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| Dept. Questioned Over Garrido Case |
| By cbs13.com |
| Published: 09/30/2009 |
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SACRAMENTO: The California Department of Corrections has credited its parole officer with helping put the alleged kidnapper of Jaycee Lee Dugard behind bars, but now the state Inspector General's office is investigating the department over the length of time it took to discover the kidnapping victim. Phillip Garrido had run-ins with local, state and federal law enforcement in the 18 years he allegedly held Dugard captive in the backyard of his Antioch home, and Inspector General David Shaw has launched an investigation to see if parole officers could have brought an earlier end to the nightmare. "Certainly there were a lot of entities involved that potentially could have found this out," Shaw said. "One of the areas we're looking at is, should the Department [of Corrections] have known sooner?" Deputy inspectors have already toured Garrido's property and started interviews and case audits to scrutinize every move the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has made in the case. Officials with the CDCR have defended their parole agents and said they did everything they were supposed to do, which many have said implies a systemic problem somewhere else. Read More. |
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