Jaycee Lee Dugard wants to go back to school

Jaycee Lee Dugard and the two daughters, Starlit and Angel, fathered by her abductor during the 18 years he held her captive in California, are considering changing their names so that they can go to school and get the education denied them by Phillip Garrido.

According to a report in the Sunday Times, Dugard plans to use the proceeds from a forthcoming book about her ordeal to pay for private education. Dugard would get a personal tutor to prepare her for college as a mature student - she is now 29, having been imprisoned by Garrido at the age of 11 - while her two girls, aged 11 and 15, would go to a private school.

As reported by The First Post last week, it appears Jaycee did her best to educate the girls herself despite their extraordinary circumstances. Her aunt, Tina Dugard, said: "They are educated and bright. It's clear they've been on the internet... and that Jaycee did a great job with the limited resources she had."

There are possibly two books on the way: Jaycee's mother, Terry Probyn, 50, is now reported to be writing a book for Random House about her experience of the "missing" years, during which she organised searches and poster campaigns to find her child.

Jaycee will write an introduction for her mother's book and Random House hope she will then write a book of her own - a memoir that could be worth millions, given the media's interest in her ordeal.

Meanwhile, according to a report in the Daily Mirror, Phillip Garrido, 58, who is being held in custody while the court case against him is prepared, has been writing to his mother, Patricia Garrido, from his prison cell, asking her "to understand him".

Garrido's 87-year-old father Manuel, who is divorced from Patricia, said: "He doesn't want his mother to think ill of him. But I don't think he'll ever be truly sorry. With Phillip there's something not right with his mind.

Manuel added: "Phillip hasn't been in touch with me and I want nothing to do with him."

There have been reports that police investigating the kidnapping believe Garrido abducted Dugard because his wife Nancy was infertile and he wanted "God's innocent vessel" to produce children.

Like her husband, 55-year-old Nancy is awaiting trial in custody in California. Both are expected in court on October 29 for a preliminary hearing but the actual trial is not expected to start for months, perhaps even another two years. ·