Chowchilla Bus Kidnapping
Documents
The 1980 sentencing appeal
The central primary legal record: facts, July 1977 pleas, February 1978 sentencing and the removal of no-parole findings. The kidnapping convictions were affirmed.
Richard Schoenfeld’s 2012 release-date ruling
Unpublished appellate opinion addressing the parole agency’s calculation of Richard Schoenfeld’s confinement period.
1976–1981 newspaper-clippings archive
Finding aid for San Jose State University’s 1976–1981 newspaper-clippings collection. Archive access and reproduction may require a request.
Original KPIX newsfilm: quarry and preliminary hearing
Institutional catalogue and viewing resource for KPIX’s contemporary reporting, including aerial quarry views.
Original newsfilm: investigators and Ed Ray
Catalogue and footage of briefings by the two county sheriffs and Ed Ray’s account.
The four-year trauma follow-up: indexed research abstract
Indexed abstract of Terr’s four-year follow-up study, describing the study group and reported posttraumatic effects.
Children of Chowchilla: original study record
Bibliographic record for Terr’s early clinical study, Children of Chowchilla.
The city’s historical account
Municipal history compiled from newspaper accounts, covering the disappearance, arrests, return and memorials.