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Phillip and Nancy Garrido answered dozens of questions about the 18-years they held the girl in what amounted to a: "full confession," when questioned by cops last month.
The revelation came as prosecutors and defense lawyers have opened negotiations on a possible plea deal with the defendants that would avert the need for a trial.
Attorney Stephen Tapson, who represents defendant Nancy Garrido said: "Essentially they confessed to kidnapping and told where all the bodies are buried."
They acknowledged snatching Dugard, then 11, from a South Lake Tahoe street then answered dozens of questions about the 18 years they spent with her and
her two daughters fathered by defendant Phillip Garrido, Tapson said.
Nancy Garrido, 55, has pleaded not guilty to 18 felony counts that include false imprisonment, rape and child pornography.
Her husband had been scheduled to enter a plea Monday, but his lawyer, Deputy Public Defender Susan Gellman, asked to postpone the arraignment until March 17.
She would not confirm or deny the confession, but prosecutors have proposed sentencing Phillip Garrido to 440 years in prison and his wife to more than 241 years.
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