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Jaycee Shielded Kidnapper From Cops

Stockholm syndrome turned victim into abductor's defender

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 5, 2009 5:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard lied to a suspicious parole officer in a desperate bid to protect her abductor when she was discovered, according to just-released report of her questioning. Jaycee, kidnapped when she was 11 in her northern California town, called herself Alyssa and presented herself as Phillip Garrido's wife. She laughingly explained that she was often mistaken as someone young enough to be the sister of her daughters, fathered by Garrido.

She became angry under repeated questioning and insisted Garrido was a "great person" and "good" father, despite his previous arrests for rape and kidnapping. She then switched her story, first explaining that she was an abused wife on the run, then finally admitting her real identity as the girl missing for 18 years. The exchange is a chilling revelation of the likely effects of Stockholm syndrome, notes the San Francisco Chronicle.

Jaycee Dugard cuts up for camera shortly before she was kidnapped at the age of 11.
Jaycee Dugard cuts up for camera shortly before she was kidnapped at the age of 11.   (AP Photo/Dugard family)
Phillip Garrido has been charged with 28 felony counts stemming from the abduction of Jaycee Dugard in 1991.
Phillip Garrido has been charged with 28 felony counts stemming from the abduction of Jaycee Dugard in 1991.   (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Jaycee Dugard, now 29, appears on the cover of People magazine.
Jaycee Dugard, now 29, appears on the cover of People magazine.   (AP Photo/People Magazine)
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COMMENTS
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901nanny
Nov 17, 2009 10:10 AM CST
Stockholm syndrome
So_Cal_Larry
Nov 6, 2009 12:53 PM CST
We must understand the psychology of a person in Jaycee's place in life after being kidnapped. A similar psychology exhibited with Elizabeth Smart in Colorado when she was snatched from her bedroom. Let us not blame the victim for ANYTHING. Period. All the failures are with law enforcement. ALL. And it starts with the ease with which Garrido could have been identified within days of his abduction of Jaycee Dugard. He was recently released from prison, he was in the same town, his modus operandi was exactly the same - snatched someone from the street. The sheriff and FBI share major responsibility for this abject failure. Jaycee Dugard shares NONE.
divetrader
Nov 5, 2009 12:42 PM CST
She is lucky the police kept questioning her.

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