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child abduction stories: 27 news summaries

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Shaniya Raped, Killed on Day of Abduction: Cops

NC 5-year-old was asphyxiated, arrest warrant says

Nov 20, 09 5:04 PM CST
(AP) - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according... More »

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kidnapping • murder • rape • North Carolina • Oprah Winfrey • child abuse • abduction • child prostitution • child rape • child abduction • child murder • Shaniya Davis • Bradley Lockhart • Mario Andrette McNeill • Antoinette Davis • Antoinette Davis charged with sex slavery • sex trafficking • Oprah Winfrey Show

NC Girl, 5,
Still Missing; Mom Charged

Faces trafficking charge after man seen with daughter at hotel

Nov 15, 09 6:23 AM CST
(AP) - The mother of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared Tuesday in North Carolina was charged yesterday with human trafficking and other offenses, though authorities said they still did not know the girl's whereabouts. Antoinette Nicole Davis, the mother of Shaniya Davis, faces a child abuse charge involving prostitution as well as... More »

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missing child • child prostitution • Fayetteville • child abduction • Shaniya Davis • Shaniya Davis found

JAYCEE DUGARD CASE

Garrido Apologizes,
Says 'Sexual Problem' Cured

Accused kidnapper 'a changed man': lawyer

Nov 13, 09 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido, Jaycee Dugard’s accused kidnapper, says he “would like to apologize to every human being for what has taken place.” In a letter—his third sent to KCRA from prison—Garrido adds that, “through the spirit of Christ,” a “sexual problem believed to... More »

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kidnapping • rape • abduction • kidnapper • child rape • public defender • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Jaycee Shielded 
 Kidnapper 
 From Cops 

Stockholm syndrome turned victim into abductor's defender

Nov 5, 09 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.... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • abduction • sexual assault • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Video Appeal 
 Renews 
 Maddy 
 Search 

Message accompanies interviews by Kate McCann

Nov 2, 09 6:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A video designed to go viral is an appeal to the friends and associates of Madeleine McCann's kidnapper, saying, "It is never too late to do the right thing." The video, released tonight, includes images of what Maddy—who was 3 when she went missing in 2007—might... More »

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Madeleine McCann • kidnapping • England • abduction • Portugal • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • Praia da Luz • Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre • child abduction

 Jaycee: 
 'A Real 
 Innocence 
 in Her Eyes' 

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

Oct 21, 09 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... More »

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kidnapping • missing child • child abduction • women's issues • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Terry Probyn

 Jaycee: I'm Happy to Be Home 

Dugard releases first statement, photos of herself as an adult

Oct 14, 09 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard’s 18-year kidnapping ordeal is over, and she spends her time now riding horses, cooking, and maybe collaborating on a book. The 29-year-old lives “a surprisingly normal life” with her mother and daughters Angel, 15, and Starlit, 11, says her mother’s stepmother. Now, Dugard speaks out... More »

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crime • kidnapping • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard

Elizabeth Smart Recounts Daily Sexual Abuse

She testifies that
captor uses religious rants to get his way

Oct 1, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart delivered frank testimony in federal court today on the abuse she suffered at the hands of Brian David Mitchell during a 9-month abduction, describing how Mitchell used religion to justify repeatedly raping her. Smart, 14 at the time, said Mitchell chained her leg to a tree at the... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • Mormon • insanity • child rape • Elizabeth Smart • child abduction • insanity defense

 Garrido: Cops 
 Trampling 
 Dugard's  
 Civil Rights 

Kidnap victim denied free speech, access to attorney, suspect writes to local TV reporter

Sep 30, 09 9:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido says the woman he’s accused of abducting as a child and holding captive for 18 years is being denied civil rights as part of the ongoing investigation, he writes in a letter to Sacramento’s KRCA-TV. Jaycee Dugard’s “free speach [sic] rights are being violated,... More »

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free speech • kidnapping • civil rights • attorney • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Jaycee Dugard: 
 I Want My 
 Pets Back 

Menagerie includes two dogs, five cats, birds

Sep 17, 09 7:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard wants back a group of pets she raised while in captivity in a northern California backyard, animal-control officials tell the San Francisco Chronicle. “We are very hopeful that it’s going to happen as soon as possible,” one says of the menagerie, which includes two dogs,... More »

