Nov 5, 2009 6:01 pm US/Pacific
Report: Jaycee Lee Dugard Tried To Protect Garrido
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Phillip Garrido, seen in a mugshot after his arrest in 1978 for rape.
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Investigators in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case now say Jaycee tried to protect Phillip Garrido, but one detective knew something was very wrong.
Forensic psychologist Baljit Atwal says it's no surprise Jaycee Lee Dugard tried to protect her alleged captor when he was caught.
"Because she's scared; the only protection she knows is to do what this guy tells her to do," Atwal explains.
A new report reveals what happened the day Phillip Garrido was first brought in for questioning along with Jaycee and her two daughters. Garrido claimed they were his nieces, but a suspicious parole agent decided to separate them. That's when Jaycee "became defensive and agitated, wanting to know why the parole agent was interrogating them."
The report goes on to reveal Jaycee used the fake name "Alyssa" and said:
"She was aware that Garrido had taken the girls to UC Berkeley and that he was a sex offender who was on parole for kidnapping and raping a woman. She added that Garrido was a changed man and a great person who was good with her kids."
"The Stockholm Syndrome can take effect in as little as three or four days," explains Atwal.
Dr. Atwal says Jaycee only feared her captor, but likely developed sympathetic feelings for him as a coping mechanism, causing her to cover up the crime instead of crying out for help. Atwal says that explains why Jaycee reportedly told the parole officer: "She was from Minnesota and had been hiding for five years from an abusive husband. She was terrified of being found, she said, and that was the reason she could not give the parole agent any information."
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