to get their nose poked by my fist. It is never alright to spy on your neighbors.
DontLikeYou___
Sep 3, 2009 3:35 AM CDT
I don't understand why she lived in the tent. Why wasn't she allowed in the home? I know it's all screwed up, but I haven't heard that explained yet.

 
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