Sarah Jane Olsen

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Sarah Jane Olsen has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Morbid | Podcast (Sep 2025). In the Morbid podcast episode "The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst (Part 4)," Ash discusses Sarah Jane Olsen as a key figure in the investigation. They explain how a 1999 episode of America's Most Wanted led to identifying her as Kathy Sallayia, which reopened investigative pathways and contributed to later guilty pleas.

Sara Jane Olson is an American far-left activist who was a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) in 1975. The group disbanded and she was a fugitive for decades before being arrested. In 2001, she pleaded guilty to attempted murder related to a failed bombing plot. In 2003 she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder related to the death of a customer during a botched bank robbery the SLA committed in California. Known then as Soliah, she was also accused of helping a group hide Patty Hea