On June 10th, 1991, an 11-year-old girl, Jaycee, was abducted from the streets while she was walking to a bus stop in Meyers, California. She was held captive by Philip and Nancy Garrido who were convicted to have sexually abused Jaycee. In the 18 years of confinement, she gave birth to two daughters.
On June 10, 1991, Jaycee, an 11-year-old, was abducted by Philip Garrido from the street while walking to the school bus stop. She remained missing until 2009 when Philip visited the campus of The University of California with two of Jaycee’s daughters on 24 and 25 August 2009.
Philip and Nancy Garrido were held responsible for the abduction. Philip shot Jaycee with a stun gun to make her unconscious while his wife, Nancy, had been holding her captive in the car.
Dugard was raped several times while in captivity and was handcuffed most of the time. She was allowed to watch the television, but not the news. Dugard claimed that Nancy was equally wicked and manipulative. Jaycee gave birth to two of Garrido’s daughters. (1, 2)
7 Elizabeth Fritzl
Elizabeth Fritzl, born in 1966, was an 18-year-old when she was abducted, held captive, and sexually assaulted by her own father in her Austrian home. She was held captive for 24 long years. Elizabeth informed the police in 2008 that she had been held captive for 24 years by her father and was assaulted and sexually abused. She was held captive in the basement of their house and gave birth to seven children.
Elizabeth’s father, Josef Fritzl, held her captive from the day she turned 18 in 1984. After her disappearance, her mother, Rosemary, filed a police complaint in search of her daughter,r but it was in vain. From the day she was abducted, Fritzl visited her every day in the basement and sexually assaulted her. However, investigators believed that her mother was equally accountable for the crime.
On April 19th, 2008, Fritzl finally decided to get medical help for Elizabeth’s eldest daughter who fell unconscious, and Elizabeth helped Josef Fritzl carry her out of the basement. For the first time, Elizabeth came out of captivity, and Fritzl was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009. (1, 2)
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8 Jacob Wetterling
In October 1989, Jacob Wetterling, an 11-year-old resident of St. Joseph, near Minneapolis, was abducted at gunpoint. Finally, after 27 years, the remains of the boy were found near Paynesville and the abductor, Danny Henrich, confessed the abduction and murder of Jacob.
Jacob Erwin Wetterling, 11, was abducted and murdered on October 22, 1989. His abduction remained unknown for 27 years. In September 2016, Jacob’s bones were discovered from a pasture, 30 miles away from the point of abduction.
On a Sunday in 1989, Jacob was cycling down the streets with his brother who was ten and another 11-year-old boy. Danny Heinrich, abducted Jacob at gunpoint while his brother and his friend were allowed to escape.
Danny Heinrich was convicted as a sex offender who even possessed child pornographic content in his house. Jacob was believed to have been physically assaulted before his murder. and Danny was sentenced to imprisonment. (1, 2)
9 Tammy Lynn Leppert
Tammy Lynn Leppert, an 18-year-old model from her hometown of Rockledge in Florida, disappeared on July 6th, 1983. Tammy was disturbed for some mysterious reason and drove away with her friend to Cocoa Beach. During a heated argument with her friend, she left her purse and shoes and got out of the car. She was then abducted. However, the abductor is still unknown.
The American 18-year-old model and a winner of several pageant shows was abducted on July 6th, 1983. She was last seen near Cocoa Beach in Florida. A friend of Tammy informed the authorities that he was the last person to see her, and due to a heated argument, Tammy was dropped off in the parking lot, but he was not considered as the suspect.
After Tammy finished shooting the film Spring Break, she attended a mysterious weekend party with unfamiliar people. According to a close friend’s testimony, significant changes in Tammy’s behavior were noticed.
Before the disappearance, she was detained at a medical center for 72 hours, but the medical professionals did not find a trace of drugs or alcohol in her blood. (1, 2)
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10 Natasha Kampusch
On the 2nd of March, 1988, ten-year-old Natasha Kampusch was abducted and held in a secret cellar by Wolfgang Priklopil for nearly nine years until she was rescued on 23 August, 2006. The strangest part about this abduction case was that Natasha claimed to have liked the company.
Ten-year-old Natasha was abducted on 2 March 1998 and was held captive in a secret cellar by her kidnapper, Wolfgang Přiklopil, until she managed to escape in August 2006. She left her parents’ residence for school but failed to make it to her destination.
She was seen in the garden of her kidnapper, but witnesses reported that she looked happy and relaxed. After her 18th birthday, she was allowed to leave the cellar, but only under Priklopil’s supervision.
After her escape, Natasha claimed that she gelled well with the kidnapper who gave her books to educate herself. Finally, she managed to communicate with a neighbor who called the police, and she was rescued. She even wrote a book about her ordeal called 3096 Days (2010). (1, 2)
