Bone found near Garrido home is 'probably human,' expert says

[Heidi]

Source: Los Angeles Times

Contra Costa County sheriff's official says the fragment will now go to the state DNA lab for more testing. The Garridos are charged with the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard.

September 8, 2009 | 8:29 p.m.

A bone fragment recovered from the backyard of a home next-door to suspected kidnappers Phillip and Nancy Garrido appears to be from a human, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

Sheriff's spokesman Jimmy Lee said an independent expert determined that the bone is "probably human," and investigators are sending it to the state DNA lab for further testing.

Officials are hoping the state "can develop a DNA profile on the fragment," Lee wrote in an e-mail statement Tuesday afternoon. "It should be noted that it is not uncommon to find Native American remains in Contra Costa County."

Lee did not return e-mails or phone calls late Tuesday. Authorities have declined to display or describe the bone, or specify exactly where it was found in the yard.Garrido, 58, and his 54-year-old wife, Nancy, were arrested Aug. 26 and charged with 29 felony counts of rape and kidnapping in the 1991 abduction of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, who authorities say bore Garrido two daughters after she was snatched from a street near her home in South Lake Tahoe.


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[Odin2005]

1. OMG!

:cry:

[yellowcanine]

2. One has to wonder what other monstrosities these two committed that will never come to light.

I have to hope that this is just an old Native American bone.

[architect359]

3. Jumping the gun - maybe.

It would seem that the authorities should be sure of their information before saying anything to the public media. In a case like this, "probably" is not a good word to use, I think. What if they are wrong? That's egg on the face, so to speak. It shouldn't be that hard to just wait the amount of time (whatever that may be) for the analysis to be done before sharing the information. The facts ought to be definitive when they're going to go into charging any one as a murderer / serial murderer.

[subcomhd]

4. This is the story that just keeps on giving, and I wish it would stop. nt

[CreekDog]

5. People who do these types of things don't do them just once

Which is a scary thought.