Hinckley’s Parents’ Health Threatens Visits
The parents of presidential assailant John Hinckley are having health problems, calling into question their ability to supervise their son on his visits home, the government says.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman loosened the restrictions on Hinckley, 51, in December, allowing the man who shot President Reagan to leave a mental hospital in Washington, D.C., to spend seven overnight visits, each of several days’ duration, with his parents in Williamsburg, Va.
The government wants to block any more until a full evidentiary hearing can be held.
“The physical condition of Mr. Hinckley’s parents has deteriorated considerably,” the government said in court papers filed last month.
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