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Authorities in two San Francisco Bay-area cities are now investigating whether disappearances dating back to the late 1980s could be connected to the man accused of holding another girl captive for 18 years.

Police in Hayward, California, about 20 miles south of Oakland, say they are investigating whether Phillip Garrido is connected to the disappearance of Michaela Garecht, who was last seen in 1988 at age 9.

Hayward Police Lt. Chris Orrey said there are some similarities between Garecht’s disappearance and Jacey Lee Dugard’s — similar age and appearance, both were abducted in daylight, and a sketch of a suspect resembles Garrido, she said.

Orrey said there were differences as well, though she would not elaborate. But she said Hayward police have been in contact with Garecht’s family and witnesses since Dugard was found alive last week.

And in Dublin, about 25 miles east of Oakland, police are looking into whether Garrido was connected to the 1989 disappearance of Ilene Misheloff. Ilene was 13 when she was abducted, investigators said.

Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy face a battery of felony charges in connection with the 1991 kidnapping of then-11-year-old Dugard. Both have pleaded not guilty.

– CNN’s Dan Simon and Paul Vercammen contributed to this report.