Current Events > Man who kidnapped bus full of children and buried them is approved for parole

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Simon_Gruber
03/30/22 2:01:20 PM
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A 70-year-old California man who has spent the last four decades in prison for kidnapping a school bus full of children and burying them and their driver alive has been approved for parole.
Frederick Newhall Woods was found suitable for parole at a hearing Friday at California Men's Colony, a state prison in San Luis Obispo County. He had been denied release 17 other times.
Woods was sentenced for his role in the 1976 kidnapping of 26 children, ages 5 to 14, and their bus driver near Chowchilla, about 125 miles southeast of San Francisco. Woods and his accomplices, brothers Richard and James Schoenfeld, then buried them alive in a ventilated bunker.
The kidnappers, who planned the crime for more than a year, demanded $5 million in ransom from the state Board of Education. All three came from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families.
The children and the driver were able to dig themselves out and escape after more than a day in the bunker.
Woods apologized for his actions Friday, telling the parole panel that he "had empathy for the victims which I didn't have then."
"I've had a character change since then," he said. "I was 24 years old. Now I fully understand the terror and trauma I caused. I fully take responsibility for this heinous act."
His accomplices are already freed after an appeals court ordered Richard released in 2012 and then-Gov. Jerry Brown paroled James in 2015.
Two of the victims, Larry Park and Rebecca Reynolds Dailey, supported Woods' being paroled.
"I believe you have served enough time for the crime you committed, Park said Friday.
Survivors Jennifer Brown Hyde, Lynda Carrejo and Laura Yazzi Fanning did not want to see Woods released.
"He could have done much more," Brown Hyde said, telling the panel that she does not think Woods has fully made amends for what he did and is "still a millionaire."
"Even the settlement paid to some of us survivors was not sufficient. It was enough to pay for some therapy, but not enough to buy a house," she said.
Madera County District Attorney Sally Moreno said many of the survivors are still affected by what happened.
"This is an individual who's demonstrated how dangerous he is. He's ruined the lives of dozens of these kids they still struggle, a lot of them, with the aftereffects of this," Moreno said.
"He's not someone who should be released. He's demonstrated the capacity to do this kind of a crime to mastermind and carry out something like this."
The panel's decision will become final within 120 days before it is reviewed by the governor. If the governor lets the parole decision stand, Woods will be scheduled for release.

Frederick Woods (kidnapped 26 kids plus bus driver)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/2/AAOrNoAADFP8.jpg

Bus Driver Edward Ray and the 26 children he saved:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/3/3/AAOrNoAADFP9.jpg

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-kidnapped-bus-full-children-buried-alive-approved-parole-rcna22056

More info here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnapping
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Seaman_Prime
03/30/22 2:25:35 PM
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Fuck this guy, all of his belongings should go to the victims. Throw him out with nothing but the clothes in his back
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Tyranthraxus
03/30/22 2:28:00 PM
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I'm guessing he's getting parole because the state doesn't want to deal with medical needs of a 70 year old man if they don't have to.

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apocalyptic_4
03/30/22 2:29:27 PM
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Wow they didn't have the death penalty in that state?

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gunplagirl
03/30/22 2:30:07 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I'm guessing he's getting parole because the state doesn't want to deal with medical needs of a 70 year old man if they don't have to.
The sentencing for his crimes also were much lighter because of when he was convicted, and being rich and white helped no doubt.

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ThePieReborn
03/30/22 2:30:44 PM
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apocalyptic_4 posted...
Wow they didn't have the death penalty in that state?
Death penalty, pursuant to California law at that time, was only applicable to kidnapping cases where the victim died.

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Irony
03/30/22 2:31:54 PM
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Eh, the dude that killed RFK was approved for parole, but Newsom said fuck that. Maybe he'll do it here.

