The Nation - News from Sept. 29, 1985
A mountain man who shunned society was sentenced to 85 years in prison in Virginia City, Mont., for kidnaping a young woman and killing one of her would-be rescuers. Don Nichols, 54, was sentenced to 10 years for kidnaping Olympic athlete Kari Swenson, 24, as she jogged in the Montana mountains on July 15, 1984, and 75 years for the murder of Alan Goldstein, who was slain the next day when he tried to rescue Swenson. Nichols’ 20-year-old son, Dan, was tried separately last spring and convicted of kidnaping Swenson. He is serving a 20-year sentence.
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