Bone fragment found in backyard of Garrido's neighbor is likely human

BNO News ^ | Sept 8, 2009

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ANTIOCH, California (BNO NEWS) -- The bone fragment found in the backyard of Phillip Garrido's neighbor is likely human, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. Phillip Garrido and his wife are both suspected of the kidnapping of 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991, before she was freed more than 18 years later.

Officials had earlier said they had found a bone fragment on the property of Garrido's neighbor, but were not immediately able to say if it was human or animal. Police began searching the property of his neighbor because Phillip once lived on the property when he worked as a caretaker for the previous owner. They were also looking for possible links between Garrido and a series of unsolved prostitute murders in the 1990s, but officials later said they had found no evidence of a connection.

"The expert has determined that the bone fragment found in the backyard of Garrido's neighbor is probably human," said Jimmy Lee, a spokesman for the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department. "We will be requesting the state to see if it can develop a DNA profile on the fragment."

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From The Contra Costa Times—

The fragment will be tested at a state DNA lab, said Jimmy Lee of the Contra Costa County sheriff’s office. He cautioned in an e-mail that “it is not uncommon to find Native American remains in Contra Costa County.”