from saint elizabeth. she got a job at the hospital so that hinkley could see her regularly. the staff at the mental hospital condoned this relationship even supported it? initially, yes, they did. they saw it as a healthy growth. the staff learned that hinckley was also in an astonishing relationship with someone else, a relationship that raised serious questions about his progress. it was the notorious serial killer and rapist, ted bundy, on death row in florida. bundy sent this letter to hinckley. dear john, i think we have something going here, john. it is always a pleasure to find someone i feel comfortable writing. the secret service discovered that hinckley started the correspondence. the two men had been writing each other for months. hinckley wrote this letter to bundy. dear ted, i read about the new
went to court to make a bid for more freedom. would a judge allow a man who stopped to presidents and tried to kill one of them back into society? he should not be allowed to just roam around on his lonesome out there. he is a potentially dangerous character and he has proven that. coming up. the eye-popping gated community where he proposed to live. he played on that tee with people like president barack obama, former president clinton, and this fellow is only 50 feet away. when dateline continues.
ten-year-old daughter erin as she slept. she then shot herself. the injuries were so severe that they had to amputate her left arm. she told walsh she never understood peoples shock over her love for hinckley. when people wonder, why would i have a relationship with him? why would have why would he have a relationship with me? in the beginning, they left secret notes in the cafeteria talked at chaperones events or talked by the window. by the following year, hinckley was in love and it was something that no one ever expected, he proposed. she accepted. walsh says that they became each other s confidants. hinckley trusted her with his darkest moments. she said, he went through this terrible period of feeling enormous shame and guilt. how is it going? you feeling well today? especially when he had seen the press secretary, the one he had shot. after three years of treatment, she was released
understatement. they were furious! i think that the outcome so far was outrageous. not everyone was up in arms. surprisingly, president reagan had found peace with hinckley. my father had forgiven him long before. within a day or so he had forgiven him. more than they are so? yes. my mother would have killed him if she could have gotten her hands on. my father had forgiven him. he just said that he knew that he had to. they celebrated the verdict in the final entry of his diary. no one can believe it. it s all over. i am not responsible for shooting the president and three others. what must jody foster be thinking right now? the verdict did not mean that hinckley was off the hook. you are going to a treatment
Recently uncovered pages from John Hinckley Jr. s diary, which he began writing after he was arrested for trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan; an.