Shattered Innocence: The abduction of Jaycee Lee Duggard--the untold story

314 Pages·2011·2.97 MB·English

by  Robert Scott

Dear Reader,

I don’t know anyone who wasn’t heartbroken upon learning of the 18-year
ordeal that Jaycee Dugard survived after being abducted at the age of 11 near her
home in South LakeTahoe, California. When she and her two young daughters
revealed themselves to authorities in 2009, their courage won the hearts of
millions.

Like so many others, I’ve read countless articles and watched numerous shows
about beautiful Jaycee and her frightening abductor, Phillip Garrido. I thought I
had a good understanding of their story. Then I read the book you are holding in
your hands—and my eyes were opened to facts and insights that brought the
story into a more vivid and more compelling focus.

Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Scott, the author of over a dozen
widely praised nonfiction books, has uncovered aspects of this gripping case that
will amaze, outrage, surprise, and move you.

As bestselling author and former prosecutor Robert K. Tanenbaum said:
“Robert Scott shows that the Jaycee Dugard story is more compelling and more
shocking than the news previously reported. SHATTERED INNOCENCE is a
fascinating account of a young girl’s abduction by a monster who should never
have been free to walk the streets. This is a ground-breaking book.”

I invite you to share my sense of discovery by reading through this copy of
SHATTERED INNOCENCE.

Michaela Hamilton
Executive Editor
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Also by Robert Scott

Rivers of Blood
Lust to Kill
Driven to Murder
Killer Dad
Dangerous Attraction
Deadfall
Like Father Like Son
Married to Murder
Monster Slayer
Rope Burns
Savage
Unholy Sacrifice
Kill or Be Killed
Most Wanted Killer
Blood Frenzy
SHATTERED INNOCENCE

ROBERT SCOTT

Kensington Publishing Corp.
http:///www.kensingtonbooks.com

All copyrighted material within is Attributor Protected.
Table of Contents

Dedication
Also by Robert Scott
Title Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Epigraph

I - BEYOND BELIEF

CHAPTER 1 - ROBOT CLONES

CHAPTER 2 - A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED “ALYSSA”

CHAPTER 3 - VANISHED

CHAPTER 4 - DWINDLING LEADS

CHAPTER 5 - NEWS THAT CIRCLED THE PLANET

II - IN THE SHADOWS

CHAPTER 6 - “HE WAS SPOILED AS A CHILD.”

CHAPTER 7 - CHRIS AND KATIE

CHAPTER 8 - PHIL’S PORNO PALACE

CHAPTER 9 - INSIDE PHIL’S MIND

CHAPTER 10 - A FEDERAL CASE

CHAPTER 11 - INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 12 - OBSESSION

CHAPTER 13 - FANTASY WORLD
CHAPTER 14 - “RIGHT NOW HE’S A DANGEROUS MAN.”

CHAPTER 15 - NANCY

CHAPTER 16 - “THIS IS MY FIRST DRINK IN ELEVEN
YEARS.”

CHAPTER 17 - ENTREPRENEUR PHIL

CHAPTER 18 - THE BLACK BOX

III - THE RECKONING

CHAPTER 19 - LIKE A HURRICANE

CHAPTER 20 - “A VERY PRETTY YOUNG LADY.”

CHAPTER 21 - IN EVERY DIRECTION

CHAPTER 22 - PHIL’S INTERVIEW

CHAPTER 23 - “WE ARE BEATING OURSELVES UP OVER
THIS.”

CHAPTER 24 - COLD CASES

CHAPTER 25 - HELL’S HIGHWAY

CHAPTER 26 - FACT AND FICTION

CHAPTER 27 - TEARS OF JOY

CHAPTER 28 - MIND CONTROL

CHAPTER 29 - THE SECOND WAVE

CHAPTER 30 - “MY HOPE IS STILL ALIVE.”

CHAPTER 31 - “I’M SO HAPPY!”
CHAPTER 32 - A SCATHING INDICTMENT

CHAPTER 33 - “ANY DAY I CAN SEE THAT MAN IN
SHACKLES IS A GOOD DAY FOR ME.”

CHAPTER 34 - “THEY WERE VICTIMS.”

CHAPTER 35 - “IT’S BEEN A LONG HAUL.”

CHAPTER 36 - “WHAT I HAVE WITNESSED HAS BEEN
VERY TROUBLING.”

CHAPTER 37 - A SUDDEN RECKONING

CHAPTER 38 - “BEYOND HORRIBLE!”
END NOTE
Copyright Page
Some names have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals connected
to this story.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I’d like to thank my great editors at Kensington, Richard Ember and Michaela
Hamilton, for all their help on this book. Thanks also to the staff at the El
Dorado County Court and Contra Costa County Court.
Children should never go to a bus stop alone. They’re no match for an
adult.
—Phillip Garrido

The innocence of the town was basically taken away that day.
—South Lake Tahoe mayor Jerry Birdwell

If you are alive after eighteen years, you did the right thing. I don’t care
what you did, it was the right thing.
—Ken Lanning

I’m so happy to be back!
—Jaycee Lee Dugard