A 70-year-old man imprisoned for the 1976 kidnapping of a bus full of children has been approved for parole, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
The Chowchilla school bus kidnapping that made headlines worldwide in the 1970s is now the focus of a research project by a group of local students.
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 proposed parole decision by the hearing panel will become final within 120 days. After the parole decision becomes final, the governor has 30 days to review the decision. He can either allow the decision to stand or refer it to the full board for review.
Several victims of the kidnapping, now adults, told CNN in 2015 they still had anxiety and nightmares from the incident. Darla Neal, who was 10 at the time, said her"extreme anxiety" made it impossible to live normally. "I'm overwhelmed to the point that I had to leave work," she said."I tell myself I should be able to shake this off and deal with it. Yet here I am, a mess."
Correction: CNN says earlier version of this story incorrectly described the governor's role in reviewing the parole decision. The governor can either allow the decision to stand or refer it to the full parole board for review.
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