Does anybody remember this story? It was HUGE when it happened. I doubt these losers ever get out of prison. What were those idiots thinking when they kidnapped a school bus WITH students inside????
"Hey Skeeter....? .. "Whut Bubba?"... "Watcha wanna do?"... "Donknow".... "Wanna go get us a bunch of kids?".... "Hell yes, and we could get us a big ole yeller bus too!!!"
"Hey Skeeter....? .. "Whut Bubba?"... "Watcha wanna do?"... "Donknow".... "Wanna go get us a bunch of kids?".... "Hell yes, and we could get us a big ole yeller bus too!!!"
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/crime/story/1108442.htmlParole denied in 1976 kidnap of Chowchilla school bus
Tuesday, Jan. 06, 2009
The Fresno Bee
Parole was denied Monday for one of three men who kidnapped a busload of Chowchilla schoolchildren in 1976.
Frederick Woods, 57, was turned down for the 12th time during a hearing at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo. Parole officials said he received a three-year denial, meaning he can't apply for parole again for three years.
Woods and two brothers, James and Richard Schoenfeld, ambushed a Dairyland Elementary School bus at gunpoint on July 15, 1976, in Madera County. The kidnappers drove the 26 children and driver to a Livermore quarry and forced them into a buried van.
Woods and the two Schoenfelds planned to demand a $5 million ransom, but the older children and bus driver Frank Edward Ray dug themselves free after 16 hours underground.
The kidnappers were arrested within a few weeks. All three received life sentences after pleading guilty in 1977 to 27 counts of kidnapping for ransom.
Richard Schoenfeld's sentence allowed for parole; an appellate court later amended the sentences of Woods and James Schoenfeld to make them eligible for parole.
In October, a two-person panel deemed Richard Schoenfeld suitable for parole. No date has been set and parole officials say it likely it will be decades before he is released.
James Schoenfeld was turned down for parole in April -- his 16th denial.