Kasabian, who did not participate in the killings but served as a lookout, was placed in witness protection after testifying against the other defendants. Atkins and Manson were charged later on.įour of the five Manson family members received a life sentence. Months later on December 1, following an extensive investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department issued warrants for the arrest of Watson, Krenwinkel, and Kasabian. No items of importance were taken from the home and money and jewelry were on the victims' bodies when they were discovered.

Police discovered the word 'pig' written in blood on the front door of the home. Upon discovering the ghastly scene on August 9, Chapman called the police. Krenwinkle and Watson then stabbed Folger numerous times in the yard, where her bloodied body was later found when the home's housekeeper returned the following day.

More on that in a future post.Folger managed to get out of the mansion turned crime scene but was met by Krenwinkle and Watson on the home's front lawn. The PIG door may or may not be in Trent Reznor’s possession. I felt sick and, like some of the YouTube viewers, “hid in the comment section.” Of course I’d seen a few of the crime scene photos before, including the photos of the door and the refrigerator, but not all of the photos in this video. Even after hearing about the murders for all these years, I wasn’t prepared to see these all these photos. You can hear people describe how the victims died on podcasts, or read about it in books or on websites, but the photos tell their own story. These photos are real – not Photoshopped, not part of a reenactment. You hear about El Coyote, George Spahn, dune buggies in the desert, the conspiracy theories, LSD orgies, and the glamorization of these events.īut when you see the autopsy photos, the endless speculation and all the background characters fade away. Yet for all the articles, videos, and social media shares about this case, you rarely hear people mention the hard evidence and the autopsy photos. The photos are widely available now because of social media and the internet. It’ not a bunch of people talking anymore, or some fictionalized version that exists on a movie screen or in your imagination. I guess didn’t really want to see them, because that’s when the reality hits you. (It’s easier to ignore photos when they’re in a book than when they’re a click away on the internet.) I’d avoided looking at most of the Tate-LaBianca autopsy photos for decades, probably because you had to find a book, magazine, or broadcast TV show displaying them in pre-internet days.

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