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| | Biographies of Key Figures in the John Hinckley Trial |
 | | His father, John W. Hinckley, Sr., was a successful and wealthy Chairman and President of the Vanderbilt Energy Corporation while JoAnn Moore Hinckley, John’s mother, was a homemaker who doted on her children, especially John, whom she felt was more introverted than his older siblings. |
 | | John’s older sister, Diane, was popular and outgoing, a straight "A" student in high school and a graduate of SMU in Dallas. |
 | | The next day, Monday March 30th, John wrote a letter to Jodie Foster describing his plan to assassinate President Reagan, to impress her with his "historical deed," left his hotel room and took a cab to the Washington Hilton where Reagan was to speak to a labor convention at 1:45 p.m. |
| www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/hinckley/hinckleykeyfigures.htm (2924 words) |
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