Former Fugitive Takes Name Used in Hiding
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — A former Symbionese Liberation Army fugitive awaiting trial on murder conspiracy charges legally changed her name Monday to the one she lived under for more than 20 years before her arrest by the FBI in June.
A court official allowed 52-year-old Kathleen Soliah to change her name to Sara Jane Olson. That was the name she took when she settled in Minnesota after fleeing California authorities. She is married to a doctor and they have several children.
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