LOS ANGELES (AP) — Newspaper heiress Patricia “Patty” Hearst was kidnapped at gunpoint 50 years ago Sunday by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a little-known armed revolutionary group.
The 19-year-old college student's infamous abduction in Berkeley, California, led to Hearst joining forces with her captors for a 1974 bank robbery that earned her a prison sentence.
Hearst, granddaughter of wealthy newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, will turn 70 on Feb. 20.
Stockholm syndrome got its name from an August 1973 failed bank robbery in Sweden’s capital.
Photos You Should See View All 45 ImagesAs a member of a wealthy and powerful family, Hearst was kidnapped to bring attention to the Symbionese Liberation Army, according to the FBI.
Persons:
Patricia “ Patty ” Hearst, Hearst, William Randolph Hearst, Patricia Hearst Shaw, Bernard Shaw, Tania ”, wasn't, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
Organizations:
ANGELES, —, Symbionese Liberation Army, Hearst, French bulldogs, Westminster Kennel Club, FBI
Locations:
Berkeley , California, Stockholm, California, San Francisco