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Frederick Newhall Woods IV (aged 24 during the kidnapping) was repeatedly denied parole until August 2022 when, at the age of 70, he was granted full parole. [29] [30] James Schoenfeld (aged 24 during the kidnapping) was paroled in 2015 at age 63. [31] Richard Schoenfeld (aged 22 during the kidnapping) was paroled in 2012 at age 57. [32]
All three were from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families when they kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla, about 125 miles (201 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco.
Frederick Woods, one of three men convicted of kidnapping a school bus in Chowchilla 46 years ago, will be released, according to officials. He was previously denied parole 17 times.
In the infamous 1976 kidnapping, 26 children and a bus driver were buried alive in a van at a quarry in Livermore. Mastermind of Chowchilla bus kidnapping granted parole from Men’s Colony in SLO ...
An advocate of rehabilitative justice, Newsom was also part of a panel of judges which ruled that the perpetrators of the 1976 Chowchilla mass kidnapping and live burial would be eligible for parole. [7]
Olson was released on parole from the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla on March 17, 2008. [33] For five days, she stayed at her mother's home in Palmdale and spent some time hiking with her husband. [34]
Fred Woods was considered the mastermind behind the 1976 kidnapping of 26 children and a driver. Chowchilla bus kidnapper to be released, officials confirm. ‘I’m angry’ and ‘disturbed’
I haven't seen it in the news yet, but on July 21, Governor Newsom referred the matter of Woods's parole for review by the entire board. If you use the California Inmate Locator to look up Woods (CDCR no. B90399) and click through to "View Board of Parole Hearings' actions', you'll see the notation for July 21, 2022: "The Governor referred the ...