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The Autopsy of the Manson Murder Victims
Read about the savagery committed on Sharon Tate and the others by members of the bloodthirsty cult
During a two-night shocking and savage crime spree, members of the Manson Family murdered seven people. Five were killed at Cielo Drive, an upscale home in Benedict Canyon. They included 18-year old Steven Parent (a guest of the property caretaker), 35-year old Jay Sebring (a notable men’s hairstylist), 25-year old Abigail Folger (heiress to the Folgers coffee fortune, a social worker), 32-year old Wojciech Frykowski (a Polish emigree, and Folger’s boyfriend) and Sharon Tate, 26-year old star of stage and screen, who rented the home in question with her husband, film director Roman Polanski. Ms. Tate was eight months pregnant with her first child at the time she was killed. Her baby died in utero, moments after Sharon’s heart stopped beating. While the baby (later named Paul Tate Polanski, who was was laid to rest with his mother in her grave) was not officially counted as a murder victim, no doubt he could have lived if medical assistance had been immediately provided. In today’s criminal justice system, the killers would have been charged with his death as well as the others.
The killings were committed by members of a ‘hippie cult’, a group of…
