THE CASE OF JAYCEE DUGARD

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to True Detective Stories podcast,a podcast where homicide detectives shared their most
intense cases. Let's begin today.We're gonna be looking at the kidnapping of
j C. Dugard. This wasa haunting case, an eighteen year ordeal.

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On June tenth of nineteen ninety one, eleven year old Jace was aducted
by Philip and Nancy Garrito while walkingto her school bus stop in South Lake
Tahoe. The Garritos pulled her intothe car and sped away, leaving behind
a shattered community and a family desperatefor answers. For years, the investigation
yielded few leads. Despite the effortsof law enforcement and the unwavering determination of

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Jayce's mother, Terry Probin, thecase seemed to have gone cold. Little
did they know that Jace was beingheld captive just one hundred and twenty miles
away in Antioch, California, whereshe endured unimaginable horrors at the hands of
her abductors. Philip Garrito had convictedsex offender and his wife Nancy had created
a concealed compound in their backyard wherethey kept Jacy imprisoned. Over the years,

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jac was subjected to repeated sexual abuse, and gave birth to two daughters.
Fathered by Philip Grito. The Garridosmanipulated and brainwashed Jase, convincing her
that she would never be found andthat she was dependent on them for survival.
The breakthrough in the case came inAugust of two thousand and nine when
Philip Garrito arrived at the University ofBerkeley with two young girls seeking permission to

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hold a religious event on campus gofigure. The unusual behavior of Grito and
the girl's raised suspicions, prompting abackground check that revealed his criminal history.
Her role. Officers called them infor questioning, and during the interview,
Jac's true identity was finally discovered.The revelation sent shockwaves to the law enforcement
community. After eighteen years, jC Dugard had been found alive. The

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subsequent investigation had covered the extent ofthe Garrido's heinous crimes and the systematic abuse
that she had endured. In twentyeleven, Philip Garrido was to four hundred
and thirty years, while his wifereceived the sentence of thirty six years to
life. Since her rescue, Jacehas been shown remarkable resilience and strength.
She has reconnected with her family andwork to rebuild her life and become an
advocate for survivors of sexual abuse andkidnapping. Her memoir Stolen Life offers a

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raw and honest account of her experiencesand serves as a testament to the indomitable
human spirit, and also is astark reminder of the evil that exists in
this world and that toll it cantake on innocent lives. It's really a
tragic story from I mean, it'sa great story at the end of it
all that she would say, butan incredibly horrific story in the beginning from

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a young in perspective. Jc's storyis rich with archetypal themes and psychological symbolism.
If we were to explore we cansee the shadow represents the dark and
conscious aspects of the psyche that anindividual may repress or deny, and this
is the actions of Philip and NancyGarrito Jac's of ducts can be seen as
a manifestation of the destructive potential ofthe shadow when it is not acknowledged or

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integrated. Their heinous crimes are astark reminder of the darkness that can lurk
in within the human psyche when uncheckedby moral or ethical constraints. It's a
powerful and disturbing story, folks,but illuminates many of the core concepts of
young and psychology, and also givesus hope because people like JC, with
her resilience encourage in the face ofunimaginable trauma. Serves as an inspiration and

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a testament to the transformative power ofthe human spirit.