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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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35 ‘ t ° Chief Davis named the thtee Davis said all three suspects netectives described the per-! uspec S Suspects y esterday after murder were living at a hippie com- sons arrested at Chatsworth avid! . complaints were issued against mune on the Spahn Movie in Inyo County as “nomads liv! Id tified in oe ad County Grand|Ranch on Santa Susanna Passing a life of thievery.” They} | en | oad will be asked . to . indict|Road near Chatsworth when the specialized in stealing Volkswa-i | | jthem, thereby eliminating 4'Tate and LaBianca murders vens and converting them to} Hi . G long preliminary court hearing|\ere conmitted. . - ipple roup to bring them to trial. Chief Davis indicated that homicide indictments will be : dune buggies. Mike Armstrong, 24, foreman Ueputies said the group oper- at the ranch. said the threeated like an updated Indian By WILLIAM FARR ve - ony ac eioht} ere members of the hippie raiding party—stealing by night; Winaldixamines Stall Wrher oe as Many as eight «tamiy” ruied by Charles Man-and camping by day in Jailing of 19-vear-old Lins Surprise high pints in Davis’|®2" 34, a soul-singing musician abandoned mining shacks. ieee ieee | Surprise high points in Davis’ ith magnetic ways, patticular-; The nomadic group tried to da Louise Kasabian in Con-‘disclosures were the linking ot 5 . . ly for women. Manson is now intevads authorities by posting : , ; oO sensationé | : 4 na cord, N.IL, today gave Los the two sensational multiple Inve County Jail on charges ngtilookouts with walkie-talkies. , murder cases, and assertions : Angeles police a clean that members of a hippie-type7e tee to the murder cases. When deputies swooped down sweep in their roundup of commune, apparently killed for “Charlie, those two other girls’ WRelcopter on the Death. Val: suspects sought for the thriits. - and a bunca of the others ley commune, they said they Aug. 9 slayings of actress jain along with Miss Tate moved to the desert a few days: found almost all of the women Sharon Tate and four were Jay Sebring, 35, her for- after the Téte killings,” Arm-\wearing only bikini bottoms. friends here. . mer fiance and an international- Sttong said. _ | Others were completely nude. ly known men’s hair stylist; The group transferred its ac-}Two babies in the group were ake was the third of those Voityck Frykowski, 32. a Polish tivities at that time to the Bar-isuffering from malnutrition. named in murder complaints'novie cameraman: Abigail Fol-kér Ranch near Death Valley]! Five of the persons arrested here. = ‘kel 9 ‘ger, wealthy San Francisco so- National Monument in Iny0lin the October raid are still in Patricia Kernwinkel, 21, Was cialite; and Steven Parent, 18, County, according to Davis. the Inyo County Jail. Bavis apprehended yesterday in Mo- an &] Monte youth. Manson and some of his fol-}would not comment on whether bile, Ala.. and Charles D. W at- \vatson is being held in Texas lowers departed just in time toi ny of these persons were con- SM, 28, Was Julied Jn, stcksnney, on a warrant from Los Angeles. escape an Aug. 16 rail by Los|nected with the Tate-La-Bianca Fem, ae. Dallas. . __ Extradition proceedings will be- Angeles County deputies who|Situation. Chief of Police Ed Davis said gin immediately, Chief Davis arrested 33 persons ranging in! ‘The chief also failed to clarify: the three are also linked to the said. age from 14 to 35 on charges Ofjwhat led detectives to connect’ brutal slay ings Aug. 10 of Leno He is accused in a District At- Prostitution, contributing to the'the two cases to the suspects Eh ans RESETS nee torney’s complaint issued here delinquency of minors and drug other than similarities in the wite Rosemars, The ¥ Weve of the fatal shooting of Parent. USe. murder methods. found mutilated in their Los The two young wonien are each That raid led to another at the Those similarities include the - ‘accused of five counts of mur- Barker Ranch commune in late yicioys slashing attacks that re- Feliz home. : ~ ‘der in the Tate massacre. October. Another two dozen per- - All have been identified as}... . narige Sons’ Were rounded up on that sulted in the deaths of all but members of a weird hippie car-:_ Collins County Deputy Sheriff hoeasion P one of the seven victims. Young avan which once camped near Earl Blanks said that Watson ° a ; ___,|Parent, at the Tate estate, was Los Angeles, reputedly ranging “4S brought into McKinney by Although Chief Davis declinedishot five times with a pistol as from Santa Susana Pass on his father when the,elder Wat-to elaborate on details of the:he sat at the wheel of his car. . : son, who lives in Copeville 15 raids, it was learned that five: their murder foray. . a = 2 ri , > S wi + 37° y Los Angeles police announced miles away, learned authorities women are in jail here at Sybil “Another gruesome similarity was bloody scrawling at the two Miss Kasabian’s capture. New were looking for his son. Brand Institute for Women, all locations. The word “Pig” was Hampshire State Police Col. Jo- Miss Kernwilkel was arrested held as material witnesses Mon the front door of the Tate seph Reagan said she would be 88 she was riding in a car driv- ithe murder cases. ‘home. “Death to the pigs” was held for extradition. He said she €" by a teenage boy. The boy First lead that hippie ele-smegzred on the rerrigerator was prégiant. Was not held. ments were involved in the door at the LaBianca residemice. Police said sie pulled a large mass killings reportedly came floppy hat over her face when from a young woman who relat- she saw detectives spotted her. ed hearsay conversations tha: She was wearing blue denim detectives believe could only pants and a man’s checked shirt have come from people linked two sizes too big. to the murders.
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