The group became known as the Manson Family. Just after midnight on Aug. Polanski was out of town. Tate, eight months pregnant, was enjoying the company of several friends, including hairdresser Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and Folger's boyfriend, Wojciech Frykowski.
Every one of them was killed, as well as year-old Stephen Parent, a friend of the home's caretaker. The Manson Family showed no mercy as Tate begged them to spare the life of her unborn child. The following night, a group of Manson followers broke into the Los Feliz home of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary, killing them both.
The Manson Family was also responsible for the death of musician Gary Hinman, which occurred in July , and the death of stuntman Donald Shea in late August. Shea was a ranch hand at Spahn Ranch in Chatsworth, where the transient Manson Family had been known to crash. Although Manson himself was not a proven participant in any of the murders, he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder for his role in orchestrating the Tate and LaBianca murders.
Manson's followers were in their late teens or early 20s when they encountered him, altering the course of their lives as well as those of their victims. Charles Manson was born in to a teenage mother in Ohio who, by all accounts, never wanted him. He was prone to stealing and had spent most of his life in jail by the time he met Mary Brunner, essentially the first member of his "family," in Berkeley in He successfully recruited many people into his commune, although several of them were never directly involved in any of the murders and most would eventually move on or renounce him.
Jeff Guinn, who interviewed several of Manson's relatives about for his book, Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson , wrote that Manson was deceitful even as a child. Little Charlie was a disagreeable child. Beyond his doting grandmother, who still recognized his many faults, few who knew him then or in his ensuing teenage years found much to admire about him beyond his looks. Charlie's dimpled smile could light up rooms, and his eyes were dark and expressive.
But even at such a young age, he lied about everything and, when he got in trouble for telling fibs of breaking things or any of the other innumerable misdeeds he committed on a daily basis, Charlie always blamed somebody else. As a child, he was obsessed with being the center of attention. If he couldn't get noticed for doing something right, he was happy to do misbehave.
You couldn't relax when Charlie was around. It was only a matter of time before he got into some sort of trouble. Manson was found guilty of seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in That sentence was commuted to life in prison in , as was the case with all inmates who had been sentenced to death in the state of California at that time, after the state's Supreme Court ruled capital punishment unconstitutional.
Prior to his death on Nov. He was denied parole repeatedly over the years. Not long before Manson's death, his grandson, Jason Freeman, told the L. Times : "Old age is setting in. Nature is taking its course. There will be a day where [Manson] doesn't wake up again," Freeman said. His mother was Manson's wife, Rosalie Willis, who Manson married in , years before his cult leader days.
White killed himself in Manson was not a model prisoner, and was cited numerous times for contraband and other violations. In , one of his fellow inmates lit him on fire after Manson allegedly threatened the man. Not long before his death, Manson was engaged to a decades younger woman named Afton Burton , although the betrothal was, at one point, threatened by allegations that Burton only wanted him so that she could set up his corpse as a tourist attraction.
Burton's mother called these allegations "tabloid crap" and asserted that the engagement was still on in an interview with Rolling Stone in February of Bruce Davis grew up in the South, eventually moving to the West Coast in Prior to his involvement with the Manson Family, he worked for the Church of Scientology.
He is currently in prison at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo where he acts as a minister in the prison chapel. He has also gotten married and fathered one child.
Like many other convicted Manson Family members, Davis has been recommended for parole multiple times only to have those recommendations reversed. In early , Gov. Jerry Brown elected to block his release , saying, "As I've discussed twice before, Davis' own actions demonstrate that he had fully bought into the depraved Manson Family beliefs. He not only watched as Manson cut Mr.
Hinman's face open with a sword, but held him at gunpoint while Manson was doing so. The state parole board recommended Davis for release in June but Gov. Gavin Newsom reversed that decision. Davis was again recommended for in but Newsom also denied that request , saying Davis "currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time. Leslie Van Houten grew up in a middle-class family in Altadena. Following the divorce of her parents when she was 14, Van Houten began using drugs.
