The suspect arrested for kidnapping Jaycee Dugard has a long history of predatory behavior, as is
outlined at True Crime Report:
Long before Jaycee Dugard disappeared, her alleged kidnapper was an experienced predator.
Public records show that Phillip Garrido was born in Contra Costa,
CA on April 5, 1951. Carson City, Nevada records indicate a marriage
between Garrido and Christine Perreira in March, 1973. The marriage
lasted just 7 years, and the couple's divorce was final in October,
1980.
It may be remarkable that the union lasted that long, for in 1977,
Phillip Garrido was convicted of kidnapping a woman on November 23,
1976. From the Reno Evening Gazette, February 12, 1977:
Garrido was convicted of abducting the woman at a South Lake Tahoe
grocery store parking lot then driving her to Reno, where she was kept
for several hours in a mini-warehouse.
[Garrido] faces Washoe County charges of possession of a controlled substance, rape and sex perversion.
Garrido was 25 and working as a musician in Reno when he abducted
the 25-year-old victim, who was a casino worker. A November
1976 account of the crime in the Nevada State Journal told of Garrido
knocking on the window of the victim's car, claiming his own vehicle
was disabled. He asked for a ride.
They had only driven a short distance when the woman said Garrido
grabbed her. He slapped on handcuffs and taped her mouth. They drove to
Reno and the storage unit where Garrido assaulted her.
It appeared to investigating officers that Garrido had turned the
unit into a residence, even though his address was elsewhere in the
city. Detectives found a regular 70s-era sexual predator's bachelor pad
- rugs on the floors and walls, porno mags, a projector, "marital
aids," wine, hot water and oddly, a spotlight.
Chillingly, another woman in the area reported after Garrido's
arrest that he had tried to kidnap her before he succeeded with the
casino worker.
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