Editing Willie Wolfe (section)

==Private investigation by Willie's father==
When Willie's father learned of his son's involvement in the SLA, he hired private detective [[Lake Headley]] to provide him with more information. On May 4, 1974, Headley concluded his investigation and filed a sworn affidavit of his findings. He also held a press conference to discuss them. These included:

<blockquote>That Patricia Campbell Hearst and her parents disagreed bitterly over Patricia's political and personal relations. That a love affair between a black man and Patricia Hearst did take place prior to her relationship with her fiancé Steven Weed. That Mrs. Randolph A. Hearst subjected her daughter to extreme pressure to change her personal and political relationships.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://xdell.blogspot.com.au/2006/05/mary-alice-doesnt-lay-here-anymore.html |title = Mary Alice Doesn't Lay Here, Anymore}}</ref></blockquote>

On May 4, 1974, Headley, along with freelance writer [[Donald Freed]], held a press conference in San Francisco. They presented 400 pages of documentation of their findings, some of which included:
* A year before being kidnapped, Patty Hearst had visited black convict [[Donald DeFreeze]], who later became the [[Symbionese Liberation Army|SLA]]'s figurehead.<ref name="telegraph.co">Langley, W, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3555121/Patty-Hearst-urban-guerrilla-brought-to-heel.html "Patty Hearst - urban guerrilla brought to heel"], [[The Daily Telegraph|''The Telegraph'']], Feb 17, 2008 {{subscription required}}</ref>
* DeFreeze's extensive arrest records and generous probation periods;<ref name="nytkifner"/>
* Berkeley professor [[Colston Westbrook]], associated with student outreach at California prisons, had worked for the federal government in Vietnam. He also worked with the [[Los Angeles Police Department]]'s CCS (Criminal Conspiracy Section) and the State of California's Sacramento-based CII (Criminal Identification and Investigation) unit.;<ref>Churchill, Ward & Vander Wall, Jim, ''[[Agents of Repression]]: The FBI's secret wars against the Black Panther Party'', 2002</ref> and
* Evidence of links between the [[CIA]] and municipal police departments.<ref name="brussell">Brussell, Mae [http://www.maebrussell.com/Mae%20Brussell%20Articles/Why%20Was%20Hearst%20Kidnapped%201.html "SLA is the CIA"], excerpted from ''The Realist'', February 1974</ref><ref>Russell, Dick, "Who Ran the SLA?", ''Argosy, Ann Arbor Sun,'' January 22, 1976, http://freeingjohnsinclair.aadl.org/node/200649</ref>

On May 17, 1974, ''[[The New York Times]]'' ran an article about the suggestions that [[Donald DeFreeze|DeFreeze]] was an informant for the [[Los Angeles Police Department]], based on numerous charges against him being dropped, including some for possession of weapons and bombs.<ref name="nytkifner">{{cite news |last=Kifner |first=John |author-link=John Kifner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/17/archives/cinque-a-dropout-who-has-been-in-constant-trouble-school-dropout-on.html |title=Cinque: A Dropout Who Has Been in Constant Trouble; School Dropout On Welfare Wanted to Sell Bombs Recommendation Ignored Cooperation Indicated Charges Dropped |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 17, 1974 |access-date=June 20, 2018}}</ref> 

But the major story of the day was the LAPD shootout with DeFreeze and five others in the house where they were staying. It caught on fire, and they took shelter in a crawlspace. DeFreeze committed suicide by gunshot; the five other SLA members were overcome by smoke and flames. Wolfe was one of the members who died in this fire. 

More than 20 years later, [[Lake Headley]] co-wrote a book with freelance writer William Hoffman: ''Vegas P.I.: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Detective'' (1993). In it he presented well-documented evidence that Donald DeFreeze was a [[police informant]] and [[agent provocateur]] from the period when he was organizing the SLA.<ref name="headley">[https://www.amazon.com/Vegas-P-I-Americas-Greatest-Detective/dp/1560250577 "Vegas P.I.: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Detective], Thunder's Mouth, 1993</ref>