Ex-Fugitive Soliah Seeks Name Change
Former fugitive Kathleen Ann Soliah is seeking to have her name legally changed to Sara Jane Olson, the name she used to elude police for nearly a quarter century.
Soliah adopted the alias after settling in Minnesota, where she became a doctor’s wife and the mother of three girls.
Prosecutors in Los Angeles said a name change would not affect proceedings against Soliah, who faces charges that she planted bombs under police cars during the 1970s as a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Soliah pleaded not guilty to all charges and remains free on bail while awaiting trial. She filed a name change application Thursday in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul.
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