Crime History Sept 18.

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Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst was arrested after a year on the FBI’s most wanted list.

The granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, she gained notoriety in 1974 when, following her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army, she ultimately joined her captors in furthering their cause. She was arrested in a San Francisco apartment for taking part in a bank robbery with other SLA members.

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