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Apologies “to every human being” came in the form of a letter that was sent to a TV station in the Sacramento area Thursday from the man responsible for the kidnapping and rape of Jaycee Dugard in 1991. Phillip Garrido, 58, consistently claims that his troubles with sex and violence were resolved through a tranformation involving a peculiar religion he practiced.

However, Vern Pierson, the District Attorney for El Dorado county, scoffed at the regret Garrido seemed to express in the letter, the third one that’s been sent to KCRA since his incarceration. Pierson is of the belief that Garrido is a “master manipulator” who is trying to control the situation around him to best benefit his own needs and beliefs. Since he and his wife, Nancy, were arrested for the kidnapping, rape, and inprisonment of Dugard, it’s been brought to light that Garrido might not be mentally competent to stand trial for his wrongdoings.

This is not the first time Garrido has been brought up on kidnapping charges, serving 11 years of a 50-year sentence for kidnapping a girl in 1976, also claiming that drug use malformed his mind, but religion would transform him into a new person.