On February 4, 1974, Patty Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter
of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped
from her apartment in Berkeley, Cal, by three armed strangers.
Her fiancé, Steven Weed, was beaten and tied up along with a
neighbor who tried to help.
Witnesses reported seeing a struggling Hearst being carried
away blindfolded, and she was put in the trunk of a car.
Neighbors who came out into the street were forced to take
cover after the kidnappers fired their guns to cover their
escape.
Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was identified by the FBI
as taking part in the robbery of a San Francisco bank in this
April 1974 photo.
Patricia Campbell Hearst will be 71 years young on
February 20th.
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