![]() ![]() Seven deputies escort Charles Manson from the courtroom after he and three followers were found guilty of seven murders in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. Instead, Manson and several members of his cult were caught and convicted of first-degree murder - but only after what was one of the longest and most expensive trials in American history. The murders - and the messages left behind - were intended to incite an apocalyptic race war, after which he and his followers would rise up to lead the surviving world. His followers, a cult known as The Family, beat, shot and stabbed their victims to death, scrawling cryptic messages in blood on the walls. The attacks left seven people dead - including actress Sharon Tate, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant. This violent legacy can be traced principally to two late-summer nights in Los Angeles in 1969, when Manson orchestrated a series of gruesome murders. It was the second time this year the mass murderer had been hospitalized.įor nearly five decades, Manson has occupied a unique position in the American cultural imagination - a figure of dystopian fascination and horrifying malice. Manson had been removed from prison in Corcoran, Calif., where he had been serving nine life sentences, and placed in a nearby hospital for a serious illness. It was a gift to us.”ĬORRECTION: An earlier version of this article misattributed a quote by Jason Freeman to his wife.Charles Manson (center), seen during a parole hearing in California in 1986.Ĭharles Manson, the cult leader who drew lasting infamy for directing mass killings in 1969, has died at the age of 83. Freeman, Brunner, Channels and Matthew Robert Lentz, who also claims to be Manson’s son, all head to probate court in Los Angeles again on Friday.įreeman, who was accompanied by his wife, Audrey, says, “It was great for everybody to come together for the first time. While the fight over Manson’s remains is over, the court battle for his estate – including personal items as well as music rights – is still being fought in court. Judge decides grandson will get Charles Manson's bodyįreeman is a devout Christian, and had a local pastor from Porterville lead the service.Īlso at the service was a documentary camera crew working with Freeman on a film about his father – Charles Manson Jr., who committed suicide when Jason was a boy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Hulton Archive/Getty Images Information about the Tate-LaBianca murders is detailed below the photo. Wells said it was kept refrigerated, and that “after four months it would have the standard decomposition.”ġ969: Police mug shot of American cult leader and murderer Charles Manson. However, Freeman told CNN that the funeral home told him they “had a mess on our hands,” and that there was “gross neglect to the corpse.” Freeman said it was clear to him that his grandfather had not been properly stored.īut Stephen Wells, a spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff’s department, said that Manson’s body “wasn’t treated any differently than any other body” being stored by the coroner’s office. Neither showed up.ĭuring the court fight, both Freeman and a probate attorney talked about Manson’s body being kept “on ice” by the Kern County Coroner. ![]() She was 53 years younger than Manson.įreeman battled two other men with Manson connections for the right to dispose of the remains – Michael Brunner, who claimed to be Manson’s son and Michael Channels, a long time Manson friend and memorabilia collector. His remains were cremated after the service.Īlso attending was Afton Burton, who was briefly Manson’s fiancée in 2014. Manson’s body was dressed in an orange ATWA T-shirt for the funeral. ![]() But she remained a follower and extolled Manson’s environmental directive known as Air, Trees, Water, Animals (ATWA). Among them was Sandra Good, a member of the original “Manson Family.” Good was not part of the grisly two day killing spree that terrorized the nation in 1968. ![]()
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