Before Nancy Guthrie Case, Patty Hearst Kidnapping Captured Headlines

It's unusual for celebrities' family members to be kidnapped and held for ransom. However, before Nancy Guthrie's disappearance transfixed the nation and drew true-crime sleuths to Tucson, the granddaughter of a famous newspaper publisher was abducted a state away.

The kidnapping of Patty Hearst, the heiress from a powerful newspaper family, came to a stunning conclusion, of course, when she re-emerged wielding a rifle during a bank robbery.

Although the motive for Guthrie's abduction is not clear...