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pets • investigation • rape • Animal Control • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

Fellow Inmates Threaten Nancy Garrido With Rape, Murder

Alleged kidnapper in isolation for own safety

Sep 14, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Garrido has been placed in isolation after other inmates threatened to rape and kill her, sources tell CBS News. Like her husband, Phillip, Garrido is charged with 29 felonies stemming from the kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard. Though she’s expected to seek bail, it’s unlikely to... More »

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prison • kidnapping • rape • abduction • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

'Worst Sports Column Ever' Author Sorry, Sort Of

Calif. scribe used Jaycee as news peg

Sep 10, 09 2:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Orange County Register sports columnist is the talk of the blogosphere and the Twitterverse—and not in the good way. Mark Whicker used his Tuesday column to reminisce about the sports events of the past 18 years under the guise of catching Jaycee Dugard up on "what you've... More »

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social networking • Google • kidnapping • rape • abduction • journalism • Twitter • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Mark Whicker • Orange County Register • sports columnist

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido picked out Jaycee Dugan as his next kidnap victim on a "child shopping" trip when he spotted the "cute" 11-year-old in a store with friends, his wife has told investigators. "That's the one I want," he told his wife, Nancy, but he decided to... More »

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California • kidnapping • abduction • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

Missing Ill. Boy Found Hidden Behind Wall at Grandma's

Mother charged in connection with 6-year-old's disappearance

Sep 6, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities in Illinois have found a boy who’d been missing for nearly 2 years hidden behind a wall in his grandmother’s house, and arrested his mother and grandmother in connection with his disappearance, the Chicago Tribune reports. “It was a good day today,” one official said,... More »

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kidnapping • Illinois • child custody • child abduction

(Newser) - Phillip Garrido, the California man accused in the abduction and rape of Jaycee Dugard, recorded songs about his fascination with young girls, an acquaintance who received two CDs with the tunes tells the Contra Costa Times. A sample lyric: “The way she walks, yeah, subtly sexy/What can I do?... More »

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music • rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Marc Lister

Garrido's Wife Worked as
'Well-Liked' Nursing Aide

Nancy Garrido worked with disabled adults during Dugard's captivity

Sep 3, 09 1:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Garrido worked as a "well-liked" nursing aide helping disabled adults at the same time police say she was helping her husband hold Jaycee Dugard captive, the Contra Costa Times reports. She was hired in 1994, and had references stretching back to 1981. That's the same year she married... More »

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California • abduction • nursing • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 Jaycee's Mom 'Enjoying 
 Every Minute' of Reunion 

Missing girl's grandmother says daughter Terry Probyn is 'in the clouds'

Sep 2, 09 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 18 years without her missing daughter, Jaycee Lee Dugard’s mother is “enjoying every minute” of the reunion, Terry Probyn’s mom tells People. “She’s like a little mother hen right now,” Dugard’s grandmother, Joan Curry, says of Probyn. “She’s got them... More »

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kidnapping • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Terry Probyn • Joan Curry

Jaycee Plastered Her Face on Garrido Biz Cards

Garrido told customers the girl on the cards was his daughter 'Alissa'

Sep 2, 09 5:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what some suspect was a cry for help, Jaycee Dugard printed photos of her face on the business cards of her abductor's printing business, the Telegraph reports. Dugard, who customers knew as Alissa, "did all the graphic design for him and she put her photo on the cards,... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

 Garrido: 
 'I Stalked 
 Girls at 
 Schools' 

Jaycee's accused 'deviant' kidnapper not barred from kids after attack on woman

Sep 2, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido was a "multiple sexual deviant" who took LSD daily, masturbated compulsively and stalked schoolgirls, according to court records after his 1976 arrest for kidnap and rape. Jaycee Dugard's accused abductor indulged in "sexual fantasies" watching "young females," he admitted in testimony obtained by the... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

(Newser) - Police are looking more closely at Nancy Garrido’s role in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping, the Telegraph reports. She appears to have played a key part in the abduction, and she helped her husband, Phillip Garrido, throughout Dugard’s imprisonment. At one point, when Phillip was sent to... More »

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kidnapping • abduction • kidnapper • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

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