Jaycee Dugard sues feds over handling of abductor

[RandySF]

SACRAMENTO -- Jaycee Dugard is suing the federal government for failing to monitor the convicted sex offender who kidnapped her and held her captive for 18 years.

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on Thursday says the failures by federal parole officers in the handling of Phillip Garrido's case are as "outrageous and inexcusable as they are numerous."

Garrido was on parole when he kidnapped Dugard in 1991. He fathered her two children while holding her captive.


http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=8364370

[BlueIris]

1. Good. I just finished "A Stolen Life" and was horrified.

Best of luck to her in this pursuit.

[pnwest]

3. was it a compelling read? been thinking about reading it. nt

[BlueIris]

6. It was a horrifying read. But a good look inside the mind of a psychopath

and his enabler.

[gateley]

2. How about the officials who actually visited the home? I'd go after

them, too.

These agencies are responsible for the safety of citizens, to do such a slip-shod job is unforgivable.

[kestrel91316]

4. She already filed a claim with the state of CA and maybe also the county,

and they hastily settled for a huge sum. As they should have.

[gateley]

5. Good - thanks. nt

[Little Star]

7. Good!

[fasttense]

8. I think the federal government must have contracted out the parole officer's job.

"It says Garrido tested positive for drugs and alcohol while on parole, a violation for a sex offender, but was never punished. It also says authorities ignored reports of sexual misconduct, including a complaint that Garrido showed up at his former victim's work and made an "alarming" comment to her.

"Inexplicably, the federal parole authorities responsible for Garrido's direct supervision disregarded the victim's concerns as mere hysteria," the documents say."

With this kind of incompetence and criminal negligence it's probably done by some minimum wage subcontractor who works for a Dubai corporation like Halliburton.