Chowchilla bus kidnapper released on parole 35 years after he captured 26 schoolchildren and bus driver and buried them alive for $5million ransom
After more than 35 years in prison, one of three men who kidnapped a busload of California schoolchildren in a ransom attempt has been released. Richard Schoenfeld, 57, was freed on Wednesday after serving time for his role in the 1976 abduction of 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver, Frank Edward Ray, in Chowchilla, California. [...]
Two Canadian children ‘abducted by their father’ found living in captivity 4,000 miles away in Mexican town four years after they disappeared
Two Canadian children who went missing nearly four years ago have been found 4,000 miles away in Mexico. Brother and sister Dominic and Abby Maryk, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, were found living under lock-and-key in Guadalajara. Police allege the children’s father, Kevin Maryk, abducted the children and took them out of Canada in August 2008. At the time, [...]
Convicted rapist arrested after women held at knifepoint in North Seattle home invasion
SEATTLE — A 35-year-old ex-con, just out of prison for rape, is now facing charges including attempted rape after police said he tied up several women and held them at knifepoint during a North Seattle home invasion early Monday morning. Police went to the home, in the 5000 block of 20th Avenue Northeast, at about [...]