Disturbing Twist To Tahoe Kidnapping Drama
Posted: 7:20 am PDT August 27, 2009
Updated: 6:44 pm PDT August 27, 2009
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The backyard compound had electricity from extension cords and a rudimentary outhouse and shower, “as if you were camping,” Kollar said.
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The case broke after Garrido was spotted Tuesday with two children as he tried to enter the University of California, Berkeley, campus to hand out religious literature. The officers said he was acting suspiciously toward the children. They questioned him and did a background check, determining he was a parolee, and informed his parole officer.
Garrido was ordered to appear for a parole meeting and arrived Wednesday with Dugard, his wife and two children. During questioning, corrections officials said he admitted kidnapping Dugard. It was not known if he had a lawyer.
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http://www.ktvu.com/news/20581022/detail.html
I don’t think the lawyer question matters. Answering questions without benefit of counsel is a condition of most paroles, and most search related rights are waived too.
The perp is trying to justify himself tonight, in a jailhouse interview...unbelievable...
Garrido told KCRA that he left documents three days ago with the FBI in San Francisco, California, that would shed light on the case. “They’re going to be a part of the trial,” he said.
A call from CNN to the FBI’s San Francisco bureau was not immediately returned.
Garrido said he could not go into detail about why he chose to abduct Dugard. “I haven’t talked to a lawyer yet, so I can’t do that,” he said.
But Garrido said he had “completely turned my life around” in the past several years. “You’re going to find the most powerful story coming from the witness, from the victim,” he said. “If you take this a step at a time, you’re going to fall over backward and in the end you’re going to find the most powerful, heartwarming story.”
He added, “Wait ‘til you hear the story of what took place at this house. You’re going to be absolutely impressed. It’s a disgusting thing that took place with me in the beginning, but I turned my life completely around.”
Describing the two daughters, he said, “Those two girls slept in my arms every single night from birth; I never kissed them.”
But in a later comment, he said that, from the time the youngest was born, “everything turned around.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/27/california.missing.girl/