Kidnapper, Who Buried 26 Children Alive, Released on Parole

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Thirty-six years ago, three men kidnapped a bus full of schoolchildren for ransom before entombing them in a San Joaquin Valley rock quarry. The 1976 crime has become part of California lore -- and many of those in the small town of Chowchilla, where it happened, thought those responsible would stay behind bars for life.

But on Wednesday, one of the three kidnappers was released from prison. Richard Allen Schoenfeld, 58, was released on parole to an undisclosed location after serving more than 35-years in state prison. He will be monitored 24 hours a day with a global positioning device.

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