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Inside Jaycee's Secret Kidnap Compound

11:26am UK, Saturday August 29, 2009

New pictures have revealed the horrendous conditions in the hidden compound at the home of Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged kidnapper, Phillip Garrido.

The secret compound at Garrido's home in Antioch, California

The following numbers correspond to the points marked on the photographs:

1 - Tarpaulin tents cover the toilet area in the cordoned off section of garden in Antioch, California.

2 - The outdoor shower reportedly used by the three girls.

3 - A ramshackle wooden structure is thought to have been used for storage.

4 - A plastic swimming pool sits empty of water and covered in leaves.

5 - A children's yellow slide.

6 - A teddy bear lies on a trampoline.

7 - A fence separates the secret compound from rest of the garden.

8 - This white shed was reportedly sound-proofed.

9 - Another shed makes up what is believed to be the cramped sleeping area for Jaycee and her daughters.

10 - Trees prevent neighbours from seeing into this part of Garrido's garden.

11 - Some of the tents and sheds are visible from this side of the property.

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The temperatures go down to freezing or almost freezing in the winter in Antioch. I doubt that the sheds or tents were heated. Did these kids have to live and sleep outside in tents during freezing weather? An additional torture.
Posted By :Louise Report This
I have come to the conclusion this world is made up of so many nutters now days , they seem to be everywhere!! what is this world coming to! To many do gooders looking after them and protecting their rights.

Posted By :Maureen Bennett Report This
I AM JUST SICK TO MY STOMACH. I CANT BELIEVE THAT THIS MAN AND WOMEN HAVE DONE THIS. AND TO THINK NO ONE HERD ANYTHING. MY SELF AS A PARENT WOULD BE DEVASTATED LOSING NOT KNOWING IF SHE WAS DEAD ALIVE.I HOPE THEY LOCK THEM BOTH UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEYS. MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PARENTS OF JAYCEE.
Posted By :JASON LADWIG Report This

These people deserve a short drop and a sudden stop.
Posted By :Mike Report This
Look this is incredible. you mean to tell me that these kids were born and grew up living in this garden and at no time no one heard any sound from the place. Now come on, there is most definately something missing here, I myself am a mother and can assure you that at plenty of times, child can sure be heard. If its not by crying when babies or playing and fighting as they do when a bit older. My point is at no time not one of his neighbours heard anything. Surely they must have been aware that he was a registered criminal and was certainly not allowed to be with in a certain reach of children. Its time that people open up a bit more to what and who they have living around them. With just being abit more observant we would for sure be solving much more cases just like this one.. Folks wake up , look around, go with your intuition, report what you think might be wrong. 10 false house seaches are betrer than some inocent girl being locked away for 15-20 years.
Posted By :Annamaria Brown Report This
It is very unlikely that any legal action against police would be successful. Courts have held that police will not be found negligent for mistakes made during the course of an investigation, as it is viewed that police will not be able to operate effectively if they were concerned about being sued by members of the public. ( see Hill v West Yorkshire Police as an example)
Posted By :sue Report This