James William Kilgore: Ex-Symbionese Liberation Army Fugitive Begins Parole In Illinois

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army has arrived in Illinois to serve his parole from a California prison.

Illinois Department of Corrections spokesman Derek Schnapp says James William Kilgore checked in with his parole officer Tuesday morning. Schnapp says he can't say where Kilgore is.

Kilgore served a six-year sentence for the murder of a California woman during a 1975 bank robbery.

The SLA was known for a string of crimes in the 1970s, including bank robberies and the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst.

Kilgore, who is 61, eluded arrest longer than any other SLA fugitive.

Kilgore's wife, Teresa Barnes, is an associate professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.