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Chowchilla Kidnapping

The Chowchilla Kidnapping: How 26 Children Escaped a Buried Trailer

November 3, 2026 by gtvadmin
James Schoenfeld, Frederick Woods and Richard Schoenfeld arrive for a 1976 pretrial hearing.

In 1976, 26 California schoolchildren and their driver were held in a buried trailer. Here’s how they escaped and what happened afterward.

Categories Classic TV, True Crime Tags 1970s, California History, Chowchilla Kidnapping, Ed Ray, Historical Cases, True crime Leave a comment

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