dugard captive for 18 years. kgo has the latest fm northern california. >> no question about it. full confession. >> reporter: after negotiations opened for a possible plea deal with nancy and phillip garrido, defense lawyer stephen tapson told reporters the couple confessed to the crimes in the past month with dugard present for at least one meeting. the hope was to get leniency for nancy. the da's proposal is 400 years in prison for phillip, 241 for nancy. prompting tapson to reach on it to dugard through the media, to call him because he was thinking more like 20 to 30 years. >> i'm curious as to whether or not you think that 241 years, 8 months to life is appropriate for nancy. >> reporter: dugard was just 11 years old when she was snatched from her south lake tahoe neighborhood. she was not discovered until 18 years later, living in the couple's backyard compound, raising the two daughters phillip garrido already admitted to fathering with her. tapson says nancy deserves