Ruth Eisemann-Schier
Encyclopedia
Ruth Eisemann Schier is best known as the first woman to appear on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
.
Schier was added to the list in 1968
, for participating in the kidnapping
-for-ransom of land heiress Barbara Jane Mackle
in a plan concocted by her boyfriend, Gary Steven Krist. Krist was arrested two days later while Schier, who had separated from Krist after a botched initial attempt to collect the ransom, escaped and was apprehended in Norman, Oklahoma
79 days after the kidnapping. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Schier served four years of her sentence and was parole
d on condition of deportation
to her native Honduras
.
While Schier was in prison, Gene Miller
, in collaboration with Mackle, wrote about the crime in 83 Hours Till Dawn. Schier's case was one of many covered in the 2002 book Mistresses of Mayhem: the Book of Women Criminals.
, the daughter of Austria
n-Jewish refugees
living there after escaping Nazi persecution. She was a graduate of National University of Mexico and was a graduate student at the University of Miami
's Institute of Marine Science
when she met Krist.
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list arose from a conversation held in late 1949 between J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, and William Kinsey Hutchinson, International News Service Editor-in-Chief, who were discussing ways to promote capture of the...
.
Schier was added to the list in 1968
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives by year, 1968
In 1968, the United States FBI, under Director J. Edgar Hoover, continued for a nineteenth year to maintain a public list of the people it regarded as the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives....
, for participating in the kidnapping
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
-for-ransom of land heiress Barbara Jane Mackle
Barbara Jane Mackle
Barbara Jane Mackle is an American heiress who was the survivor of a notorious crime. Her book about the ordeal was the basis of two television movies.-The crime:...
in a plan concocted by her boyfriend, Gary Steven Krist. Krist was arrested two days later while Schier, who had separated from Krist after a botched initial attempt to collect the ransom, escaped and was apprehended in Norman, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Norman is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is located south of downtown Oklahoma City. It is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, Norman was to have 110,925 full-time residents, making it the third-largest city in Oklahoma and the...
79 days after the kidnapping. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Schier served four years of her sentence and was parole
Parole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
d on condition of deportation
Deportation
Deportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. Today it often refers to the expulsion of foreign nationals whereas the expulsion of nationals is called banishment, exile, or penal transportation...
to her native Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
.
While Schier was in prison, Gene Miller
Gene Miller
Gene Miller was a longtime investigative reporter at The Miami Herald who won two Pulitzer Prizes for reporting that helped save innocent men on Florida's Death Row from execution. He was also a legendary editor, mentoring generations of young reporters in how to write crisp, direct, and...
, in collaboration with Mackle, wrote about the crime in 83 Hours Till Dawn. Schier's case was one of many covered in the 2002 book Mistresses of Mayhem: the Book of Women Criminals.
Personal life
Schier was born in HondurasHonduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, the daughter of Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n-Jewish refugees
Jewish refugees
In the course of history, Jewish populations have been expelled or ostracised by various local authorities and have sought asylum from antisemitism numerous times...
living there after escaping Nazi persecution. She was a graduate of National University of Mexico and was a graduate student at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
's Institute of Marine Science
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science is a college and research institute for the study of oceanography and the atmospheric sciences within the University of Miami . It is located on a 16 acre campus on Virginia Key in Miami, Florida, USA...
when she met Krist.