Frykowski was staying at Sharon Tates residence along with coffee heiress Abigail Folger and celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring the night Manson followers Charles Watson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel broke in and slaughtered the friends. Getty. MR. ROBINSON: Tex was sitting in the front seat and you were sitting where? She and several other followers savagely murdered Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary. Though Manson ordered the killings, he didn't directly participate. One of the biggest miscarriages of justice in California history was the Dominique Dunne murder case where Katz was the presiding judge on the bench. you'll do the right thing." Part 4 focuses on Steve Grogan's release from prison. I havent really personalised it much, or allowed myself to have an emotional connection to it. The rule is simple: if someone commits a crime such as murder, they should be locked behind bars for a significant amount of time. Victoria Pedretti as Leslie "Lulu" Van Houten. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. told the police that we had a stolen car ring. . Manson was sentenced to death for the murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others in 1969. Dr. Janice Nakagawa? about messing with the girls that were there. While in prison, Grogan got married to a woman who was five years younger than himself and thanks to Californias conjugal visits policy at that time, he and his wife conceived two boys. var part3 = "GW at Mansonblog dot com"; Grogan spent a total of 17 years in jail for murder, and as a musician, part of his rehabilitation involved attending the Musicians Institute. Atty. in jail, and we were released. While there, he met Steve Clem Grogan, who was a key member of the Manson Family. Your Resource for the Tate-LaBianca (TLB) MurdersYesterday :: Today :: Tomorrow :: Where No Sense Makes Sense. He argues Tex Watson, a central member of the Family often posited as the actual ringleader, was the true villain. Jeffrey jeffKatz does also write about the Dunne trial.I recently watched Michael Douglas in the movie 'The Star Chamber'. Shorty Shea happened after the Tate and the LaBianca murders and it's a murder that people don't talk about a lot. This was downgraded to life in prison after the judge declared Grogan was too stupid and too hopped on drugs to decide anything on his own, claiming Manson alone decided who lived or died. That was it. Pedretti portrays Leslie Lulu Van Houten, a one-time homecoming princess who fell into drugs in high school and later ran away to San Francisco at the age of 17, according to The Associated Press. I kept hesitating. // -->, , ,