Michaela Garecht's mother had high hopes again in finding her daughter that was kidnapped in 1988, three years before Jaycee Dugard, when she was 11 years old. Michaela and a friend rode their scooters to the grocery store one day and when they went to leave, one of the scooters was missing. Michaela spotted it in the parking lot by a tan-colored car and went to get it, when it was a kidnapper's trick and got Michaela when she reached down to get it. The reason for her mom's hopes getting high again, is because they think that the finding of Jaycee Lee Dugard may lead to finding Michaela. There are many similarities in the kidnappings, including the location. The place where Jaycee was kidnapped is only 30 miles away from where Michaela was taken. The girls were similar age and looked alike. There was also a 13 year old girl abducted in 1989, Ilene Misheloff.
Michaela sat down at their coffe table one day and wrote a poem about the people behind the doors of steel. She would always say, 'It's about people who were kidnapped and are being held captive, not people who were kidnapped and were killed." A week later, Michaela was kidnapped. Her mom keeps that poem close to her and those words run through her head everyday, as she hopes Michaela is one of them being held captive. Philip Garrido was convicted of kidnapping and raping Katie Callaway Hall in 1976. Garrido got released after serving a 10 years when it was orignally a 50 year sentence. He was charged as a sex offender and put on lifetime parole. He also tricked Katie. She agreed to give him a ride to the supermarket, when he took over and drove her to Reno, Nevada and raped her at a warehouse. She was fortunate enough and escaped eight hours later. Katie was interviewed and she stated that she has no idea what Jaycee had to go through for 18 years, she said that putting up with him for 8 hours was bad enough.As many people think that Jaycee's life was terrible living in the sheds for eighteen years with two daughters, might be surprised. Garrido would always take Jaycee, also known as Allisa, to his work and his secretary would always talk to her and she would always have a smile on her face. The two kids, Angel and Starlet, were able to watch TV and Hannah Montana was their favorite like many young girls. The two girls, 11 and 15 years old, even attended birthday parties. The media just kind of over-exaggerated with the whole living in the shed part.Jaycee has been spending a lot of time with her mom and step dad. She has been taking a class to try and get things better. As for Michaela and Ilene go, they are still a mystery. There have been many investigations, including research on the bones found in Garrido's backyard. We all hope that this kidnapping stuff comes to an end. There is no point in taking someone else's child, unless you just want to get in trouble.
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