Motives unclear in Chowchilla school bus kidnapping case
Investigators press toward three suspects after 26 children and their bus driver were abducted near Chowchilla and driven to a Livermore quarry, then escaped from an underground bunker. Sheriff Bates cites strong physical evidence but uncertain motives as FBI withdraws from the case.
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Ed Bates
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Alameda County
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Thanks for Safe Return Shocks Chowchilla Community
Nina Heffington and her daughter Jodi attended church to give thanks for the safe return of 26 kidnapped children after a day and a half trapped in a buried truck body. The group described a harrowing hijacking by three masked men and a bus driver who led the children to safety.
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New York Daily News
Ed Gallagher
Carmine Scazzo
Madera County
Nina Heffington
Jodi
First United Methodist Church
Chilren
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