A life ruined

Onkel Neal · 08-28-09, 12:37 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/28/california.missing.girl/index.html

Quote:

A woman who was kidnapped at age 11 and then spent 18 years living in her abductor's backyard began the long process of reuniting with her family on Friday.

Dugard lived for the next 18 years in a shed and other outbuildings behind her abductor's house, where she gave birth to two girls that he fathered; the girls are now aged 11 and 15, police said.

Investigators arrested Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender, on charges of kidnapping and abusing her after police discovered Dugard on Wednesday.

It's really hard for me to imagine how this must have been for this little girl. In a news report on TV, neighbors described the man who imprisoned her as a "weirdo". No doubt. The shame is that weirdos are not scrutinized more closely.

FIREWALL · 08-28-09, 12:44 PM

If that poor woman walked into that courtroom and blew him away.

She would get more time than he'll get.

Onkel Neal · 08-28-09, 12:46 PM

Yeah, true.

But not if I was on the jury

AVGWarhawk · 08-28-09, 12:52 PM

It was more than just one life ruined. Her parents after all these years living with this! Their daughter kidnapped all those years ago. Things in the news every day about kids being taken and found dead later. This is what her parents lived with.

How diabolical this was. His wife was involved as well. Talk about screwed in the head. Shame is the probation officers must and should have right to inspect convicted child molestors premises. Computer included. I guess they do not have that right to check all. Unreal this went on for years and know one said a word or noticed anything.

SteamWake · 08-28-09, 12:57 PM

I find this whole story not only disturbing but hard to believe.

I understand she was abducted at age 11 but in this day of 'accessability' internet, cell phones, and on and on how in the hell did she not get word out.

Also "Lived in their back yard" were the neighbors clueless?

I heard an interview with one of the neighbors he said (paraphrasing) "I knew the guy was a weirdo and I saw them in the back yard but I had no idea they had kids there".

Onkel Neal · 08-28-09, 01:11 PM

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=8431843&page=1

08-28-09, 12:44 PM	#2
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	If that poor woman walked into that courtroom and blew him away. She would get more time than he'll get. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-28-09, 12:46 PM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Yeah, true. But not if I was on the jury __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

08-28-09, 12:52 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,287 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It was more than just one life ruined. Her parents after all these years living with this! Their daughter kidnapped all those years ago. Things in the news every day about kids being taken and found dead later. This is what her parents lived with. How diabolical this was. His wife was involved as well. Talk about screwed in the head. Shame is the probation officers must and should have right to inspect convicted child molestors premises. Computer included. I guess they do not have that right to check all. Unreal this went on for years and know one said a word or noticed anything. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-28-09, 12:57 PM	#5
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I find this whole story not only disturbing but hard to believe. I understand she was abducted at age 11 but in this day of 'accessability' internet, cell phones, and on and on how in the hell did she not get word out. Also "Lived in their back yard" were the neighbors clueless? I heard an interview with one of the neighbors he said (paraphrasing) "I knew the guy was a weirdo and I saw them in the back yard but I had no idea they had kids there". __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

08-28-09, 01:11 PM	#6
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=8431843&page=1 __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web