She hopped out of the car and headed back towards the house. As she planned to drive far away, she worried about the fate of her small daughter, who was at the Spahn Ranch, with Charles Manson and the rest of the Family. Watson finally killed him, with a flurry of further stabs.Īs the killers went back inside, Kasabian ran down the hill to where the car was parked and started the engine. Frykowski, still alive, was crawling across the lawn. Watson stepped in and finished the job, stabbing her 28 times. Krenwinkel gave chase and the pair ended up on the front lawn, where Krenwinkel tackled her to the ground, stabbing her several times. She stood planted to the front lawn, watching with horror as the murders unfolded.įolger had escaped from the bedroom window and ran out towards the pool area. Kasabian, horrified by what was occurring, falsely told Atkins that someone was coming. Watson gave chase and knocked him out with the butt of his revolver, stabbing him numerous times, and shooting his body twice. Reaching the house, Watson crawled through a window and let two of the women in through the front door, while Kasabian kept watch down by the front gates. Watson stepped in front of the car and aimed a revolver at the driver, 18-year-old Steven Parent, who was visiting a friend living in the guesthouse at the rear of the property.Īs Parent begged for his life, Watson shot him four times, leaving his body slumped dead in the vehicle. While they entered the grounds, headlights flashed from an approaching vehicle. Watson had already cut the phone line to the house. She was hosting a small dinner party with guests Jay Sebring, a Hollywood hairstylist who once dated Tate, Polanski's friend Wojciech Frykowski, and his partner, Abigail Folger, who was the incredibly wealthy heiress to the Folger coffee fortune.Īs the guests dined inside the house, Watson and the girls were scaling an embankment to the right of the gates, having parked the car further down the driveway.
Late in the night of August 8, 1969, Charles Manson's right-hand man Tex Watson and three of his "Family" - Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian - headed towards 10050 Cielo Drive, the house that Tate had occupied since February.
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