Gary Steven Krist

Mackle kidnapping

Krist is best known for kidnapping heiress Barbara Jane Mackle and burying her alive in a ventilated box in 1968. After receiving $500,000 in ransom money, he was captured and sentenced to life in prison in 1969, but was released on parole after 10 years and went on to commit several more crimes.

Parole and medical practice Krist was paroled after serving 10 years and granted a pardon after he was accepted to medical school at the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico so that he could become a physician. He practiced medicine in Chrisney, Indiana, until his medical license was revoked in 2003, as a result of not disclosing a disciplinary action he had received during his medical residency.

On August 27, 2012, in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. District Judge Callie V. Granade revoked Krist's supervised release for violating his probation. He had left the country without permission, sailing to Cuba and South America on his sailboat. Judge Granade sentenced Krist to 40 months imprisonment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons indicates he was released on July 2, 2015.