The chain of events leading to the discovery of Jaycee Dugard started when Phillip Garrido brought his 2 daughters to the University of California, Berkeley.

Monday, August 24, 2009, Phillip Garrido had visited Lisa Campbell in her office, approaching her for approval for a crusade he had planned. The event was to promote his group “God’s Desire,” and he told Campbell that the event would be huge and that the government would be involved. Observing Phillip Garrido and his two daughters, Starlet and Angel, she found him to be erratic and the girls sullen and submissive.

Acting on bravery, intuition, and insight Lisa Campbell scheduled a second appointment with Phillip Garrido. She had scheduled for him to return to her office on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm. She took his name and before he would return the next day, Officer Ally Jacobs had run a background check.

The background revealed that Phillip Garrido was a registered sex offender and on federal parole for the 1976 kidnapping and rape of a woman in Reno, Nevada.


2.00 pm Tuesday, August 25, 2009 Lisa Campbell was surprised to see Phillip Garrido turned up for the appointment.

Officer Lisa Campbell engaged Garrido in conversation about his planned event. Garrido was speaking incoherently and in an unorganized manner. He spoke about a book he had written “Origin of Schizophrenia Revealed.”

Meanwhile Officer Ally Jacobs were trying to engage the girls in conversation. The little girl was more responsive to her prodding questions. The older girl was staring at Phillip Garrido in awe or looking up at the ceiling. She came across as not wanting to engage in the conversation.

Phillip Garrido told the officers that the two girls were his daughters. Also the girls called him “daddy”.

Officer Jacobs described the appearance of girls as being pale, almost gray. She stated that they looked as if they had not had much exposure to the sun. She described the fifteen year old girl as standing in a peculiar position, stiff and with both hands on the front of her legs. The younger girl was sitting on her left and the older girl was standing middle between her younger sister and her father, Phillip Garrido. She had that look of being in awe at Phillip Garrido and was staring up at him or the ceiling but would not make eye contact with her.

Officer Jacobs said the 11 year old girl was staring at her with pale, bright and penetrating blue eyes. Though they didn’t look malnourished she remarked on the younger girl’s look in her eyes. “It was like she was looking into my soul,” Officer Jacobs said. Officer Jacobs also stated that it felt like Little House on the Prairies meets robots. She began to operate on both her police training and mother’s intuition; she says she started thinking like a concerned mom.


They began to ask the girls leading questions. They wanted to gain more information without alarming Phillip Garrido. Some of the questions included what grade they were in; their names, how old they were, and they asked the younger girl how she came about having a bump near her eye. The officers stated that their answers seemed rehearsed and that the girls mumbled when stating their names.

The girls revealed information that they were home-schooled by their mother. Phillip Garrido offered the information that he helped out with part of their education. The little girl revealed information about an older sister aged 28 but were promptly corrected by the older girl who said she was aged 29.

During this time, Phillip Garrido was offering incriminating and startling information about himself. He also revealed about his previous kidnapping and rape convictions. The officers offered no emotions as they had that information already. He stated that he was doing God’s Work. After this ‘divine’ announcement, he grabbed hold of his 15 year old daughter and announced that they didn’t know any curse or swear words. The officers observed the girls’ body language when Phillip Garrido grabbed hold of them and felt they looked as if they were fearful of their father, their body language became stiffened at his touch.

Officer Jacobs had no basis in which she could make an arrest but when Phillip Garrido left, she made a phone call to his parole officer. The parole officer was not contactable and so she left the information gathered during the meeting on his answering machine.


Wednesday, August 26, 2009 On Wednesday morning, Officer Ally Jacobs received a call from the parole officer. She explained the situation and encounter that she had with Garrido and his two daughters. The parole officer responded that Phillip Garrido had no children. She told the parole officer that the girls called him “daddy” and they also mentioned about another older sister aged 29.

About 2-3 hours later, Officer Jacobs got a call from the parole officer that Phillip Garrido and his wife had been arrested. He was rambling on about kidnapping, FBI, police and so on ..... It was not till the next day that she realized the significance of the events that had transpired and how big the news had become.

Next: Wednesday, August 26 2009. At the parole office