Garrido charmed parole agents, files show
By Sam Stanton and Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee
Phillip Garrido apparently had a way with people.
Repeatedly over the years he managed to charm the prison officials and parole agents supervising him to the point that they lauded him in letters.
Even when they detected him acting “real weird” or “strange” during visits to his Antioch home, they made no effort to conduct thorough searches of the property, admitting in writing they made only
- Phillip Garrido
“cursory” checks of the premises.