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DipDipDiver
03/30/22 2:32:03 PM
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"Buried alive" seems a little sensational given that they were placed in a ventilated bunker, but fuck this guy nonetheless
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Kaiganeer
03/30/22 2:34:47 PM
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Simon_Gruber posted...
"Even the settlement paid to some of us survivors was not sufficient. It was enough to pay for some therapy, but not enough to buy a house," she said.
i mean, what he did was supremely fucked up and he should spend the rest of his life in prison, but the purpose of a settlement can't possibly be to set the victim of a crime up financially for the rest of their life

the fuck does buying a house have to do with healing emotional scarring and trauma from being buried alive?
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UnfairRepresent
03/30/22 2:35:39 PM
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Rich people gonna rich

If this guy was broke and black. He would not be alive right now

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emblem boy
03/30/22 2:42:31 PM
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Glad the kids and driver were able to escape.

So he's 64 now?
One of those things where the answer depends on what you think the point of further imprisonment is.

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The_Korey
03/30/22 2:47:16 PM
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Ah. It was a hostage situation. Still bad, but I no longer have the "Execute that abominable Shit stain" feeling I got from reading the title.

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berlyman101
03/30/22 2:48:43 PM
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Even the settlement paid to some of us survivors was not sufficient. It was enough to pay for some therapy, but not enough to buy a house," she said.

the people in this fucking country, lmao

the guy is trash but 46 years is more than enough for this crime.

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Trumble
03/30/22 2:51:09 PM
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While I can't say I'd care much if he was kept locked up for the rest of his life; on the grounds in particular that he didn't kill (or attempt to kill) anyone, and given that he has served a very, VERY long time even if it's not quite "the rest of his life", I'm also not gonna lose any sleep over him being let out. Especially if he's on parole for the rest of his life still.

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Mr_Karate_II
03/30/22 2:53:23 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
the people in this fucking country, lmao

the guy is trash but 46 years is more than enough for this crime.
Nah, he deserves life in prison.

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DemonBuffet
03/30/22 2:55:56 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
the people in this fucking country, lmao

the guy is trash but 46 years is more than enough for this crime.

The fuck is wrong with you? People who fuck with kids deserve nothing less than life in prison.


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berlyman101
03/30/22 3:09:48 PM
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DemonBuffet posted...
The fuck is wrong with you? People who fuck with kids deserve nothing less than life in prison.

I'm fine, thanks for asking.

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TheVipaGTS
03/30/22 3:12:38 PM
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I mean, he deserves life, but if he's a 70 year old with health issues he'll die soon. Best to die in pain on the outside than being given tax payer funded health care on the inside.

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DipDipDiver
03/30/22 3:28:05 PM
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DemonBuffet posted...
The fuck is wrong with you? People who fuck with kids deserve nothing less than life in prison.
Well that's certainly your opinion but it's not one held by the US justice system
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CapnMuffin
03/30/22 3:34:37 PM
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This guy is rich? What was the motivation for this?
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02fran
03/30/22 3:58:24 PM
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I was about to get my pitchforks but this is such a misleading topic title. This is "buried alive" in the same vein that locking someone in a basement is burying them alive. A horrible crime worth decades of prison but 45 years seems enough. It's not like they killed anyone. People who kill often get less.
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iPhone_7
03/30/22 4:06:35 PM
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But what if he was to do it again?!????!?

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Gobstoppers12
03/30/22 4:08:10 PM
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What kind of fucked up supervillain plot is this

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x_lone_x_wolf_x
03/30/22 4:18:41 PM
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They survived so this is understandable. As for my opinion yeah he should spend all his days in prison but eh what ya gonna do.

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BeyondWalls
03/30/22 4:28:39 PM
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I mean, shit. He served 45 years.

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Smashingpmkns
03/30/22 4:30:35 PM
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Probably won't do it again

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Flauros
03/30/22 4:32:09 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
the people in this fucking country, lmao

the guy is trash but 46 years is more than enough for this crime.
He kidnapped and buried 26 kids kids alive.

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Kajagogo
03/30/22 4:33:20 PM
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Mr_Karate_II posted...
Nah, he deserves life in prison.

