Jaycee Dugard, who spent 18 years as a captive in a sex offender's garden, released the first photos of herself as an adult - and her first statement.

THE lawyer for a US woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped said his client initially had mixed emotions surrounding the arrest of her alleged captors but now “fully understands that some terrible things were done to her”.

The lawyer for a US woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped said his client initially had mixed emotions surrounding the arrest of her alleged captors but now “fully understands that some terrible things were done to her”.

THE alleged kidnapper in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case drugged and raped a 14-year-old girl in 1972 and there was a “good chance” there were other victims, police have said.

Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard’s aunt said today her niece remembered her family and was getting to know her younger sister, who was just a baby when she was kidnapped 18 years ago.

Nancy Garrido watched over kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard for years while she cared for her elderly, bedridden mother-in-law at the home she shared with her husband, it emerged today.

A PREVIOUS victim of the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard has spoken of her ordeal at the hands of the rapist and her relief at his latest arrest.

Police said today they had found a bone fragment on the property next door to the home of a man charged with kidnapping a little girl and hiding her in his back garden for 18 years.

POLICE investigating Jaycee Lee Dugard’s kidnapping and captivity are turning their attention to the alleged role of Nancy Garrido, who has been described as a “monster”.

THE rape of Jaycee Dugard by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido began within a month of her abduction at age 11, extended through her childhood and involved not only Phillip Garrido, but also his wife, Nancy, according to charges filed by El Dorado County prosecutors.

POLICE have extended their search to a property next door to the Garridos’ home.

THE sunshine made the photographs of Jaycee Lee Dugard’s prison look better than it was.

Details emerged today of the ramshackle compound where Jaycee Lee Dugard was allegedly imprisoned, raped and shut off from society for almost two decades after being kidnapped aged 11.

A dossier of failures by authorities during Jaycee Lee Dugard’s 18-year ordeal at the hands of her captors continued to emerge today.

PHILLIP GARRIDO was a religious zealot with a dark secret neighbours never guessed.

THE parents of missing Madeleine McCann said yesterday the reappearance of child kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years after she disappeared “only makes us more determined” to find their daughter.

JAYCEE LEE DUGARD was 11 on June 10, 1991, when she was kidnapped while walking to her bus stop on Washoan Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe.

HE was the prime suspect – until now.

A couple accused of snatching an 11-year-old child and keeping her imprisoned for 18 years today pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges including kidnap, rape and false imprisonment.

Police missed an opportunity to free Jaycee Lee Dugard in 2006 when they were called to the home where she was allegedly held for 18 years but failed to find her, a spokesman said tonight.

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann said today that the reappearance of child kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years after she disappeared “only makes us more determined” to find their daughter.

A woman walked into a police station 18 years after she was kidnapped, having had two children by the man who snatched her as an 11-year-old girl, police said today.

A woman believed to have been kidnapped as a child in 1991 is to be reunited with her family 18 years later.

A WOMAN believed to have been kidnapped as a child in 1991 is to be reunited with her family 18 years later.

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