Jaycee Lee Dugard repeatedly tried to mislead parole and police officers as they tried to unravel the relationship between her and the man accused of abducting her almost two decades earlier.

An official report into the handling of the Phillip Garrido case said, as she was being interviewed alone by officers, Ms Dugard gave her name as Alyssa and told officers that she was the mother of the two other girls, Angel and Starlet.

"The parole agent believed that Alyssa looked too young to be the mother and asked her age. Alyssa said that she was 29 years old, laughingly explaining that she often gets that comment and that people believe she is the girls’ sister," the report said.

While Mr Garrido was being questioned in another room, "Alyssa" initially refused to cooperate with the agent questioning her, who then called the local police department.

"As they waited for the officer to arrive, Alyssa said she was sorry that she had lied. She explained that she was from Minnesota and had been hiding for five years from an abusive husband," the report recounted.

"She was terrified of being found, she said, and that was the reason she could not give the parole agent any information.."

In the other room Mr Garrido had given another story: that the three girls were sisters whom he was looking after for his brother, from nearby Oakley.

According to the AIG account, Ms Dugard maintained her story but Mr Garrido admitted under police interrogation that he was the father of the two girls.

"Eventually, Garrido admitted to kidnapping and raping Alyssa," the report said. "During further questioning, Alyssa identified herself as Jaycee Dugard and confirmed that she had been kidnapped and raped by Garrido.

"Police officers subsequently arrested Phillip and Nancy Garrido on numerous felony charges."

Ms Dugard has now been reunited with her parents.

The report revealed that Ms Dugard had known he was a convicted sex offender but told officers this summer that he was a "changed man and a great person who was good with her kids".

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