Jaycee Lee Dugard: A Story of Courage and Survival In 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was walking to her school bus stop in South Lake Tahoe, California, when she was taken by a couple, Phillip and Nancy Garrido. What followed would keep her hidden from the world for 18 years. The Garridos kept Jaycee in a closed-off area behind their home in Antioch, California. She lived there, away from her family, under strict control. During this time, she became a mother to two daughters and did everyt