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A woman who was kidnapped and brutally raped by Garrido 33 years ago has spoken of her ordeal.
Katie Hall was 25 when she agreed to give Garrido a lift in her car after he pretended he had broken down.
She was handcuffed and taken to a warehouse in south Lake Tahoe — the same area where Jaycee was abducted — and repeatedly raped before a police officer became suspicious and came to her aid.
“I have lived in fear of him ever since. I don't think I will ever get over what he did to me,” Ms Hall told CNN's Larry King.
Now married and living in Las Vegas, she said Garrido ha set up the mini-warehouse where he took his victim as a sex lair, covering the walls and floor with carpet.
“I thought I was dead,” she said. “Allowing him into my car was the worst decision I have ever made. He grabbed my hand from the steering wheel and pulled out some handcuffs.
“He also took a leather strap from his hair and tied my head to my knees and took me to a storage warehouse.”
After being sexually attacked over an eight-hour period, she said she ran out naked begging a police officer to help her after he heard a noise from inside the warehouse and quizzed Garrido.
He was found guilty of rape and kidnapping and sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.
But just 11 years later she said he turned up at the casino where she was working in Lake Tahoe and tried to intimidate her.
“I got on the phone on my break and I was told that he had been released.
“His parole officer said that they were pretty sure he could do it again and was still a sick puppy. But he said they didn't think he would do anything to me.”
She added: “I have lived in fear ever since he was released in 1988. I was so relieved when I heard he had been arrested.”
