Jaycee Dugard's Mistake

The morning of June 10, 1991, eleven year old Jaycee Dugard woke up to the sound of her mom leaving for work. This usually wasn’t an issue for young Jaycee except for the fact that her mom had forgotten to give her a goodbye kiss. Little did she know, this small mishap would became the least important conflict of her day and for the next 18 years of her life. While trudging her way up the hill leading to her bus stop, Jaycee still could not believe that her mother had forgotten to give her a goodbye kiss. She was so upset and distracted by this dilemma that it was too late when she realized someone had jumped out of their van to grab her. The last thing she remembered was touching a pine cone which would later become the symbol of her freedom. From the perspective of Jaycee, it seemed like forever until the van finally came to a stop. At the time, she didn’t recognize her assailants. All she knew was that there was a male and a female. After finally arriving at their house, Jaycee was covered by a blanket and walked to the backyard of the Garrido’s property where she would be kept for the next eighteen years. The second night of her kidnapping, young Jaycee was able to take a shower, but had to do so with her
He had taken Nancy, Jaycee, and his two daughters with him to the parole office to try to be released from his parole and the constant supervision of differing parole officers. When they arrived, Phillip was separated from the rest of his family. Later, Jaycee was also taken away from Nancy and her daughters which is when she was questioned for the possible abduction of the two young girls, her daughters. Jaycee asked to see Phillip and was informed that he had confessed about the abduction. Nancy and Phillip were faced with a lifetime sentence to prison and Jaycee and her daughters started their process of unification with their newly found freedom and with their family and