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NEWS ABOUT: captivity

captivity stories: 13 news summaries

 Bail for Garrido Set at $30M 

Nancy Garrido ordered to be held without bail

Sep 14, 09 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A judge set bail at $30 million for Phillip Garrido today and ordered Nancy Garrido held without bail after deciding that the couple were likely to flee, the Sacramento Bee reports. Garrido couldn’t leave jail even if he could make bail, as he’s under a hold placed by... More »

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kidnapping • captivity • bail • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 Jaycee's Kids Seemed 
 Normal: Neighbor 

Daughters like Hannah Montana, attended birthday parties

Aug 31, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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kidnapping • captivity • Hannah Montana • neighbors • tween • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

ANALYSIS

 Jaycee May Never Recover 

Overcoming lost years will be a huge challenge, mental health experts say

Aug 30, 09 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - It will be a struggle for Jaycee Lee Dugard and her two daughters to recover from the years they spent in captivity, writes Karen Kaplan in the LA Times. Psychologists have few comparable cases to draw from, and those that exist are not encouraging. Kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch, of Vienna,... More »

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kidnapping • captivity • development • Vienna • psychologist • child rape • Elisabeth Fritzl • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

 Sharks Enjoy a Cuddle 


Jun 3, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - British aquarium managers are going to begin training sharks with rewards and even hugs after US scientists have discovered that certain breeds of the toothsome fish enjoy human cuddles, reports the Telegraph. "Zebra sharks will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted... More »

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shark • ocean • fish • captivity • sea • Jaws • training • scientific research • aquarium • Sea Life • animal training

Pandas: Better at Crowd Pleasing Than Breeding

For so many reasons, these cute bears should probably never have survived

Apr 5, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pandas have a lot working against them when it comes to to making babies: a once-yearly ovulation cycle, genetic inbreeding due to a limited captive population, and, apparently, some degree of ineptness at copulation itself. Zoo officials frequently see their excitement crushed by what turn out to be pseudopregnancies, and... More »

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China • captivity • panda • National Zoo • giant pandas

Neighbor Is
4th Suspect in Teen's Torture

Calif. boy was shackled to fireplace, starved, and drugged

Dec 10, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Police arrested a fourth person yesterday in connection with the abusive captivity of a 16-year-old California teen, on charges similar to those a couple and the boy’s aunt already face. Youth football coach Anthony Vincent Waiters, 29, was a frequent guest at the house where the boy was kept... More »

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California • crime • abuse • captivity • missing child • Vincent Waiters

Cops Seek Missing Aunt
of Chained Boy

Suspect lost custody of Calif. teen after felony child abuse charges

Dec 3, 08 6:14 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are hunting for the aunt of a boy who burst into a California health club shackled, bloodied, and pleading for help, the Sacramento Bee reports. Caren Ramirez is already wanted for a probation violation on felony child abuse charges, and neighbors say she’s recently visited the home of... More »

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California • torture • Sacramento • child abuse • captivity • missing child • foster homes

 Dungeon Daughter
 'Not Prepared' to Testify

Docs postpone testimony at least three weeks

Jun 25, 08 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two months after being rescued from an Austrian cellar where her father imprisoned her as a sex slave for 24 years, Elisabeth Fritzl isn’t emotionally prepared to testify against him, reports the Guardian. Her doctors have postponed the ordeal for at least three weeks. The 42-year-old woman was scheduled... More »

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weird • court • captivity • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl

Saddam Feared AIDS During Captivity

Prison diary reveals horror of 'young people's diseases'

May 6, 08 12:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein worried about catching AIDS and other venereal diseases during his US captivity, the Daily Mail reports. He even told guards not to dry their clothes on his laundry line. "I explained to them that they are young and they could have young people's diseases," Saddam wrote... More »

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Iraq • Saddam Hussein • AIDS • prison • disease • captivity

Austrian Incest Father Nabbed Earlier in Sex Crime

Victims of 'unrepentant' dad remain hospitalized

Apr 29, 08 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter as a sex slave in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering her seven children is a convicted sex offender, the London Times reports. No details were immediately available, but neighbors reported avoiding the home of Josef Fritzl, 73, because of rumors... More »

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kidnapping • rape • Austria • sexual abuse • captivity • incest • sexual assault

Austrian Man Held Daughter Captive 24 Years

Locked up at 18, she gave birth to 7 babies in underground cellar

Apr 27, 08 2:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 42-year-old Austrian woman missing since 1984 has been found—in her father’s cellar, where she says he kept her prisoner for 24 years. Elisabeth F. told police her father, Josef F., began sexually abusing her at age 11, and locked her in the cellar when she turned 18,... More »

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kidnapping • rape • Austria • captivity • incest • child rape

Panda Couple a Model of Fertility

Famous pair at
San Diego Zoo meet just once a year

Nov 26, 07 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Suggesting that quality does best quantity, two of the most reproductively successful pandas in captivity meet—and mate—but once a year, the AP reveals. Since 2003 the San Diego Zoo's Bai Yun and Gao Gao have produced three cubs, a great feat for the endangered species. The youngest... More »

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China • endangered species • breeding • zoo • captivity • panda • San Diego Zoo • Bai Yun • Gao Gao

Hamas Frees Kidnapped Lioness

Crime gang stole cub Sabrina from Gaza zoo 20 months ago

Jul 10, 07 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas soldiers yesterday freed Sabrina the lioness in a raid on a Palestinian crime gang that kidnapped her 20 months ago. The four-month-old cub and a pair of Arabic-speaking parrots were snatched from the Gaza zoo, and Sabrina was left to languish in a dark cell where curious spectators snapped... More »

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Alan Johnston • BBC • Palestine • Hamas • kidnapping • lioness • lion • captivity

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