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Join Rebecca as she discusses one of her most heart wrenching cases to date...... The Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping

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References

https://www.cityofchowchilla.org/300/1976-Bus-Kidnapping

https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/20/a-decade-old-crime-holds-a-small-town-hostage/

Baugh, Jack W. Why Have They Taken Our Children?Chowchilla, July 15, 1976. New York: Delacorte Press, 1978.

Robles, Yazmin. "Understanding Deviance Through GeneralStrain Theory: A Study of the Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping." Themis:Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science 13.1 (2025):4.

https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article32716614.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/02/health/chowchilla-childhood-trauma