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State review critical in Dugard case
Wed Nov 4, 2009 /
US
California parole officers "missed numerous opportunities" to discover long-missing Jaycee Dugard while supervising the man now accused of kidnapping and raping her, a state review of the case concludes.
Phillip Garrido was a registered sex offender on parole between January 1988 and August, when Dugard, who had been missing for 18 years, was discovered living in a shed in his backyard. In a report issued Wednesday, the state inspector-general's office found the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation failed to properly keep tabs on Garrido or properly supervise the officers assigned to his case. "While it is true that Garrido's California parole was never officially violated, our review shows that Garrido committed numerous parole violations and that the department failed to properly supervise Garrido and missed numerous opportunities to discover his victims," the report states. Parole officers failed to investigate utility wires running from Garrido's house toward the shed where Dugard was held, to check out the presence of a 12-year-old girl during a visit or to act on information the report said clearly showed Garrido had violated the terms of his release. Read the full report (PDF) Dugard, now 29, was last seen in 1991. Investigators say Garrido fathered two children, now 11 and 15, with the girl during her captivity. He and his wife, Nancy, are charged with 29 felony counts in the case. Garrido was on parole for a 1976 abduction and rape. He was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for that attack and was released on parole after 11 years. An El Dorado County Superior Court judge has set a December 11 date for the next hearing for the Garridos. At that time, issues such as discovery will be considered, the judge said. No trial date has been set.Police also consider Garrido a suspect in the unsolved kidnappings of two girls, ages 9 and 13, including one who resembles Dugard.
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