![]() She was convicted of the 1969 murder of Gary Hinman, who was beaten to death, as well as the later murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others.Ītkins died in prison in 2009, and at the time of her death was the longest-serving female inmate in the state of California. She was sentenced to 20 years to life but was paroled in 1977 and has managed to keep a low profile with a new name.Ītkins met Manson in 1967 and gave birth to a son on the ranch which the cult leader named Zezozose Zadfrack Glutz. The college graduate was the first follower of Charles Manson's cult and was present during the 1969 murder of musician Gary Allen Hinman.Ī year earlier she had given birth to Manson's third son - Valentine Michael Manson - after she and the boy's father had become lovers. Mary Brunner - Convict - Released with new identity It is claimed she gave birth to Manson's son in prison, but when she walked out a free woman in 1975 having served five years, she turned her back on the cult and became a devout Christian. Share became a recruiter for the Family, bringing in Van Houten, and was although she wasn't convicted of the murders, she was sent to prison for witness tampering and hijacking. She found solace at Manson's ranch where she met Bobby Beausoleil on the shoot of a soft-porn movie. Share was a World War Two survivor who was sent to the US after her parents committed suicide in an act of defiance against the Nazis. Watkins died of Leukemia in 1990 at the age of 40.Ĭatherine Share - Convict - Born-again Christian He testified against Manson, revealing his 'Helter Skelter' prophecy, and went on to lecture on the effects of drugs and cults. Watkins became entranced by Charles Manson and became close to him during his time sporadically living at the ranch.Īfter the leader's shift towards violence, Watkins left the Family and hid out while they carried out the murders. He has spent 45 years in prison and has been denied supervised release 18 times. If parole officials recommend his release, the decision will be reviewed by the entire parole board and California Governor Jerry Brown could also block his parole. He was transferred in 1994 to the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem at his request, after he married a woman from Oregon while in prison and fathered four children. He was originally was sentenced to death for the 1969 slaying of musician Gary Hinman, but it was commuted to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972. In April last year, having had 19 of her previous parole hearings thrown out, a panel recommended her for release.īut Governor Jerry Brown overturned the decision and the 67-year-old remains in prison.īeausoleil was an aspiring musician and actor before he joined the Manson family. Shortly after she was found guilty and sentenced to death in 1971, California banned executions, so her tariff was changed to life. She walked into the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and stabbed the latter 16 times. Van Houten quickly became infatuated with the monster, and she committed murder less than a year later. She met Charles Manson and the Family in 1968 as a 19-year-old and moved onto his ranch. Supreme Court ruling temporarily banned the death penalty in 1972.Īnother defendant, Charles 'Tex' Watson, was convicted later. ![]() ![]() Manson and three female followers, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkle and Leslie Van Houten, were convicted of murder and sentenced to death for killings at two gruesome scenes in the summer of 1969.Īll were spared execution when a U.S. He was convicted of leading a cult in which disaffected young people living in a commune followed his orders and were ultimately turned into killers. Manson has been behind bars for more than four decades after being put away for the series of murders in 1969. While the prison has medical facilities to treat inmates requiring urgent or emergency care, they are generally sent to outside hospitals if they need surgical services, emergency care, or diagnostic services of an acute nature. ![]() 'Charles Manson is alive right now,' a spokeswoman said. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would not confirm if Manson had been hospitalized or specifics on his medical condition due to inmate security. Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson was transported from California's Corcoran State Prison to a nearby hospital on Tuesday to be treated for an undisclosed illness ![]()
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