Kidnapped California Girl Found 18 Years Later

Pretty amazing story

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/28/news/news-us-usa-kidnap.html

I heard this story on the news this morning. It is hard to imagine that this can happen in this country for that duration.........

they ought to hang that guy by his nuts. that poor kid doesn't even know her real parents

I saw parts of this, sounds like she did remember most of her childhood, and she went to the police, not really "found". Very weird story, but as one article pointed out, what a great day for her parents! I can't imagine the whole grieving process of losing the child, hoping against hope, and then accepting the obvious conclusion. Only to have her come back into their lives, and in a span of life where they can truly re-connect.

Great ending.

I am sure the man and woman who took her will go to jail for the rest of their lives.

She has two kids now and basically lived in a backyard for 18 years. She's uneducated as are the kids, and the kids have never seen a doctor. Man is this a perfect TV movie script or what? Crazy story.

She has two kids now and basically lived in a backyard for 18 years. She's uneducated as are the kids, and the kids have never seen a doctor. Man is this a perfect TV movie script or what? Crazy story.

I completely misread a portion of that, I thought she had gone to the police herself, and didn't get the two kids were fathered by the man.
Good job to the detectives for tracking it all down and finding her.

She has two kids now and basically lived in a backyard for 18 years. She's uneducated as are the kids, and the kids have never seen a doctor. Man is this a perfect TV movie script or what? Crazy story.

Except she's probably a nut job now. That type of emotional neglect and mind f*ck will really mess you up. The poor girl and the kids have no concept of reality. It is going to be a long hard road back to "normal" for them. That stuff is worse than any physical or sexual abuse in my opinion. It's the abuse that keeps on giving.

That poor damn girl man! The best of years of her life were wasted by that lunatic! Living in a back yard for 18 years....................Does she even know who the Foo Fighters are? Nickleback? Cell phones? The Internet? Heck, does she even know the term "google it"? God, those people stole her life man! They should be executed!

That guy deserves nothing less than eternal pain and suffering. Unbelievable.

I completely misread a portion of that, I thought she had gone to the police herself, and didn't get the two kids were fathered by the man.
Good job to the detectives for tracking it all down and finding her.
read the article. he was summoned to the police for being on the Cal- Berkley campus with the kids, acting weirdly( imagine that?) he then brought the whole crew to the police station. and then admitted to what happened. the kid didnt say anything.