Convicted Kidnapper Continually Said He Had Found God

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › September 13, 2009

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Three decades ago, a convicted kidnapper named Phillip Garrido stunned a Leavenworth Prison psychologist by turning down an offer most prisoners would leap to take -- help with a transfer to a mental health facility.

Instead, Garrido opted to spend at least three more years doing hard time so he could complete his religious studies.

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Convicted Kidnapper Continually Said He Had Found God

Along his twisted trail of drugs and sexual violence, records and interviews show that Garrido invoked God at every turn before he was arrested Aug. 26 and accused of kidnapping, raping an...

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