Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, December 14, 2023, 10:52 AM
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How Mountain View's oldest house became a motive for the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping
Original post made on Dec 15, 2023
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, December 14, 2023, 10:52 AM
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a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Dec 15, 2023 at 10:55 am
Liquidamber is a registered user.
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 . ]
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Dec 15, 2023 at 11:15 am
Josie is a registered user.
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.
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