Garrett Brock Trapnell | |
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| Born | January 31, 1938 Brockton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 1993 (aged 55) |
| Criminal charge | Hijacking of an aircraft, kidnapping and armed robbery, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and escape from custody |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment for hijacking, concurrent five years to life for armed robbery, consecutive 15 years for kidnapping conspiracy |
Garrett Brock Trapnell (January 31, 1938 – September 7, 1993) was a con man, bank robber, and aircraft hijacker of the 1960s and early 1970s. Trapnell robbed a string of banks in Canada,[1] frequently posed as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency, masterminded a $100,000 jewelry store heist in Freeport, Bahamas,[2] and simultaneously maintained marriages with at least six women.[3] When arrested for his crimes, he frequently feigned madness and successfully used the insanity defense to be committed to mental institutions, from which he would later escape or be released on the grounds that he was no longer dangerous. While serving life imprisonment for the hijacking of a passenger airliner in 1972, he was the subject of a book, The Fox Is Crazy Too, written by journalist Eliot Asinof.
A lifelong smoker, he died at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri after developing emphysema.[4][5]