Would-be presidential assassin 'Squeaky' Fromme is paroled

Henry K. Lee San Francisco Chronicle 08/15/2009 03:00

In this file photo, Lynette Fromme sits in a U.S. Marshal's auto in Sacramento, Calif

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson follower who tried to shoot President Gerald Ford outside the state Capitol in Sacramento in 1975, was released Friday from a federal prison hospital in Texas, ending a 34-year stint behind bars.

Fromme, 60, was freed at 8 a.m. local time (6 a.m. PDT) from the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth, said Dr. Maria Douglas, spokeswoman for the prison hospital.

Fromme had been serving a life sentence in Texas. A federal parole board granted her parole in July 2008, but her release was delayed because she had to serve additional time for an escape from a West Virginia prison in 1987.

She completed the 15-month sentence for the breakout and was released "via good-conduct time," Douglas said.

It was not clear where Fromme was heading once she left prison.

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