Gary Steven Krist

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. The Talented Dr. Krist By Steve Fennessy For Atlanta Magazine. November 2006. Retrieved April 20, 2007.

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 He practiced medicine in rural Indiana before his license was revoked in 2003 as a result of lying about disciplinary action received during his residency.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 on January 19, 2007 was sentenced to more than five years in prison.