Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Patty Hearst: How kidnap saga became a media feeding frenzy There was talk about her dying, and she wanted to survive. The SLA's plan worked and worked well: the kidnapping stunned the country and made . A 19-year-old Patty Hearst was taken by a group of men and women who had their guns drawn from apartment #4 at 2603 Benvenue Street in Berkeley, California. she did to stay alive." . Patty Hearst (1988) - IMDb She lived with her fianc, Steven Weed, in an apartment in Berkeley. On February 4, 1974, at the age of 19, Hearst was taken hostage by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army, who aimed to garner a hefty ransom from her wealthy father. Its lonely in my house, but soon Ill hear the pitter-patter of little feet.. The pair met at San Franciscos Top of the Mark restaurant the day after Hearst was released on $1.5 million bail in 1976 for robbing a bank. It was a very big shock to know that she's still alive, I hope . Woman who went missing in 1992 found alive in Puerto Rico Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. RANDOLPH APPERSON HEARST 1915-2000 / Stroke Kills Father of Patty Hearst She said, "DeFreeze told me that the war council had decided or was thinking about killing me or me staying with them, and that I better start thinking about that as a possibility." On April 3, 1974, two months after she was abducted, Hearst announced on an audiotape that she had joined the SLA and taken the name "Tania". Today, Patty Hearst is living a normal life, two titles at the 2017 Westminster Dog Show.