# Why didn't Jaycee Dugard escape her captor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 28, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016 "2009-08-28T10:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/21 "2009-08-28T22:46:18Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > There is a link to the interview transcript in one of those links. [Here.](http://www.kcra.com/news/20604335/detail.html) > > Here is the relevant quote: > > So they were two boys, not girls, and he did claim to sleep with them every night. The original claim was that not only did the children sleep with him, but so did the kidnapped victim. The story does not support that claim. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/22 "2009-08-29T00:45:51Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Neither of your links says anything of the kind. Before I made my comment, I checked CNN and NBC, and didn’t see anything about him sleeping with the kids every night. When I first read **anson2995** ’s links, the second one did report the comment, although the first one didn’t. The comment seems to be hit-or-miss in online stories, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/23 "2009-08-29T00:56:18Z")
> [@ZenBeam](#): > > The comment seems to be hit-or-miss in online stories, for some reason. Perhaps there is some confusion as to whether “sleeping with them in my arms” means “having sex with them.” ---
**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/24 "2009-08-29T01:14:35Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Neither of your links says anything of the kind. The second sentence of the wire story I linked says: > [@](#): > > As Dugard’s horrific kidnap ordeal was laid bare Friday, the suspected culprit, convicted rapist Phillip Garrido, said in a shocking interview that he had slept with all three every night and promised that a “heart-warming” story would eventually emerge. the first link is to the actual audio of the jailhouse interview. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/25 "2009-08-29T01:58:40Z")
Just to note: I didn’t doubt that the claim was true. However, I didn’t see it in any of the cites given. Not the same thing. And elbows’ cite was extremely odd. [cbs.com](http://cbs.com) is an entertainment site. If he meant [cbsnews.com](http://cbsnews.com) why not just give an actual link? ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/26 "2009-08-30T03:36:10Z")
Sorry, too big a hurry to reteach myself how to post a link. It was the first one I googled up among many, I figured anyone could find it who wanted to. Sorry for the lack of savy. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016/27 "2009-08-30T15:05:08Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Sorry, too big a hurry to reteach myself how to post a link. You can just cut and paste the URL from your browser. The board will automatically turn that into a link. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-jaycee-dugard-escape-her-captor/508016.md?page=1)