VIDEO: Jaycee Lee Dugard's Stepfather Describes Hearing Miraculous News
Posted on Aug 28, 2009 @ 09:17AM
Carl Probyn, the stepfather of Jaycee Lee Dugard -- the 11-year-old girl kidnapped 18 years ago who resurfaced this week with two daughters bore to her sex offender kidnapper -- described his emotions when his ex-wife told him that Jaycee was found alive to The Early Show Friday.
"It was a total surprise," he said. "Basically that they had found Jaycee, and then she paused for a few seconds and said, 'She's alive' -- so we basically cried for five minutes, just lost it."
The 60-year-old Probyn -- who told the AP he had been a suspect since Dugard went missing in 1991 -- expressed his joy and disbelief at the unusual turn in events.
"What a miracle this was after 18 years," Probyn said. "I had no idea after this long that we'd find her alive. I mean, this is definitely a one-of-a-kind situation. And then she's healthy and, you know, just unbelievable."
He said his ex-wife told him Jaycee, now a 29 mother-of-two, looked to be in good spirits after she spent the day with her Thursday.
"She said Jaycee looks like, almost like when she was kidnapped,” he said. “She looks very young, she looks very healthy. She told me that Jaycee feels really guilty for bonding with this guy. She has a real guilt trip."
Dugards' kidnapper and father of her two children, 58-year-old Phillip Garrido, was in custody on suspicion of various kidnapping and sex charges. His wife, Nancy Garrido, 54, is also in custody on kidnapping charges.
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Oct 30, 2009 @ 09:29
no just myview you need to pay attention to this story...
Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 4:14pm
Jon and Kate need to pay attention to this story (only one of far too many) and stop complaining about thier so called problems. Be grateful what you have.
Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 12:17pm
It never ceases to amaze and horrify me the acts done and justified in the name of religion. Chills. My thoughts and prayers go out to this family. THIS is a young woman who in the future should talk at Maria Shriver's conference!
Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 12:16pm
true
Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 11:48am
this girl or woman must have been brainwashed, 18 years and no attempt at escaping even when he was sent back to prison. how insane is this. the captor claims he has been a changed man and that the young woman will tell a fascinating story.
Posted Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:33am