3 . ▁His ▁grand father , ▁the ▁then ▁world ' s ▁rich est ▁man , ▁American ▁multi - b ill ion aire ▁oil ▁ty co on , ▁J . ▁Paul ▁Get ty , ▁refused ▁to ▁pay ▁his ▁$ 3 ▁million ▁r ans om ▁until ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁boy ' s ▁ears ▁was ▁cut ▁off ▁and ▁sent ▁to ▁a ▁newspaper . ▁Georg iy ▁G ong ad ze : ▁Prom inent ▁Ukrain ian ▁journalist ▁kid n apped ▁and ▁later ▁found ▁be head ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁His ▁disapp earance ▁has ▁triggered ▁a ▁major ▁political ▁and ▁diplom atic ▁sc andal ▁also ▁involving ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁other ▁Western ▁countries . ▁No ▁details ▁of ▁the ▁crime ▁have ▁been ▁revealed ▁yet . ▁William ▁Rand olph ▁H ear st : ▁His ▁grand d augh ter ▁Pat ty ▁H ear st ▁was ▁kid n apped ▁by ▁the ▁S LA ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 . ▁Her ▁father ▁gave ▁$ 6 ▁million ▁in ▁food ▁to ▁the ▁poor ▁of ▁the ▁Bay ▁Area ▁as ▁r ans om , ▁but ▁she ▁was ▁not ▁released . ▁She ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁her ▁capt or ' s ▁group ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁conv icted ▁on ▁bank ▁rob ber y ▁charges . ▁Fred dy ▁He ine ken ▁( 1 9 8 3 ): ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁direct ors ▁and ▁CE O ▁of ▁the ▁bre wing ▁company ▁He ine ken ▁International ▁and ▁his ▁driver ▁Ab ▁D oder er , ▁were ▁kid n apped ▁between ▁ 9 ▁and ▁ 3 0 ▁November ▁ 1