Torie Bosch, blogging at DoubleX, speculates about the reasons why Jaycee Dugard did not escape.

BBC: Couple deny California abduction

Anthony Batson, former a producer for America's Most Wanted, remembers the day he interviewed Jaycee Dugard's parents.

BBC: Couple deny California abduction

That mix has been on display in previous cases of missing girls, most notably Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Dugard.

BBC: Magazine

Jaycee Dugard is reuniting with her close relatives for the first time in 18 years, after having been found on August 27.

CNN: The story

Which is why the tragedy of Jaycee Dugard may have political consequences.

ECONOMIST: A horrible case shows the need for competent policing

The most widely reported such incident in recent years was that of Jaycee Dugard, who was freed in 2009 after 18 years of captivity behind the home of a California couple.

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Do we need the example of 11-year old Jaycee Lee Dugard to finally speak truth to power?

FORBES: If We Are Silent, We are Complicit

Jaycee Lee Dugard was 11 years old when she was dragged into a car as she walked to a bus stop near her home in South Lake Tahoe, California in 1991.

BBC: Three US women missing for years rescued in Ohio

On Tuesday, authorities will try to determine whether the bone is human and whether it connects Garrido, 58, to any crimes beyond the alleged kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who went missing in 1991 at age 11.

CNN: Authorities study bone found near accused kidnapper's home

Or the astounding case of Jaycee Lee Dugard, who was recovered after 18 long years and who was honored Tuesday night -- in one of those wonderful moments of synchronicity -- at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's annual Hope Awards.

CNN: Lessons from 'America's Most Wanted': Never give up