Gary Steven Krist
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Gary Steven Krist (born April 29, 1945) lived part of his childhood in Utah. His first recorded crime was a string of robberies at the age of 14. [1]
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.[1] 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 He practiced medicine in rural Indiana before his license was revoked in 2003 as a result of lying about disciplinary action received during his residency.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 on January 19, 2007 was sentenced to more than five years in prison.
[edit] See also
- Barbara Jane Mackle for a more detailed description of her kidnapping.
[edit] References
- ^ a b The Talented Dr. Krist By Steve Fennessy For Atlanta Magazine. November 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2007.
[edit] References
- Serial Killer Central
- Miami Herald article
- Elaborate drug lab found in Barrow County
- The Talented Dr. Krist From the November 2006 issue of Atlanta Magazine.
- Georgia man in 1960s buried alive case gets 5 years in drug case WPMI-TV, January 19, 2007.
