After 16 hours underground, the driver and the children dug themselves out and escaped as the kidnappers were asleep.
Frederick Newhall Woods, 70, was one of three men who kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver in Chowchilla, a small city in Northern California's Madera County, more than 45 years ago.All 27 captives were taken to Livermore, more than 100 milies away, placed into a moving truck and buried alive in a quarry owned by Woods' father.
Read MoreRichard Schoenfeld was paroled in 2012, and James Schoenfeld was released in 2015. Woods is the last of the three still in prison.Woods' 18th parole hearing was held Friday at California Men's Colony, a state prison in San Luis Obispo. He first became eligible for parole in 1982, according to inmate information.The parole board will conduct a 120-day review of the decision and then Gov. Gavin Newsom can reject the grant.
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