By Taylor Gandossy
CNN

(CNN) -- A 29-year old woman walked into a northern California police station, saying she was abducted 18 years ago, authorities said Thursday. Two people are being held in connection with the case.


Jaycee Lee Dugard as she looked in 1991 and an age-progression image of what she might look like as an adult.

1 of 2 Jaycee Dugard is in good health, el Dorado County sheriff's office said in a statement, but provided no further details.

Meanwhile, in Contra Costa County, another sheriff's spokesman confirmed that that a man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the case but could provide no other details.

CNN affiliates have reported that Phillip Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy Garrido, have been charged.

Phillip Garrido is a registered sex offender and listed on the Department of Justice's Megan's Law page because of a previous forcible rape charge.

An officer at the Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez, California, told CNN that the two had been at the jail and both were ordered held on $1 million bail. The officer said the pair was no longer in the jail but that Phillip Garrido had been booked on charges of kidnapping, conspiracy and related offenses. Nancy Garrido was booked on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy.

Earlier Thursday, Carl Probyn, Dugard's stepfather, told CNN that an FBI agent had called his wife, Terry, on Wednesday afternoon to tell her that Dugard had been found.

The blond-haired, blue-eyed 11-year-old was last seen walking to her bus stop in South Lake Tahoe, California, on June 10, 1991, according to the FBI. She was wearing a pink windbreaker and pink stretch pants.

At the time, "it was reported that a vehicle occupied by two individuals drove up to Jaycee Dugard and abducted her in view of her stepfather," the El Dorado County sheriff's office said on Thursday.

Despite extensive investigations, no sign of her or her possible abductors was ever found, authorities said. Watch how the little girl's abduction haunted her home town »

Probyn said Dugard walked into a police station earlier Wednesday. He said the FBI agent told his wife that authorities had "Jaycee and the people who she was with." He said no further details were provided, and that the conversation with the FBI agent was brief.

"It was short and sweet, and 'Can you fly up here?'" he said.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's office has scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. (6 p.m. ET) to discuss the case.

Probyn said his wife, who is flying Thursday from Southern California to meet with Dugard, spoke to her on Wednesday.

"Jaycee remembers everything," he said. "They talked back and forth and she had the right answers to all my wife's questions."

He said, "I'm feeling great! ... It's like winning the lotto."

Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said the reappearance of Dugard is "absolutely huge."


"One of the things that we preach to searching families all the time ... is that even in these long-term cases there's hope," he said.

"Even in these long-term cases ... it's important that we not let the world forget."

talk about a miracle

Just saw this on yahoo

wow, just wow

I was just reading about this. I can't even begin to imagine what her mom is going through. And that poor girl herself, she's gonna need a lot of support.

Nice to see, though, that there are happy endings

I thought they might have found her in Ted Kennedys pantsbe seeing you

oh gawd James...

be seeing you

The entire story should be fascinating. Where did they stay? How do you hide a kidnapped child for 18 years?

It's sad. The sex offender who kidnapped her, just terrible and sick to even comprehend. that dude should get strapped to the chair.

Gotta' be a movie in there somewhere.

what an amazing story! I am so very happy for the girl (now a woman) and her family!

May the joy of their reunion see them thru the healing process

No crap. A movie producer from Hollywood was on a plane the second he saw the story!

I feel so sorry for the woman
her head must be so warped and twisted will take years of therapy to fix it
if ever it is possible to fix

Just got home from work and have read the news. Wow! I was young living in California during the year of her abduction. There was always a report about some child lost or kidnapped. I can't remember if I knew about her's. But I am so glad she is safe after so many years.

i just read that to

what about the case i know my name is steven
he even walked into a police station when he was 14 to help save another child

Fixing it? No, I don't think it's possible. But, getting her to a point of acceptance that this is what happened in her past and getting her to look forward instead of being stuck in her past? Yes, that's possible. I wish her well, it will not be an easy process but it can be done.

Truly amazing and hopefully serves as some hope for families of missing loved ones.

the same thing happen with steven, no one knew where he was kept at, as to find out later the guy that kidnapped him lived in the same location of steven grandfather

This is a disturbing story...this abducter had been convicted of rape and kidnapping and sentenced to 50 years, yet he got out after only 10 years...and then got away with this crime for 18 years? Something is 'bigtime' wrong with this...why isn't our government looking out for our children? I'm pissed!