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Revealed: Would-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley found love (and sex) with a string of mentally ill and violent women in his psychiatric facility and has been secretly working as an Amazon bookseller since his releaseThe only living person to ever shoot an American president has been enjoying a quiet and uneventful life in the six months since he was released from the psychiatric facility where he spent the past three decades. John Hinckley Jr., 61, was released from St. Elizabeths on September 10 of last year and into the care of his 91-year-old mother Joann, who the court has ordered...

Loner who shot Reagan 'ready to be released' By Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 27/08/2003) The loner who shot Ronald Reagan in 1981 is said by his doctors to have been cured of the mental illness that led to his assassination attempt. John Hinckley, 48, has been confined to secure wards in St Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington for more than 20 years after being found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity, but could soon be released without supervision. After making several visits, accompanied by psychiatric staff, to bowling alleys, bookshops, cinemas and the beach over the past...