![]() But, unlike others who knew Manson, he released no photographs or recordings. He was accompanied by a man he called his “spiritual adviser,” and Freeman says if there is any money, he would donate it.įreeman says in Manson’s final years the two had a relationship. If he’s the one who gets Manson’s body, Freeman says he would have his grandfather cremated and spread the ashes in a small family ceremony.įreeman lives in Florida, but traveled to California for several court dates. ![]() Freeman is now working on a documentary about his father. In 1993, White pulled off a highway in Colorado and shot himself in the head. Freeman says his father was haunted by his background, and that it led him to substance abuse problems. The couple had a son, Charles Manson Jr., and divorced two years after he was born.įreeman says he was 11 years old when he first learned of his infamous lineage, and that his grandmother never talked to him about his grandfather.īy that time, his father had long ago left and changed his name to Charles Jay White. ![]() He filed birth certificates and death certificates to prove they’re related.Īccording to the petition, Charles Manson was married to Freeman’s grandmother, Rosalie Willis, in 1955. Jason Freeman, who says he is Manson’s grandson, was the first to file in Los Angeles Probate Court to claim Manson’s body and estate. A key piece of evidence, the wallet was finally discovered four months after the August 10 killings.Jason Freeman speaks to reporters outside court in Los Angeles on January 26. Kasabian, now fearful after two nights of murder, instead hid LaBianca's wallet inside a toilet tank rather than leaving it where it could be easily found. Inexplicably, Manson changed his mind at the last minute and instead drove to a nearby gas station, where he instructed Kasabian to leave the wallet in the women's restroom. With the blame deflected from the Family and placed on the Black political organization, Manson believed that the country would edge nearer to "Helter Skelter," an apocalyptic race war from which Manson and his followers would emerge as victors. Explaining that a person of color would find the wallet and use the credit cards, Manson hoped that the press and the authorities would blame the murders on the Black Panthers. Manson, again taking the wheel of the '59 Ford Galaxie, explained that he was going to drive to a predominantly Black neighborhood, where Kasabian was to toss the wallet on the sidewalk. She then proceeded to stab the dying woman in the lower back an estimated 16 times. Reminding a hesitant Van Houten that Manson demanded all present to " get hands dirty," Watson handed her his blade. Krenwinkel then descended on the dying woman with a kitchen knife. Coming to Van Houten and Krenwinkel's aid, Watson entered the bedroom and stabbed the woman several times, effectively ending LaBianca's fight. ![]() Panicked by her husband's screams, Rosemary LaBianca valiantly struggled with her attackers. Echoing Cielo Drive victim Abigail Folger's dying words to Patricia Krenwinkel the previous night, Leno LaBianca begged Watson to stop stabbing him, pleading, "Don't stab me anymore. In a murderous rage, Watson brought the blade down on LaBianca a total of 12 times. With Krenwinkel and Van Houten holding Rosemary LaBianca at bay in the bedroom, Watson ripped open Leno LaBianca's pajama shirt and plunged his chrome-plated bayonet into the screaming man's throat. As recounted in Will You Die For Me?, Watson covered the LaBiancas' faces with pillowcases and gagged them with lamp cords. ![]()
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