The State - News from Aug. 22, 1986
A 16-year-old boy flew to Des Moines from Santa Barbara four days after he was feared kidnaped from the Iowa State Fair. Jason Rodgers of Knoxville, Iowa, reportedly was persuaded by a halfway house counselor in Isla Vista to telephone his parents and tell them where he was. Iowa authorities and the FBI had launched a search for the youth. Rodgers reportedly told his parents by phone that he bought a $129 one-way airline ticket to Santa Barbara.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
