“Hopkins said the San Francisco National Archives informed him...”
Interesting. You’d think the first thing the press would do would be to either a.) ask him to show proof of that having taken place, or b.) simply confirm with the Archives that it is true. I don’t suspect, necessarily, that it’s not. Just an example of how inept/useless the press is today.
And yes, here we are again, glorifying a violent criminal (quite popular these days...). Kidnapping was most likely just one of the many charges in the case that put him away.
They wanted to offer him his old room back.