Posted by Liquidamber
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 15, 2023 at 10:55 am
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Thanks for the Hawthorn family's Portola Valley home link. Midpeninsula Open Space District has been sitting on that property since 2006 with a cash stewardship endowment from the Woods Family. The house is not yet open to the public. Maybe one day it'll be open with an historical display about the horror kidnapping. [Attachment 1 for some more Woods family history: Web Link . ]

Posted by Josie
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Dec 15, 2023 at 11:15 am
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Thanks for this article about the Rengstorff House/Chowchilla connection. I had heard about this a long time ago and told others about it, but couldn't find any supporting references on the internet about this wild and improbable story. I also knew the Schoenfeld parents, and seeing their mother at our church collecting signatures for their parole. A very sad and tragic story all around.