The 1976 Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping That People Remember To This Day
Deep into Debt
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While the young men had come from money, James and Fred were actually in serious debt. They needed multiple victims who couldn’t fight back in order to get their millions. And while the brothers were only coerced to commit the crime, Fred had been the sociopath and the mastermind behind it all. And with the overwhelming evidence stacked against the three culprits, they pleaded guilty to the 27 counts of kidnapping. However, they refused to plead guilty to the eight counts of bodily harm since this would mean life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
