Hillary and Tina cover the Chowchilla Kidnapping.
In 1976, children from Chowchilla, CA were returning from on their school bus after a day at the local swimming pool. BUT things take a drastic turn when their school bus is hijacked.
Sources
Hillary's Story
Vox
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping (https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22570738/chowchilla-school-bus-kidnapping)
Fresno Bee
Chowchilla bus kidnapper to be released, officials confirm. "I'm angry: and "disturbed" (https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article264599031.html)
City of Chowchilla
1976 Bus Kidnapping (https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping)
Wikipedia
1976 Chowchilla kidnapping (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnapping)
CNN
26 kids were buried alive in California. A new CNN Film shows how one plotted their escape – and what happened years later (https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/us/chowchilla-kidnapping-escape-cnn-film/index.html)
How a 1976 mass kidnapping changed how the world sees childhood trauma (https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/health/chowchilla-childhood-trauma/index.html)
Los Angeles Times
Man behind 1976 kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla children and bus driver is granted parole (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-17/frederick-woods-will-be-released-on-parole-chowchilla-1976-kidnapping-26-children)
CBS News
Chowchilla bus kidnapping: Rare photos from one of the largest abductions in U.S. history (https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-frederick-woods-rare-photos-from-one-of-the-largest-kidnappings-in-u-s-history/)
Remembering the Chowchilla kidnapping: A never-before-seen interview with a survivor (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chowchilla-bus-kidnapping-survivor-never-before-seen-interview/)
Photos
The Dairyland Union School District Bus (https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-1491268191.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill/f_webp) --via CNN
Bus Driver Edward Ray (https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231201141637-02-chowchilla-kidnapping-doc.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill/f_webp)--via CNN
Trailer where victims were held (https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d2a0d96/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1992x3000+0+0/resize/1200x1807!/format/webp/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa0%2F45%2Fcc3bffd0423285ea62777c1b2a38%2Fschool-bus-hijacking-71352.jpg)--via LA Times
14 year old Michael Marshall (https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231201181244-08-chowchilla-kidnapping-doc.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill/f_webp)--via CNN
Kidnappers- Frederick Newhall Woods, James Schoenfeld, Richard Schoenfeld (https://imgix.ranker.com/list_img_v2/5341/3145341/original/3145341-u1?auto=format&q=50&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&dpr=2&crop=faces&h=387.434554973822&w=740)--via Ranker