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I am from Northern California and I just heard about it. I am about the same age as Jaycee, and I remember being afraid when I was a child and heard about it. Any news on who abducted her, or what's happened to her in the last 20 years??
Wow, makes you really want to know how she got away, how they kept her hidden and what happened in the intervening time. I really hope that it's her.
Apparently it was a husband and wife who abducted her. I don't think they've released details of her experience with this couple, but the link above says the man was arrested for rape, penetration, and lewd contact. Plus he was convicted on sexual offense charges in the past. I'm not sure I want to know what happened, if it's really horrible...
I guess they are 99% sure it's her because she could tell them memories from her past, like when she was a child living in Tahoe. But they're also doing a DNA test to verify her identity. If it didn't end up being Jaycee, I think that would be the most devastating thing possible. :(
How sad, I hope that it is her on one hand but on the other, I am afraid of everything that has happened all this time, if it is her the abductees may have told her they would harm her family or something like that if she came forward.
Wow.. what a miracle. The article says that the parents have arranged for a meeting. I wonder what must be going through their minds.
I know... I think it would be really hard to go through 18 years of grieving and coming to terms with such a tragic occurrence just to have all those old wounds opened back up again.
I think her stepdad was even a suspect for a long time. The emotional toll of this must be massive.
When I went home for lunch I saw a sign in our neighborhood someone had just put up that said, "Welcome home, Jaycee." It was just spray paint on plywood, but it made me tear up a little. Everyone in my office is really emotional about her return, so I can only imagine what her family is going through right now. It should be a really happy time for them, but I think it would just be overwhelming.
i've been following. she's around my age but i don't remember the story at all. but i really do hope the dna tests come back positive. hopefully we'll be able to find out soon.
Did anyone see Jaycee's interview with Diane Sawyer last weekend? I started watching it online last night, but I had to turn it off. Her story is just so horrible.
I was struck by how... normal she seemed, though. She seemed like such a normal person telling this story. I"n the part I watched, she got emotional a few times, but I would think after going through an ordeal like that, you'd be more obviously scarred, I guess.
@Mrs. Spring: I watched it earlier today, it's on hulu right now if anyone wants to see it. I didn't find it hard to watch because Jaycee is so strong, honest and open about the horrible things that happened to her. I also can't believe how "normal" she seemed, too. They show her therapist in parts of the show, and I'm sure that these past couple of years of therapy have enabled her to move forward with her life. I'm guessing her therapy/recovery will be a lifelong thing. She seems so thankful for her life now, and doesn't want to waste any of her energy holding onto any hate. It's really remarkable.
SO heart breaking! I cannot imagine going through all that for so long as such a young age. It does suprise me how "normal" she seems but I'm sure she's got a lot of support and she does seem like a very strong women. I want to read her book.
Thanks! I was stuck in airports til midnight on Sunday and missed this and wanted to see it but forgot to DVR it.
@simplifiedbride: I think so much of her recovery has to do with how sheltered she's been these last 2 years since she was found. Her parents did a great job of keeping her out of the media and giving her the space and opportunity to heal.
I wonder about her daughters, though. Jaycee at least remembered her normal, per-captivity life. (She talks, in one part of the interview, of being able to "switch off" a part of hersaelf so she can survive the abuse she suffered.) But those poor girls have never known a different life. It seems like it would be a much harder/difficult transition for them.
This is exactly why I don't understand when people like this get released on "good behavior." Disgusting.
I have wondered too if it has been hard for her family to accept the girls at all. Not that they did anything wrong, but they are a product of a really messed up situation and they probably, to some extent, miss their father and had to adjust to THIS life, which is normal for most people but not really normal for them.
@ohheavenlyday: she talks a lot about her daughters in the interview, and although I thought the same thing (i.e. how could you accept these children that are technically half of the man that did this to you/your child), Jaycee, at least seems like a very loving mother. I didn't see a part where she gives an update on her daughters, though.
@Mrs. Spring:&@ohheavenlyday: I've been thinking about her daughters too, but really kind of glad that they're not being put on tv. At least for now, they can walk around without having a camera shoved in their faces.
@TheFutureMcBride: I agree. I hope the media continues to leave them alone, too. I've followed Jaycee's story because it's so close to home, but I do not want to see her daughters on tv. That's too much, imo.
Agreed, and from what little I've seen of her and how she portrays herself, she does not seem like the type of person or mother to try and benefit from this situation at the expense of her daughters.
@Mrs. Spring: Yeah, I finally put that together the other day when I was reading something about her. It's crazy that it's right there in your front yard.
@TheFutureMcBride: You should see how big it is up here. It's like constantly in your face, crazy.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32583149/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001
For those of you who don't know this story, in 1991 an 11 year old girl was kidnapped from South Lake Tahoe. This week (yesterday, maybe?), the girl showed up in a police station in San Francisco, 18 years after her kidnapping.
For a lot of the people I work with, Jaycee's return is a miracle. My boss lived on the same street as the Dugards, and her son was in the same elementary class as her the year she was kidnapped. He was standing at the same school bus stop she was walking to when the kidnappers pulled up and took her. The kidnapping took a huge toll on the community. They even erected a memorial for her near the local elementary school.
Has anyone else been following this story? It's been a very emotional day at our office, and it's all anyone is talking about up here.