Editing 1976 Chowchilla kidnappers (section)

{{Evil_Organization
|image = Ctm-1008-chowchilla-kidnappers.jpg
|fullname = 1976 Chowchilla kidnappers
|origin = San Francisco
|foundation = San Francisco 1976
|dissolution = 1976
|headquarters = Isabel Ave, Livermore, California
|commanders = [[Fred Woods]]
|agents = [[Richard Schoenfeld]]<br>[[James Schoenfeld]]
|skills = kidnapping<br>child abduction<br>hijacking<br>False imprisonment
|goals = Kidnap a school of children for ransom (temporary succeeded with kidnapping but completely failed with ransom)
|crimes = Mass kidnapping<br>Grand theft auto<br>Child Endangerment holding kids and adults hostage<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>Child abduction<br>Bodily harm<br>Ransom<br>Robbery<br>False imprisonment<br>Hijacking
|type of villains = Mass kidnappers
}}

The '''1976 Chowchilla kidnapping''' was the abduction of a school bus driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, in Chowchilla, California on July 15, 1976. The three kidnappers imprisoned their victims in a buried box truck within a quarry in Livermore, California, intending to demand a ransom for their return. After about 16 hours underground, the driver and children were able to dig themselves out and escape.

The quarry owner's son, Frederick Newhall Woods IV, and two of his friends, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld, were arrested and convicted of the crime. By 2015, both Schoenfelds had been paroled, while Woods has been paroled on August 2022.