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Krenwinkel met with_ the half-sister that night. Until then, he had known nothing of the man Miss Krenwinkel had been see- ing. "IT soon learned he wasn't the most savory character in the world," the father recalled. Two weeks later hé received a letter from her, postmarked Seattle. "I am going to find myself," she wrote. A few weeks after that, Krenwinkel got a phone call from his former wife. Patricia had called and wanted $100. The mother gave Krenwinkel their daughter's address in Sa- cramento. Through the address the father obtained a phone number. When he finally talked with his daughter he told her he would sen: a ticket to get back to Alabama. "She said no, she want the money," he recal "T said_I wouldn't send send any.” Daughter Jailed ~“TWiat October day in 1967 _ was the last time Kren- winkel spoke with his daughter until about six weeks ago. This time it was a face to face chat—in the jail in Lancaster. "The sheriff called me and said they were hold- ing her on suspicion of murder," the father said. "I left for Lancaster right away." Krenwinkel apparently was not briefed very thor- oughly on the nature of the crime for which his daughter was being ques- tioned. Indications are it had something to do with the stabbing death of a man who had befriended some hippies. At any rate, sheriff's deputies chose not to keep their prisoner in custody. They released her to her father. SDurtig our drive back __to _Inglewood, I was con- cerned," he said. "Her reaction was so unemo- tional. I don't think we spoke 20 words by the time we had hit the San Diego Freeway." They stopped to eat and the young woman started talking a little more. Noth- ing significant, the father said, but just enough of a gesture so that it appeared to him that all was well again. The two of them went home. In the days that followed, she spent part of the time in the house, some of the time visiting friends. 'No Preaching’ The father refrained from asking questions. ‘m not the kind to use the third-degree," he said. "I didn't want to preach ‘you did wrong.' I didn't think I could win her back that way." A weék passed. The fa- ther got a phong eal at Kis office. "I'd like to go home and see mother," his daughter said. He bought her a plane ticket and she left for Alabama. Whefi. the phone rang Monday, it was Krenwin- bh ormer wife. She said bay leven that had come their daughter pF ae counts of m