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Captivity tale as Chowchilla kids freed from desert quarry
Joan Brown returns home to find her children missing as 26 youths and their bus driver are abducted near Chowchilla. The group is confined in an underground rock quarry prison for 16 hours before using collective effort to escape. They are rescued by deputies and later reunite with families amid public calls for harsh punishment for the kidnappers.
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Chowchilla
Calif
UPI
Joan Brown
Jeffrey
Jennifer
Mike Marshall
Robert Rodriguez
Frank Edward Ray
California
Ray
Jeff Brown
San Joaquin Valley
Jennifer Brown
Alameda County
Tom Houchins
Livermore
San Francisco
Mr. Ray
Mike
Rock and Quarry
Sheriff's Deputies
Santa Rita
Pleasanton
FBI
California Highway Patrol
John Brown
Jeff
Tom van Hoff
Cindy