Stepfather: Mom 90% Sure Missing Child

Posted by Faizan Shiwani / at 12:19 PM / /

11-Year-Old Girl Missing Since 1991

POSTED: 9:36 pm PDT August 26, 2009
UPDATED: 12:01 am PDT August 27, 2009

EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. -- The stepfather of missing 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard told KCRA Wednesday his wife is 90 percent sure that a woman in the Bay area will be positively identified as Jaycee.Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted in Meyers near South Lake Tahoe in 1991.

FBI Jaycee Lee Dugard, 11, was abducted in Meyers near South Lake Tahoe in 1991.

Her father said he saw people in a car kidnap the girl as she walked to her school bus. She was never seen again.Officials said detectives in the case are following up on leads in the Bay area.KCRA spoke via phone with Jaycee's stepfather, Carl Probyn, in the newsroom. Probyn said his wife spoke with a woman who claims to be Dugard and said his wife is 90 percent sure she will be positively identified.Jaycee's mother, Terry Probyn, who currently lives in southern California, is headed north to meet with investigators."I can't even sleep," Probyn said. "I'm anxious to find out where she's been and what she's been doing. I'll get answers tomorrow."Probyn said he hopes that this is Jaycee."I'm just really thrilled this is coming to an end and excited to find who did this and solve this case," Probyn said.The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department will hold a news conference sometime Thursday to talk about the case.