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Jaycee Dugard, who gave birth to two girls fathered by the captor who kidnapped her as a child, said she is amazed at her newfound freedom, in excerpts released on Thursday from her first interview.

In the newly unsealed transcript of her grand jury testimony, Jaycee Lee Dugard recounts her abduction and captivity and explains why she never tried to escape. At times, the voice is young and terrified — an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped during the last week of school, raped for years and kept in line under threat of pain.

Jaycee Dugard, a Northern California woman who was kidnapped at 11 years old and held captive for almost two decades, will apparently release a biography published by Simon & Shuster this summer, Fox40.com reported. “A Stolen Life,” a 256-page memoir, will have a July 12th release, and was written solely by Dugard.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido pleaded guilty Thursday to the kidnapping and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard, whom they held captive from age 11 through 29, the El Dorado County, California, district attorney said.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido have been indicted in the kidnapping case of Jaycee Dugard and will be arraigned Friday on the charges, sources confirmed to KCRA 3.

Jaycee Dugard, who survived being kidnapped at age 11 and held captive for 18 years, is writing a memoir. Her book is scheduled to come out next ...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday signed a $20-million settlement for Jaycee Dugard, a woman who was held captive for 18 years by a convicted rapist who had been under the supervision of the state.

The California Assembly passed a bill appropriating $20 million to kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard to settle her claims against the state, the chief clerk's office said.

Held captive for 18 years in a ramshackle backyard compound, Dugard is seen cooking with her sister and mother and riding horses in recently shot home videos aired on ABC Friday.

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.