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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.
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.
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.
— Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, 74, a Manson “family” member who was not implicated in the Tate-LaBianca murders, was sentenced to prison for pointing a handgun at President Gerald Ford in 1975.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Shea was murdered on August 26, 1969, [11] more than two weeks after the Tate–LaBianca murders. One account states that Susan Atkins of the Family lured Shea to a remote spot on the ranch; there he was ambushed and killed by Bruce M. Davis and Steve "Clem" Grogan. [12] [13]