Chowchilla Bus Kidnapper Denied Parole for 17th Time
March 14, 2013 3:02 PM
A California parole board has once again denied parole for one of the three men convicted in a crime that remains one of Chowchilla’s most notorious.
Today in Crime History: Chowchilla Kidnapping Trio Plead Guilty
July 25, 2012 10:25 AM
On July 25, 1977, one year and ten days after the crime, Frederick Woods, and brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld pleaded guilty to kidnapping a school bus full of children for ransom. Richard Shoenfeld was released on parole this summer; the other two remain incarcerated.
The Chowchilla School Bus Kidnappers
July 16, 2012 6:00 AM
On July 15, 1976, three black sheep from affluent California families attempted the "perfect crime" by kidnapping a Chowchilla school bus with 26 children and the driver for a $5 million ransom.
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