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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 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.

The first images are emerging of an adult Jaycee Dugard, the woman who was kidnapped when she was 11 and allegedly held captive for 18 years by a couple in an elaborate compound hidden in the backyard.

The lawyer for a Northern California woman found alive 18 years after she was kidnapped says his client has mixed emotions surrounding ...

Investigators found another bone on property belonging to kidnapping suspects Phillip and Nancy Garrido on Friday, as they scoured the yard for possible clues to the abductions of two other girls about 20 years ago ...

The man accused of abducting and sexually abusing Jaycee Lee Dugard testified during a previous kidnapping and rape case that he prowled through residential neighborhoods as a Peeping Tom and had strong rape desires.

In many respects, Jaycee Dugard and her two daughters lived an unremarkable public life -- one that belied the circumstances that have since made front-page news. The 11-year-old went by the name Angel and the 15-year-old, Starlet. "They were polite. They were well-mannered," said a woman who saw the girls two weeks ago when they attended her daughter's birthday party.

The father of Phillip Garrido, suspected of kidnapping an 11-year-old South Lake Tahoe girl 18 years ago, said today his son had a long history of drug use and mental problems.