5. Patty Hearst was arrested at an apartment in California
The trio returned to California, where they continued engaging in bank robberies and other crimes. During one bank robbery, Emily Harris accidentally killed a bystander. Various tip-offs led investigators to believe that Patty was now in California, and one tip-off, in particular, led them to an apartment, where both Emily and Patty were seated together at a kitchen table. They immediately arrested both of the women. Under different circumstances, Patty’s horrifying ordeal would have finally been over. However, given the crime spree that she had participated in, she was hauled off like a common criminal.
When arrested, Patty gave a clench-fisted salute, customary of SLA members, and declared that she was an urban guerrilla. Along with her comrades, she was charged with three counts of bank robbery and the use of a firearm in the attempt to commit a felony. She was unapologetic and retained her “Tania” persona. However, when she learned that her parents still loved her and were looking for her, the dam broke, and she remembered who she was. It was as if she had developed multiple personalities to cope with the immense trauma that she had undergone; now that it was finally over, “Patty” could re-emerge.
