Sep 3, 2009 7:30 am US/Pacific
Woman: Garrido Offered Kidnapping Prevention Tips
Phillip Garrido Formerly Convicted Of Kidnapping And Rape, Now Suspected In Child's Kidnapping And Rape
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Phillip Garrido looks out at the courtroom during his arraignment on 28 felony counts stemming from the abduction of Jaycee Dugard in 1991, in the El Dorado Superior Court in Placerville, Calif., on Aug. 28, 2009.
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When Christine Murphy was just a high school student during the early 1970s in northern California when she fell in love with classmate Phillip Garrido.
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Phillip Garrido, seen in a mugshot after his arrest in 1978 for rape.
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Tarps, tents and a wooden structure are seen in the backyard of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido on Aug. 28, 2009, in Antioch, Calif.
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Tarps, tents and a wooden structure are seen in the backyard of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido August 28, 2009 in Antioch, California.
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A walkway leads to the front door of the home of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido August 28, 2009 in Antioch, California.
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Tarps, tents and abandoned cars are seen in the backyard of alleged kidnapper Phillip Garrido August 28, 2009 in Antioch, California.
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Jaycee Lee Dugard shown at age 11.
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Nancy and Phillip Garrido have been arrested in the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago.
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In a chilling and ironic revelation, a longtime child safety advocate and former client of Phillip Garrido's printing business said that the man accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard and holding her hostage for 18 years used to give her tips on child abduction prevention.
Janice Gomes tells CBS station KOVR-TV in Sacramento that she has known and worked with Phillip Garrido for 15 years, and was sickened to discover that he was accused of holding Jaycee Dugard in his Antioch backyard for nearly two decades.
Missing kids and child safety is Janice Gomes' passion, and she often turned to Garrido to print documents for children safety. Once she hired Garrido to print a tip sheet for families to prevent kidnapping.
Gomes said that Garrido had some extra advice.
"He said, 'Children really shouldn't be walking to the bus stop by themselves. Children are no match for adults,'" Gomes said.
Authorities have accused Garrido of kidnapping Dugard in eerily similar circumstances. The irony is thick and horrific for Gomes, who talked to Jaycee on the phone about printing jobs.
"She was sweet, very professional," Gomes said, adding that there were no indications that there was any sort of problem.
Janice even went inside Garrido's home, which she described as small, with antiquated decoration and no television.
"He invited me in, and I wasn't sure it was a good idea," she said. "He always seemed a little off."
Gomes said Garrido would ramble and break into song, sometimes in mid-sentence.
"One of my daughters told me he sang Madonna songs and she felt one of his favorites was 'Like A Virgin,'" she said. "He would sing very high and very off-key."
Other neighbors have also described Garrido as a strange, eccentric man, but now he has captured the world's attention as a convicted kidnapper and rapist that has been accused of another shocking crime.
"Last Monday, he invited one of my granddaughters to his Bible study on Wednesday," Janice said. "My reaction to that was: God didn't tell him he would be arrested on Wednesday."
Gomes says she has spent much of the past week reflecting on her years of conversations with Garrido. What once seemed inane suddenly has new meaning.
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