According to her testimony in her parole hearing , her mother forced her to have an abortion at 17, which deeply affected her relationship with her family. Still, she was a popular prom queen in high school, and she briefly attended classes to become a secretary. However, Van Houten favored the hippie lifestyle over school and dropped out. On Aug. She has maintained that of the 47 stab wounds found on Rosemary's body, she only inflicted ones that occurred after Rosemary's death. She was convicted of murder in and was sentenced to death but in her sentence was commuted to life in prison.
Van Houten currently resides in the California Institution for Women in Corona, where she is considered a model prisoner. She has earned a bachelor's and a master's degree while incarcerated and leads self-help groups for her fellow inmates. She has long since renounced Manson. Van Houten has been up for parole more than 20 times.
She was most recently recommended for parole on Nov. Four previous recommendations were rejected by California governors. In April , the state parole board recommended Van Houten for parole.
Sharon Tate's sister, Debra Tate, as well as L. Then Gov. Jerry Brown blocked her release , saying , "Both [Van Houten's] role in these extraordinarily brutal crimes and her inability to explain her willing participation in such horrific violence cannot be overlooked and lead me to believe she remains an unreasonable risk to society if released.
By then, Van Houten had been recommended for release again, in January , only to stay behind bars when Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a new parole recommendation in June A court declined to reverse Newsom's decision. On July 23, , the Associated Press reported a panel had once again recommended Van Houten for parole, the fourth time in four years.
In November , Newsom denied the recommendation for parole. On November 9, , a California parole panel recommended for the fifth time that Van Houten be freed from prison. Governor Newsom will probably deny the recommendation. Charles "Tex" Watson was arguably the most vicious member of the Manson Family. Manson may have orchestrated the killings, but Watson was, more often than not, the hand that carried them out.
He participated in the Cielo Drive murders, personally shooting Steven Parent and Jay Sebring, and assisted in the other slayings. He was also active in the LaBianca murders. Watson grew up in Texas, hence his nickname. In the s, he worked for Braniff Airlines as a baggage handler. This gave him access to free airline tickets, which he used to visit an old college friend in Los Angeles.
He eventually decided to move to the L. According to his parole hearing , Watson was renting a house in Malibu with a friend. He one day picked up a hitchhiker who turned out to be Beach Boys' drummer Dennis Wilson. Wilson invited Watson to his home, where he met Charles Manson and ultimately joined Manson's followers.
Watson was sentenced to death in , which was commuted to life in prison the following year. Since his incarceration, he has converted to Christianity and became an ordained minister in In , he married Kristin Joan Svege, with whom he fathered four children via conjugal visits. The state of California got rid of those visits for prisoners serving life sentences in the late s. At the time, Sharon Tate's mother, Doris Tate, was one of the biggest advocates for eliminating such visits for violent felons.
She was enraged that Watson murdered her daughter and grandchild, yet was allowed to father children of his own. Svege amicably divorced Watson in Watson apparently reads his Wikipedia page and seems to have submitted requests to have it edited. In those requests, he named Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's book Helter Skelter as his preferred source for Manson-related research. He was most recently eligible for parole in October He was denied for the seventeenth time in 47 years.
County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement. Sharon Tate's sister Debra Tate also spoke out, calling him a sociopath who is "incapable of having insight or empathy for anything. Watson is currently He was denied parole at a hearing on Oct.
Patricia Krenwinkel grew up in Los Angeles as the quiet daughter of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom. While living with her sister in Manhattan Beach in , she met Manson and became enamored with him. She joined his commune and traveled with him for several months. In , at age 21, she was a devoted follower who agreed to participate in Manson's plans for Helter Skelter.
