FRESNO, Calif (KFSN) -- A state parole board granted parole for James Schoenfeld today. Schoenfeld was involved in the Chowchilla bus kidnapping in July of 1976. He ...

The infamous Chowchilla kidnapping, which occurred on July 15, 1976, took place in Chowchilla, California. The abductees reportedly included a school bus driver along with 26 children. All children ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of three young men from wealthy families who kidnapped and hid a busload of California schoolchildren in a 1976 ransom attempt that captured the nation’s attention has gained ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After more than 35 years in prison, one of three men who kidnapped a busload of California schoolchildren in a ransom attempt that captured the nation’s attention will soon be ...

A California man who spent more than four decades in prison after being convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children outside San Francisco has been officially paroled. Frederick Woods was ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 — in what a prosecutor called "the largest ...

The last man still imprisoned for carrying out the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history, in which 26 children and a bus driver were held for ransom underground in 1976, was granted parole Tuesday.