Background Check: Results in The Arrest Of Johnny Wright

Only the other week we found how a combination of a woman’s suspicions, a background check and a mother’s instincts resulted in the apprehension of Phillip Garrido from Antioch, California .

Garrido with his two daughters in tow discussed with Liza Campbell, Events Organiser, University of California, Berkeley about hiring the facilities at the University to hold a meeting there that he wanted to stage. She became suspicious and carried out a Background Check on him. She found that Phillip Garrido was on parole after a vicious rape conviction and was on the registered sex offenders list.

Liza asked Police Officer, Alison Jacobs, to be with her the next day at a meeting with Garrido and his two daughters .

During this meeting between Liza, Ally, Garrido and his two daughters, Ally’s motherly instincts kicked in and told her that something just wasn't right with the two teenage daughters. After the meeting Ally told Garrido's parole officer of the meeting and of Garrido's two daughters.

Back came the shocking news. She felt sick to her stomach. Garrido didn't have any daughters!

Now Phillip and Nancy Garrido are looking at a combined total of 29 felony charges, involving forcible abduction, rape and false imprisonment in connection with the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991.

At the El Dorado County Superior Court in Placerville, California, Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister set bail for Phillip Garrido at 30 million dollars while he awaits trial.

This is what a woman’s suspicion, a Background Check and a mother’s instincts can do. Hooray for background checks and suspicion. How great was that result!

Now we hear of one more great success story of a Background Check bringing someone to justice but this one doesn't have the ingredients of a woman’s suspicions or a mother’s instincts. This crazy story is so unbelievable you just can’t make it up .

In 1976 Johnny Wright was suspected of the murder of Rebecca A Doisy but released because of insufficient evidence. In 1985 a warrant was issued for his arrest in connection with that murder when a statement was made by a witness linking him with the murder. Wright disappeared off the radar screen for 24 years. Last week Johnny Wright went into the Police Station in Lawrenceville, Georgia and requested that a background check be conducted on himself. He was promptly arrested. The background check was part of the job requirement in the application for a driver’s job in Atlanta. Imagine the shock of all concerned when the arrest warrant showed up from way back in 1985! Johnny Wright now sits in custody

If only someone in the last 24 years had been suspicious enough of Wright to have carried out a Background Check on him, just like Liza Campbell did with Garrido. Perhaps Background Checks should form part of every job application?


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