Krenwinkel was present for the murders on Cielo Drive. In January , he was again ejected from the courtroom after punching his attorney. He has been denied parole 12 times. Guards said they found other items in the facility that indicated Manson may have been trying to escape, including nylon rope and a catalog that showed how to order hot-air balloons. Two years later, Manson was doused with a flammable liquid and set ablaze by a fellow Vacaville inmate, who told guards he attacked Manson in retaliation for threats the cult leader made against him for practicing the Hare Krishna faith.
Manson was treated for second- and third-degree burns, and his scalp, hair and beard were singed. In , he tried to smuggle a hacksaw blade into San Quentin State Prison in the sole of his shoe, days after being transferred to that facility from Vacaville.
In the decade between his and parole hearings, he accumulated 60 prison violations. Parole transcripts chronicling his prison offenses show female officers bore the brunt of his verbal abuse.
Manson has been housed at Corcoran State Prison since He has obtained illegal cellphones in the facility at least three times, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Prison officials found Manson with a second cellphone , equipped with a camera, in January Manson obtained an illegal cellphone again in , Thornton said. In , Manson and Afton Elaine Burton, a year-old Manson devotee, were granted a marriage license , but it expired before the two could marry.
She had faithfully visited him in prison for seven years. Twitter: haileybranson. Twitter: paigestjohn. March Manson is denied parole for the ninth time in a hearing broadcast live on Court TV.
Manson responds by saying, "That's cool I'm not saying I wasn't involved [in Helter Skelter]. I'm just saying that I did not break God's law Thank you. May 23, Manson is refused parole for the eleventh time. Manson, now 72, will next be up for parole in July 15, The parole board denies Susan Atkin's request, based on the fact that she has terminal brain cancer and only months to live, for a compassionate release. Atkins will now almost certainly die in prison.
September 24, Atkins dies. Her husband releases the following statement: "Susan passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and loved ones Her last whispered word was 'Amen. To Top. Charles Manson is born in Cincinnati, the illegitimate son of a sixteen-year-old girl named Kathleen Maddox. Manson's mother, a heavy drinker, is sentenced to prison for armed robbery. Manson's mother tries to send Charles to a foster home. Manson commits his first known crime, the burglary of a grocery store.
Manson escapes from the School for Boys and heads west in a stolen car, burglarizing 15 to 20 gas stations along the way. In his last act of criminal violence before the murders, Manson sodomizes a boy while holding a razor to his throat. Manson marries Rosalie Willis, a waitress from Wheeling.
In October, he is arrested for auto theft and sentenced to five years probation. Manson is sentenced to three years imprisonment at San Pedro, California for violating the terms of his probation.
Manson is divorced. Manson is arrested for forging a treasury check. In January, Manson marries again--this time, a nineteen-year-old. Manson is transferred to a federal penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington.
After fathering a second child, Charles Luther Manson, Manson is again divorced. Manson becomes obsessed by the music of the Beatles. Manson aspires to be a song writer, and devotes most of his spare time in prison to the task. Manson asks prison officials to let him remain in prison, but having completed a ten-year prison term, he is released. Manson and a number of his followers, now called "The Family," move into Spahn ranch in southern California.
The Beatles release their White Album, which proves to be a great influence Manson's thinking. Manson visits Cielo Drive the Tate residence looking for Terry Melcher, who he hoped might publish his music. A music teacher named Gary Hinman is stabbed to death. Manson tells Family members, "Now is the time for Helter Skelter.
Shortly after midnight, the brutal attack on residents at the Tate residence begins. Under a bush near his home, a ten-year-old boy finds the gun used in the Tate murders. Manson is arrested at Barker Ranch in Death Valley and charged with grand theft auto. While incarcerated in Los Angeles on other charges, Susan Atkins tells a fellow inmate, Virginia Castro Graham , that she participated in the Tate murders.
Danny DeCarlo implicates Manson in the Spahn ranch murder of Shorty Shea, and also suggests that persons at the Spahn ranch might also have been responsible for the Tate murders--but, he tells detectives, he would be afraid to testify.
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