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Self-described 'mountain man' granted parole in 1984 killing

(AP) — Self-described "mountain man" Don Nichols was granted parole Thursday after serving nearly 32 years in the Montana State Prison for kidnapping a world class athlete out on a training run in 1984 and killing her would-be rescuer — a story that drew widespread media coverage and was the subject of a made-for-TV movie. Nichols was sentenced to 85 years in prison for kidnapping biathlete Kari Swenson in the mountains near Big Sky and killing Alan Goldstein, a friend helping to search for Swenson when she failed to return home from her run. Swenson, who was 22, said she was chained up during her ordeal and spotted her would-be rescuers before her abductors did — yelling at them to leave because Nichols had threatened to shoot anyone who tried to help her. Board members recognized Nichols' clean record in his more than 30 years in prison and his completion of educational programs, including anger management and life skills. The case was the subject of a 1987 made-for-TV movie "The Abduction of Kari Swenson," starring Tracy Pollan, and was featured in a February episode of Investigation Discovery's TV show "Your Worst Nightmare."

 

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