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The Tate–LaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 9–10, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson.
Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer who was a central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. [3] On August 9, 1969, Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles.
He was released on August 11, 1969, after undergoing a polygraph examination that indicated he had not been involved in the crimes. [10]: 28–38, 42–48 The LaBianca crime scene was discovered at about 10:30 p.m. on August 10, approximately 19 hours after the murders were committed.
Members of the Manson “family” arrived at the Hollywood Hills home of Sharon Tate on Aug. 8, 1969, ... The Tate-LaBianca murders went unsolved for months until Atkins, who was in jail on ...
On the night of 8 August, 1969, Charles Manson and his followers invaded the home of film director Roman Polanski and his wife, actress Sharon Tate, in the Hollywood Hills. Polanski was away at ...
On 9 August 1969, the writing on the wall for the Sixties dream was smeared in blood. ... would murder Family associate Gary Hinman on Manson’s orders shortly before the Tate-LaBianca murders ...
In July 1969, Manson orchestrated the death of Gary Hinman. The evening after Tate's murder, Manson's "family" killed grocery store owner Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in their Los Feliz ...
A week after the Tate-LaBianca murders, Charles Manson and 25 other people were arrested by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies at the Spahn Ranch, not on suspicion of the killings, but for auto theft. A report at the time noted that "The group— 11 men and 15 women including several members of a motorcycle gang called Satan's Slaves— was ...