Cadaver dogs find scent at Garrido home

ANTIOCH, Calif. - September 18, 2009 Alameda County Sheriff's Department spokesman Sgt. J.D. Nelson said Thursday two dogs alerted at a site in the backyard of Phillip and Nancy Garrido.

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The couple is charged with the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard.

Their Antioch home has become a focal point of investigators reviewing outstanding kidnapping cases in the San Francisco Bay area.

Nelson is not saying where in the yard the dogs picked up a scent. He also cautioned about false positives.

Investigators plan to scan the site Friday with high-tech equipment.

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