A '48 Hours' investigation shows how Frederick Woods lived behind bars – he married three times and bought a pricey mansion with an ocean view
full of Chowchilla, California, children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 was paroled by the state's parole board.
But the phone lines to Chowchilla were jammed with anxious parents calling and press inquiries pouring in from around the world. The kidnappers could not get through. They took a break and they napped. Meantime the children brought the kidnapping to an end when they and the driver managed to dig their way out. Their ordeal had lasted 28 hours.
Woods is a descendant of two prominent California families — the Newhalls and the Woods —and the heir to a family fortune. He has a trust fund from his parents, which he shares only with a sister who is institutionalized with Down syndrome. In one court filing, the trust fund he inherited was described as"over $100 million," a number his lawyer Dominique Banos of Los Angeles dismissed as"nothing anywhere near that.
After he retired, Judge William Newsom, a strong believer in rehabilitation for felons, became an outspoken advocate for the Chowchilla kidnappers, saying that the notorious crime was just a youthful"stunt" that had"no vicious aspect to it."After he retired, Judge Newsom became an outspoken advocate for the Chowchilla kidnappers, saying that the notorious crime was just a youthful"stunt" that had"no vicious aspect to it.
His lawyer, Ms. Banos, says they will appeal, adding that as recently as January of this year the prison found no evidence that Woods was engaged in business from behind bars.For now, despite his financial resources, Fred Woods will remain Inmate #B90399 at the California Men's Colony prison in San Luis Obispo.
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