was working in in his district office. i was working on my computer, and i saw some motion to my left. when i looked up, there were four men standing in the doorway with ak-47s. one of them said, you come with us, or we ll kill you. they zip tied his hands behind his back and ankles. he was brought out to a car. like many hostages before him, roy hallums disappears without a trace. american authorities fear the worst. unfortunately a lot of the hostages were being shown on video being beheaded. so it was a real concern that a u.s. citizen would be used in that manner. but it appears the kidnapers are more interested in money than murder. the head of the gang, he said to me that because i was an american they were going to get $12 million for me. in order to conceal his
all of the kids were singing. my mama told me you better shop around. that was the song we were singing when it happened. it was a little after 4:00 p.m. when ray turned the bus on to avenue 21 where a white van with the door ajar was parked near the center of the road. it looked like somebody had broken down. edward went to swing the bus around the van and at that .1 of the kidnapers jumped out of the passenger side with a rifle came up to the driver s side and told edward to open the door. the other kidnaper got on to the bus and took over. i do remember seeing one of the kidnapers with panty hose pulled over his face and holding a gun. i was scared immediately. who are you? what s going on here edward asked. the guy told him to shut up and move to the back of the bus. one of the masked men got behind the wheel as the other held a sawed off shot gun
14 days after his 13 year anniversary of being free. i have found forgiveness. my soul has been bruised, battered and crushed by my hatred of the kidnapers. i just collapsed at the base of the cross one day and just asked god to take that hatred from me. i am ready to let them know that i for give them and to ask their forgiveness for the years that i spent hating them. really? you can do that? he is the devil himself right there. he is the devilled himself? he is. i don t have the words to say how sorry i am for everyone who was and continued to be affected by my crimes. there is nothing i wouldn t do to take back that day. but i guess time can only be turned back in the movies or on
happened to him or other children. there was butter and crackers and serials. there may have been some bread. this is a diagram fox files obtained from the sheriff s office that illustrates the layout of the subterranean bus. he tried to get some sleep so the flashlight was turned off so we all went down and i kn who took the school kids bus driver and buried them alive? 24-year-old fred woods and two brothers 24-year-old james shown feld and 22-year-old richard show enfeld were after one thing, easy money. the kidnapers were from affluent families from the san francisco bay area. their failed dreams of making
wave ago right to the jury kidnapers elected to be tried by the judge. for woods and the schoenfelds were huge. if they ruled they had inflicted bodily injury it meant life without parole. if not parole was a possible. that fall after a 7 yeweek tria the judge ruled they had inflicted bodily harm and sent them to life without parole. an appeals court reversed the decision in 1980 making all three eligible for parole. i didn t like that. mental harm is just as bad sometimes even worse than physical harm. little children 5, 6, 7, 8 years old we know some are messed up emotionally. i was in the youth authority for five years for violent behavior. i have used methamphetamines, crack, cocaine, pcp. you still have nightmare as soon as i haven t had