Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard

to achieve any form of acceptance” (Dugard 177). The memoir of Jaycee Lee Dugard, A Stolen LIfe, shares and describes her traumatic experiences as a kidnapped victim of Phillip Garrido and Nancy Garrido. Dugard was abducted at a very young age in June of 1991 near her home. For eighteen years, Dugard was repeatedly sexually abused and imprisoned by the couple. Dugard was just 11 years old who lived in Lake Tahoe, California. Dugard was walking to school alone in the morning when Phillip and Nancy Garrido…

Jaycee Lee Dugard was a nine year old girl who was kidnapped by a stranger at age eleven. Phillip Garrido was the mans name. She was kept captive for eighteen years, kept in a backyard moving from a barn, to a house, different rooms. Being so young and taken would be the worst, not getting to be with her family. Phillip had a wife named Nancy, they treated Jaycee like their daughter. Jaycee later on got pregnant two times. She now has two beautiful baby girls that are growing up with her. While…

Jayce Gardner of Blackfoot, Idaho passed away Thursday April 17, 2025, in a fire after over cooking a marshmallow with friends. Jayce was born May 16, 2003 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Terra Wilson and David Gardner. He was survived by David Gardner (Father), Annie Gardner (Stepmom), Terra Wilson (Mother), Marcus Wilson (Step-Dad), Ashlyn Gardner (Sister), Justin Baxter (Step-Brother), Byllie Baxter (Step-Sister), Maddox Ramon (Half-brother), and Charlee Gardner (Half-Sister). Jayce was born, raised,…

I am going to be talking about how this one case study in particular relates to the first recorded occurrence of this phenomenon. On June 10, 1991 Jaycee Dugard was 11 years old the day she was kidnapped. On the way to the bus stop, Dugard came across Phillip Garrido, who [was] hoping to prey upon a little girl. It is thought that Nancy Garrido, who is Phillip Garrido’s wife, spot out Dugard as a prize for him. Phillip Garrido then used a stun gun on Jaycee Dugard. She then dropped down to the…

Jaycee Dugard was a regular 11 year old girl living in South Lake Tahoe, California. But, one day as she was outside of her home when two strangers asked her for directions on the side of a road. Seconds later she was shot with a stun gun. She instantly went numb and fell into the bushes. A man then rushed out of the car and abducted her. The two stanger’s where Phillip Garrido and his wife Nancy Garrido. Her stepfather witnessed this event and tried his best to chase after the car that…

Throughout Jaycee Dugards autobiography entitled A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard developed from being naïve to resilient. At 11 years old, one wouldn’t expect a child to know what being kidnapped is. Being trapped in a house with a stranger for 18 years, made Jaycee creative with the limited objects she was given. Just by staying with Phillip and Nancy, she saved many peoples lives in society. Even though Jaycees younger life was miserable, she got help and got up on her feet leading her to a…

In the novel, Keeper’n me, Garnet Raven was taken from his Ojibway Indian reserve home when he was three years old (Wagamese 12). Garnet was placed in a series of foster homes away from his family and he, therefore, never enjoyed the comforts of his family, neither did he get to learn his family’s way of life. From one reserve house to another, Garnet lastly escaped the reserve house when a chance presented itself only to land in a very big city and at jail by age 20. From the time he was taken…

Life” is about Jaycee Dugard, who is also the author. The book took place on June 10, 1991 when Jaycee was abducted and ended on August 26, 2009 when she was rescued during a meeting Philip had with his parole officer, and was reunited with her family. The book is a biography and was written only to tell her story. Jaycee Dugard was eleven when she was abducted by Philip Garrido and Nancy Garrido while walking out to the bus stop. Philip and Nancy had locked Jaycee up at their house for…

Jaycee Dugard the author of A Stolen Life was born on May 3, 1980, in South Lake Tahoe, California. Dugard has two children, Angel and Starlet Dugard, which she had when she was 14 and 17 years old. Dugard was influenced to write this because, “...[she] was kidnapped by Phillip and Nancy Garrido in 1991, at age 11 [and] she spent 18 years in captivity” (biography). This meant that Dugard did not have a chance to finish school. According to Wikipedia.com, “Dugard was in the fifth grade”,when she…

Stolen Life from Jaycees point of view, Jaycee Dugard reveals her painful experience kidnapped in the backyard of a married couples house. This view of events is very subjective because Dugard shares her mixed emotions towards her eighteen years trapped in the backyard. Sometimes she feels loved by her kidnapper Phillip, other times she feels betrayed and scared. Dugard’s words when she says, “I feel so helpless and vulnerable. I feel so alone… I can’t stop crying” (Dugard 30) shows her unique…