Kidnapped Californian girl kept as a sex slave for 18 yearsA CONVICTED sex offender and his wife have been arrested over the 1991 kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl - who they kept as a sex slave in the backyard of their home.Jaycee Lee Dugard, now 29, appeared at a police station in Concord, California, on Wednesday and identified herself as the missing woman.At a press conference, the El Dorado Sherrif's Department said conversations with the woman confirmed that she was Dugard, who was kidnapped at age 11."Subsequent interviews provided information that only the victim and the kidnappers could know," said Fred Kohler from the department.Police officials identified a couple taken into custody in connection with Dugard's kidnap as Phillip and Nancy Garrido.Kohler told reporters that a search of the Garridos' home "revealed a hidden backyard within the backyard" that included "sheds, tents and outbuildings."He added that two children taken into police care when the Garridos were arrested "turned out to be the children of Jaycee and (Phillip) Garrido".The children are believed to be aged 11 and 15.Phillip Garrido is a registered sex offender who has served prison time for kidnapping and rape, Contra Costa county Sherrif Daniel Terry told ABC News, adding the couple were being investigated for kidnapping to commit rape.Terry said the pair was arrested on Wednesday and was being held on bail of $US1 million ($A1.19 million).Dugard was 11 years old on June 10, 1991 when she was last seen by her stepfather Carl Probyn outside her home in South Lake Tahoe being kidnapped by two occupants in a car.Probyn, who is now 60, gave chase on a bicycle but was too far away to stop the abduction.He said he had been a suspect in the case - until Wednesday."I had personally given up hope," Probyn told ABC News.Probyn, his wife and another daughter flew Thursday morning from Riverside, California to San Francisco to meet Dugard.
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