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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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Sgt.-McGann was the first pole outside the Tate estate anc The detective said he talke witness wien the grand jury'Te- cut two wires, one being the tel to Miss Sankston on Nov. 2@:and sumed its hearing on. the fiveephone line... _ 28. oe ing him =! the time that August 9 slayings at the Tate sry eon. two Of She girls who went to the wate and age 10 murder oo oo Buy re Tate estate were named “Katy” of wealthy grocer Leno La Bian- 4... y); Be sj and “Linda,” according to the ca and his wife Atty. \V oe se Nee ar affidavit. . | ia ? any cenflict in the po . : f. Miss Atkins, the 2f-year-old counts of the mass murders. He McGann added: peed : rene hy ro said: “Miss Sankston tld (me) that P ; ; “ Katy is Marnie Reeves. Patricia minutes during Friday’s grand “There may really not be a . jury siision far Y migtainstontradiction on Miss Atkins’Krenwinkel’s alifS is Marnie : -par:. The seeming conflict in Reeves. The only girl named son ld not aceenpeny a ern may have resulted Linda in Manson's group is one black-garbed band of hippiesfom the transmission (of the Linda Kasabian. Ta Who raided the Tate home at®ory) to police by informants.” ‘The ‘affidavit also provides 10050 Ciclo Drive. Richard Caballero, Miss At- the first official estimate on ‘he But in McGann’s affidavit, thekins’ attorney, says that she time the murders at the Tae detective related that Miss At-told him it was Charles Watson tate occurred, placing: it be- kins had told police informantswho cut the telephone line be- t\veen 11:30 p.m. Aug. & a {hat the murders were commit-fore they climbed the fence to jp-30 a.m. Aug. 9. ted by herself, Manson, Watsom enter the rambling estate. . The document also states that Tag nrenwinkel and Mrs. KY another informant. listed DY multiple stab wounds killed the AN - nee’ ‘gt McGann in the affidavits is Les- pane: le. said one source fq lie Sankston, 19, also being held 26-year-old Miss Tate; her for- - Fp eto .Was Ronnie,; Sybil Brand Institute. She is Mer fiance and internationally na are, an inmate at Sybilexnected to be indicted for in- known hair stylist Jay Sebring. rand Institute for Women. Shevolvement in the La Biancass. poi. : is in jail on a narcotics booki ve 33; Polish movie cameraman eh i NB-murders, according tO SOUTCES yt gmckmweks 99- Other information disclosed Maen to the probe ° Voityck Frykowski, 32; and San the affidavits includes the state- See ote) ; Francisco socialite Abigail Fol- In the affidavit, Sgt. McGann TBack Kiite peu, POSSESS described her thusly: ajideny teen Fa opmleet “Miss Sankston is herself a Both Sebring and Frykowski overstuffed chair” at the Tatet°Vled and trusted member of also were shot with a .22 caliber residence, * Manson's group, who has Neen revolver, according to the affi- McGann relates in the affida-identified as one of the murder- davit, 1° vit that Mrs, Howard told himers on another multiple homi- 7 : , that Miss Atkins said she had cide allegedy committed by the eleven Earl Parent, 18, of El left a knife in the actress’ home. hippie-type group under the Monte died as the result of mul- ‘ Miss Atkins, in conflict withleadership of Manson.” tiple gunshot wounds only. He er current account, also re- McGann continued: - was Shot five times in the head portedly told Mrs. Howard that “(I) am .:. . informed that and chest by a .22 caliber pistol 4 was Manson who" séaled ‘a pic particular hippie-type as he sat at the wheel of his car group, which numbers among% the Tate estate driveway. its membership 25 to 35 hippies, confides in each other in great detail as to all acts and crimes shat they commit on_third nar- lies.” ° ~
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