Jodie Foster Stalker Spotted For The First Time Since Mental Institution Release
Aug. 16 2016, Published 11:30 a.m. ET
John Hinckley Jr., now 61, chowed down on a Subway sandwich in Williamsburg, VA after he was released from St. Elizabeth's psychiatric hospital on August 5.
EXCLUSIVE: **NO NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS NO WEB UNTIL 4pm EST Monday August 15, 2016** John Hinckley seen grabbing Subway in Williamsburg, VA for the first time since his permanent release
As most RadarOnline.com readers know, Hinckley nearly changed history back in 1981, when he shot Ronald Reagan in the arm outside of a Washington D.C. hotel.
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Miraculously, one bullet missed Reagan's heart by a mere inch.
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Hinckley plagued Jodie Foster after seeing her 1976 movie, Taxi Driver.
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The crazed stalker even moved to New Haven, Connecticut while the actress was attending Yale, and enrolled in writing classes to be near her. Soon after, he began leaving notes under her dorm room door.
EXCLUSIVE: **NO NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS NO WEB UNTIL 4pm EST Monday August 15, 2016** John Hinckley seen grabbing Subway in Williamsburg, VA for the first time since his permanent release
When Foster didn't reciprocate his romantic gestures, Hinckley decided to kill president Jimmy Carter as a final act to impress Foster. Before he could attack, however, he was arrested on firearm charges in Nashville.
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"Over the past seven months I've left you dozens of poems, letters and love messages in the faint hope that you could develop an interest in me," he wrote to Foster before embarking on his violent journey. "Although we talked on the phone a couple of times I never had the nerve to simply approach you and introduce myself. . .The reason I'm going ahead with this attempt now is because I cannot wait any longer to impress you. — John Hinckley Jr."
EXCLUSIVE: **NO NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS NO WEB UNTIL 4pm EST Monday August 15, 2016** John Hinckley seen grabbing Subway in Williamsburg, VA for the first time since his permanent release
A much older-looking Hinckley seemed even keeled as he stepped into a car with his 90-year-old mother.
EXCLUSIVE: **NO NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS NO WEB UNTIL 4pm EST Monday August 15, 2016** John Hinckley seen grabbing Subway in Williamsburg, VA for the first time since his permanent release
Donning a baseball cap and t-shirt, you may never recognize him today.