The couple was killed Aug. 9, 1969, the night after followers of cult leader Charles Manson went to the home of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and killed her, hairstylist Jay Sebring, Folgers coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Folgers boyfriend, Wojciech Frykowski, and teenager Steven Parent. Windows firewall blocking downloads. This comment has been removed by the author. Sandoval-Romero was later identified as having a tattoo consistent with the one seen on the footage. Others contend that they were copycat murders intended to free Bobby Beausoleil, a family member in jail for the stabbing a few days earlier of music teacher Hinman. After all, humans lie. But none of this stopped LaBerge from writing to Watson, after she discovered that he had, like she had, found God. She reached out to Watson through his mail-order ministry, called Abounding Love Ministries. damn it all. Quite a few of my friends are/were 10 ~ 16 years younger than me and quite a few of my friends were 10 ~ 35 years older than me. And take that where you will you can only imagine what that might mean, Statman said. And the speaking up for him sprung from having initially forgiven him. (Denver DA, Getty Images, CieloDrive.com photo archive, AP Photo). Recently, Krenwinkel, Van Houten and Atkins broke their silence and condemned Manson, urging young people not to think of him as a hero. Debra Tate Disgraces the Words Victims' Advocate, Manson Blog Reveals True Identity and Fate of Ruby Pearl. In the driveway, Parent was slumped in his car, shot four times. The call to her home could have been been made an hour or so before she was declared dead.