"Life" is usually 15 to 25 years.

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BeyondWalls
03/30/22 4:35:42 PM
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Flauros posted...
He kidnapped and buried 26 kids kids alive.
He did. But shit, he served 45 years for it. Color TV was still relatively new when he went in. At some point forgiveness has to be a thing.

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Flauros
03/30/22 4:37:46 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
He did. But shit, he served 45 years for it. Color TV was still relatively new when he went in. At some point forgiveness has to be a thing.
Some crimes deserve no mercy. Kidnapping and burying 26 children alive should make that cut.

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FortuneCookie
03/30/22 4:45:09 PM
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Is this what that one subplot in Trick 'r' Treat was based on?
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Daniel_Berkhart
03/30/22 4:45:25 PM
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CapnMuffin posted...
This guy is rich? What was the motivation for this?

James Schoenfeld later stated that despite coming from wealthy families, both he and Woods were deeply in debt: "We needed multiple victims to get multiple millions, and we picked children because children are precious. The state would be willing to pay ransom for them. And they don't fight back. They're vulnerable. They will mind."
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02fran
03/30/22 5:06:01 PM
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Flauros posted...
Some crimes deserve no mercy. Kidnapping and burying 26 children alive should make that cut.
Do you realize that they didn't actually bury them alive as in kill them? They put them in a ventilated bunker where they escaped after a day. It's mass kidnapping but not a massacre like the title sounds like.
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kingdrake2
03/30/22 5:08:00 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
the guy is trash but 46 years is more than enough for this crime.


2 years of sentencing per kid.... not enough. should be alot more.best way is to let the kidnapper rot and die in prison then he can be let out.

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Crazyman93
03/30/22 5:11:56 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
At some point forgiveness has to be a thing.
Fuck that.

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voldothegr8
03/30/22 5:15:37 PM
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shockthemonkey posted...


What would be gained from that?

Keeping a monster out of society

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02fran
03/30/22 5:24:16 PM
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I'd be all for life in prison/execution if there was any deaths but 45 years is enough for a crime that didn't result in anyone getting physically harmed. Rapists and many actual killers get less.
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Crazyman93
03/30/22 5:37:09 PM
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02fran posted...
Rapists and many actual killers get less.
So you're arguing he should get parole because rapists and killers get less? You should be arguing the courts are too soft on rapists and murderers.

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BeyondWalls
03/30/22 5:37:53 PM
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Anyone got pics of the bunker?

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Questionmarktarius
03/30/22 5:40:37 PM
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How the hell does one guy bury a bus?
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Daniel_Berkhart
03/30/22 5:40:38 PM
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BeyondWalls posted...
Anyone got pics of the bunker?

Hole they escaped from:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/0/AASgA4AADFSa.jpg

Inside:
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/9/1/AASgA4AADFSb.jpg

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02fran
03/30/22 5:42:58 PM
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Crazyman93 posted...
So you're arguing he should get parole because rapists and killers get less? You should be arguing the courts are too soft on rapists and murderers.

I do think a single day incident that didn't physically harm anyone is many tiers lower than murder. And you can't really give any worse sentences than life in prison/execution. Unless you advocate torture.
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Punished_Blinx
03/30/22 5:44:41 PM
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All that effort to build a bunker for a ransom and they escaped after a day. What a clown lol

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Daniel_Berkhart
03/30/22 5:50:19 PM
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Punished_Blinx posted...
All that effort to build a bunker for a ransom and they escaped after a day. What a clown lol

Yeah, these 3 were pretty dumb

The kidnappers had been unable to call in their intended ransom demand of $5 million (equivalent to $22.7 million in 2020) because telephone lines to the Chowchilla Police Department were tied up by media calls and families searching for their children. They 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.

You kidnap 27 people and don't leave someone to wach them during the night?
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Mist_Turnips
03/30/22 5:56:39 PM
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Kaaaaaaaahn!!!

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