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Frederick Woods and his two accomplices kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver in 1976.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 is being released by the state’s parole board.

Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the board to reconsider paroling 70-year-old Frederick Woods on Tuesday after two commissioners recommended his release in March.They buried the children and their bus driver in a moving van east of San Francisco with little ventilation, light, water, food or bathroom supplies.Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

 

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