Southern California -- this just in  « Previous Post | L.A. NOW
Home | Next Post »  Psychiatrist diagnosed Phillip Garrido in
1976 as a 'sexual deviant'  PhillipGarridoThe man accused of
kidnapping and rape in the disappearance of Jaycee Lee Dugard 18
years ago was diagnosed in a 1976 court-ordered psychological
evaluation as a sexual deviant and chronic drug abuser.  Phillip
Garrido, now 58, was examined by a forensic psychiatrist in 1976
while under arrest for kidnapping and raping Katherine Callaway.
The evaluation was done in the run-up to his federal trial for
transporting Callaway from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., to Reno
before the assault.  Dr. Lynn B. Gerow Jr. wrote that Garrido’s
“sexual deviation” could have been caused by four years of daily
LSD use, along with regular abuse of marijuana, alcohol and
cocaine.  [Updated, 4:25 pm: A previous version of this post
identified Dr. Lynn B. Gerow Jr. as a psychologist.  She is a
psychiatrist.]  Gerow wrote in Garrido's psychological report
that his conditio