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Jaycee: 'A Real Innocence in Her Eyes'

Friends say Dugard adjusting well to new life with mom, daughters

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 21, 2009 8:22 AM CDT

(Newser) Hello! magazine offers another glimpse at kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard as an adult, riding horseback and posing with mother Terry Probyn. Sources close to the family say Dugard is bonding with her mother and 19-year-old half-sister, and that Dugard’s two “smart, playful” daughters—who were always told she was their sister—now know she is their mother, the Telegraph reports.

“Meeting her, if you didn't know what happened, you would never guess in a million years,” one friend says. “She's friendly, she jokes, she's a sweet girl and very kind. She also has a real innocence in her eyes.” Another says of her daughters, “Because of the unconditional, protective love she showed them when they thought she was their big sister, it's more a case of switching titles—the love is still there.”

Jaycee Dugard is shown in the bottom right corner of this Hello! cover.
Jaycee Dugard is shown in the bottom right corner of this Hello! cover.   (Hello!)
In this image released Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, by People Magazine, the cover of the magazine is shown with Jaycee Dugard.
In this image released Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009, by People Magazine, the cover of the magazine is shown with Jaycee Dugard.   (AP Photo/People Magazine)
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lauriec67
Oct 23, 2009 10:22 AM CDT
I dont believe this for a minute!!!! are you guys just THAT naive? This girl & her "girls" will never be normal. As much as they hope, or wish, or pray. The degradation heaped upon this victim is unimaginable. Doesn't anyone watch Criminal Minds? duh
JoeQ
Oct 22, 2009 5:36 AM CDT
The kids will find out eventually that their dad is an infamous nut job.
Mad
Oct 21, 2009 4:00 AM CDT
Perhaps they were not as horribly traumatized as you all initially thought?

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