Sara Jane "Kahn" Moore

Sara Jane Moore is an American criminal who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975.

Moore was born in Charleston, West Virginia, the daughter of Ruth (née Moore) and Olaf Kahn.  Her paternal grandparents were German immigrants.  Moore had been a nursing school student, Women's Army Corps recruit, and accountant. Divorced five times, she had four children before she turned to revolutionary politics in 1975. Moore comes from a Christian background. She later began practicing Judaism. Moore's friends said that she had a fascination and an obsession with Patricia Hearst. After Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army her father Randolph Hearst created the organization People In Need (PIN) to feed the poor as a response to the SLA's claims that the elder Hearst was "committing 'crimes' against 'the people'".  Moore, a volunteer bookkeeper for PIN, had been serving as an FBI informant there until the moment she attempted to assassinate Ford.

Sara at the time of her arrest.

What are the odds that Sara Jane Moore and Charlie Manson would live on the same street?

She was given a life sentence for the attempted assassination and was released from prison on December 31, 2007, after serving 32 years.

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