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July 15th: Chowchilla Kidnapping (1976)

No matter how well a crime is planned, there is always room for something to go wrong. On July 15th 1976 a kidnapping took place. A crime in which, despite how well the assailants planned the entire thing out, the whole thing went to hell when a 14 year old came up with a brilliant plan.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Chowchilla_kidnappinghttps://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/us/chowchilla-kidnapping-escape-cnn-film/index.html, https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping, https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/health/chowchilla-childhood-trauma/index.html, https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101904421/chowchilla-reexamines-harrowing-1976-school-bus-kidnapping

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