Dugard Kidnapping Suspect Told FBI He'd Cured Himself
Phillip Garrido said what he'd learned could help cure sexual predators.
Aug. 30, 2009— -- Phillip Garrido, the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her prisoner for 18 years, walked into the FBI field office in San Francisco two days before his arrest and handed over a letter describing how he'd cured his disturbing sexual behaviors and how the information could be used to assist in curing sexual predators.
The FBI spokesman in San Francisco told ABC News the rambling letter is very similar to the postings on Garrido's website.
The document that talks about cures for sexual predators and ways of "controlling human impulses that drive humans to commit dysfunctional acts."
Police in Contra Costa County, Calif., expanded their investigation into the 1991 kidnapping of Dugard this weekend.
Officials searched an Antioch, Calif., property next door to the home of Phillip and Nancy Garrido who have been charged in the 1991 kidnap and rape of Dugard.
Dugard was found last week and reunited with her family 18 years after she was snatched from outside her South Lake Tahoe home.
Police are reportedly calling the adjacent property part of a crime scene, but details were not released, according to ABC affiliate KXTV in Sacramento.
The Associated Press reports that years ago, Phillip Garrido served as a caretaker for the property.
The stepfather of Dugard says he is not dwelling on the gruesome details emerging about the Garridos.
"It's been 18 years," Carl Probyn told "Good Morning America," Sunday."I'm glad we got her back, I don't care about him."
Probyn, 56, a wallpaper hanger, was suspected by some in-laws of being involved in the 1991 abduction. He concedes finding Dugard, who is now 29, is also a relief for him personally. "I'm free now," he said. "They caught him and it's solved."
