Sacramento Escorts: Dugard kidnapping probe branches out
Garrido wanted to hold a religious event on campus, but the events coordinator and a campus police officer thought he behaved strangely and took note of the robotic behavior of his daughters, 11 and 15. When the officer learned Garrido was a registered sex offender with a rape conviction in Nevada three decades ago, she alerted his parole officer.
At a meeting with the parole officer, Garrido brought his wife, Nancy Garrido, Dugard and the two girls, whom he fathered with Dugard. Authorities said he confessed to the kidnapping, and he and his wife were arrested.
Dugard, now 29, was reunited with her family.
Phillip and Nancy Garrido pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that included forcible abduction, rape and false imprisonment.
Police in the nearby city of Pittsburg are investigating whether Phillip Garrido is linked to the unsolved murders of several prostitutes in the early 1990s. Antioch police also are looking into unsolved cases but declined further details.