Patty Hearst was a normal 19-year-old girl, living in an apartment with her boyfriend and attending college in Berkeley, California, until one day her life and that of everyone around her was changed forever. On the evening of February 4, 1974, members of the radical left-wing group called the Symbionese Liberation Army broke into Hearst's home armed with guns and beat her boyfriend before kidnapping Hearst and taking her to their home where she was kept blindfolded. in a closet for 59 days. While locked in the closet, Patty Hearst was subjected to verbal and sexual abuse and was even denied the use of the toilet or toothbrush unless she told them she agreed with the group's ideas and beliefs. It is believed that while locked in the closet in this way, Patty was brainwashed by the SLA and may have even developed Stockholm syndrome, a condition in which an abducted person begins to empathize with their kidnapper and even begins to defend himself. They. This is how the Symbionese Liberation Army convinced Patty Hearst to join their group. They released an audio cassette to the public in which Patty Hearst said that she was going to change her name to Tania and that she had decided to join the SLA. He then helped the ELS rob a bank and steal an ammunition belt from a sporting goods store. Subsequently, she began traveling the country with two SLA members named John and Emily Harris, to try to avoid being caught by the police. During this period the police found a house where some SLA members were hiding. Attempts to make the SLA members surrender ended in a massive firefight, which ultimately ended in the deaths of 6 SLA members. The FBI eventually found and arrested Patty Hearst on September 18, 1975. T...... middle of paper ......ping.html>.“Geurrilla.” PBS. PBS Online, February 16, 2005. Web. January 18, 2014. .Linder, Douglas O. “The Patty Hearst Trial (1976).” Famous trials. UMKC School of Law, 2006. Web. January 13, 2014. "Patty Hearst Biography." Biography. A+E and Web Television Networks. January 18, 2014. "Patty Hearst: Kidnapped Heiress Becomes Radical Bank Robber." Crimes of the Century: 28. Print. "The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst". The FBI. United States Government and Web. January 13, 2014. Video of the bank robbery (link). Famous trials. UMKC School of Law, 2006. Web. Jan. 18. 2014. .