Jaycee dugard

PLACERVILLE, Calif. - A judge temporarily suspended criminal proceedings Friday against the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Dugard when she was a child and holding her prisoner for 18 years, citing worries about the defendant's mental state.

more image SAN FRANCISCO (GaeaTimes.com)- Keeping aside its current budget crisis, the lawmakers of the state of California did not act miserly while approving the $20 million payout to Jaycee Dugard the Kidnap victim who was held as a virtual sex slave by a convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido for 18 years.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The parents of a Southern California teenager who was raped and murdered by a convicted child molester have filed damage claims against the state, according to documents released Thursday to The Associated Press.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A woman held captive for nearly two decades by a rapist out on parole will receive $20 million from the state of California for her ordeal, during which she bore two children to the man whom officials were supposedly monitoring.