Gary Krist

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Gary Steven Krist born April 29, 1945 lived part of his childhood in Utah. His first recorded crime was stealing a boat at the age of 14.

He is most well known for kidnapping and burying heiress Barbara Jane Mackle alive in a ventilated box in 1968. After receiving $500,000 in ransom money, he was captured and sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled after serving ten years. Krist was granted a pardon so that he could become a doctor. He practiced medicine in rural Indiana before his license was revoked in 2003 as a result of lying about disciplinary action received during his residency.

Around early March in 2006, Gary was arrested by authorities in Mobile Bay, Alabama, for running a cocaine operation in Barrow County, Georgia, valued at around 1 million dollars. On May 16, 2006, Krist pled guilty to drug smuggling and is scheduled to be sentenced in January 2007.