The man accused of snatching Jaycee Lee Dugard and keeping her imprisoned for 18 years was charged as early as 1972 over the rape of a child, but saw the case against him dropped, police said today.
Phillip Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy Garrido, 55, were last week charged with 29 counts relating to the abduction of Ms Dugard from outside her Californian home in 1991 when she was just 11 years old.