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Charles Manson — Part 4

551 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Aug 13, 1969 · Broad topic: Cults & Extremism · Topic: Charles Manson · 551 pages OCR'd
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_ Details Recounted The young woman reportedly confided that the Tate and La Bianca killers were members of the cult which considered itself divinely guided and above the law. She recounted details of the Tate : murder scene which, in the judg- ment of police, only the killers could have known. She supplied nicknames, aliases, first names and a few entire names which the informant passed along to detectives. These led officers to the last known stronghold of the noma- dic tribe in Death Valley. Before Miss Tate was killed, the informant told police, she pleaded to be spared, saying: "Let me have my baby." She was 84 months pregnant at the time. At a press conference Moniay, Police Chief Edward M. Davis released fragmentary details about what possibly has become the most celebrated murder investigation in California history. He revealed that murder com- plaints had been issued for three of the suspects, none of them Manson, and said "It is anticipated that an addition- | al four or five persons will ha-namad in Maretfhents which will be sought from the Los Angeles County Grand “rity.” ie However, it is known that police believe only five persons—two.men and three young women—actively participated in the slaughter of Miss Tate and four others at the actress' ’ Benedict Canyon estate Aug, 9. The second man, Charles D, Wat- son, alias Charles Montgomery, 24, is being held in McKinney, Tex., on an unrelated charge. But he was ac- cused in the complaint filed here’ Monday by Dep. Dist. Atty. Vincent Bugliosi with the slaying of 18-year- old Steven Parent. The El Monte youth, who had been visiting the estate's caretaker, was shot to death in his car parked in the driveway of the secluded estate rented by Miss Tate and her director-husband Roman Polanski. He is not believed to have been acquainted with Miss .Tate or the other three victims—hairstylist Jay Sebring, Polish playboy Wojciech (Voityck) Frykowski and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. The two young women charged with five Pits ba by Bor in complaints onday by Bugliosi are Linda Kaaihien, 8 19, and Patricia Krenwinkel, 21, ‘both. Los Angeles area residents. Watson, a native of Texas, goes by the Pgs hase of "Tex," ‘and his cou ‘om Montgomery, is. sheriff fo ares County where ‘he is ‘being
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