Patty Hearst was kidnapped.
Patty Hearst . She became nationally known for events following her 1974 kidnapping while she was a 19-year-old student living in Berkeley , California . Hearst was found 19 months after her kidnapping , by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes . Symbionese Liberation Army . The SLA became internationally notorious for the kidnapping of heiress Patty Hearst , abducting the 19-year-old from Berkeley , California .