Posted on 03/29/2022 3:30:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A 70-year-old man imprisoned for the 1976 kidnapping of a bus full of children has been approved for parole, according to spokesperson Joe Orlando of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).
Frederick Newhall Woods, 70, was one of three men who kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver in Chowchilla, a small city in Northern California's Madera County, more than 45 years ago.
All 27 captives were taken to Livermore, more than 100 miles away, placed into a moving truck and buried alive in a quarry owned by Woods' father. The kidnappers then demanded $5 million ransom while the victims were underground in what was the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history, a scheme apparently inspired by a plot point in the movie "Dirty Harry."
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Did an absolutely great job as that character. Brought a lot to the series.
You are very lucky, pelvis hits often cause bleed-outs and death.
Glad you made it, you have fine taste in revolvers. I have a few semi-autos, but really like a nice revolver still.
They’re so woke in CA, they’ll hire him as a school bus driver.
Probably the Star Trek franchises’ greatest character.
He should have been buried alive the day after he was convicted!
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True - but better late than never. Some on the parole board could join him.
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SPJNK.
“They [the kidnappers] went to sleep at some point on July 16 and woke late that night to television news reports informing them that the victims had freed themselves and were safe.”
Wiki
The Femoral Artery gets nicked or severed, and a bleed-out happens in 4-5mins.
I was lucky. God was truly sitting on my shoulder that evening; don’t know what He’s ‘saving’ me for...
Yessir; that one.
I was visiting my friend in prison in the 90’s when I was introduced to 2 guys. After they left, I asked my friend what they were in for. He said “Those are the 2 brothers that kidnapped the kids in the bus”. So very creepy.
I remember that. I was living in Northern California and going to school at Cal State Sonoma.
“California. Where else?”
Exactly.
Sometimes these movies inspire nut cases like this one.
I wonder if he wishes he was black? He would’ve been let out 30 years ago.
Yes, and the bus kidnapping scene in Dirty Harry was inspired by the Zodiac threats against school buses in his letters.
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