August 9, 1969 The Charles Manson planned and built in intrusion C IELO Drive, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, with the aim of entering the house at the time inhabited by Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate, actress and wife of the director, 8 months pregnant, and some of their friends, including Jay Sebring, hairdresser of the actress, Abigail Folger, daughter of the entrepreneur coffee Folger, Wojiciech Frykowski, boyfriend Abigail.
has never been established whether Charles was waiting in the car or if he remained on the ranch where he lived the organization, those who physically carried out the orders were Charles "Tex" Watson , Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Linda Kasabian . They headed toward the house armed with knives, a revolver and a nylon cord 13 meters long. When they got there, the four cut the telephone wires to prevent them from being called the police once they enter. With the exception of Linda Kasabian, who had to cover their shoulders, the other three jumped the fence. However, they were noticed by a friend of the caretaker of the villa, Stephen Earl Parent, who was immediately killed by revolver shots Tex Watson.
going into the house the members of The Family did not have no mercy. The first to die was Sebring, a hairdresser, who begged to let him live in the pregnant Tate, but was injured with a revolver shot to the armpit, and finished with a series of stab wounds. The next victim was Frykowski, who was stabbed by Susan Atkins. Same fate for the Folger repeatedly stabbed. The latest victim was Sharon Tate, of course, she also died with the baby in her lap.
with a cloth soaked with the blood of the actress, Susan Atkins wrote on the door, which had burst, "PIG" in English or pork: pork is also the term with the U.S. is referred to in derogatory tone Police and "Piggies" is the title of a Beatles song. On the mirror Bath was written Helter Skelter : the English expression "helter skelter" indicates the great slides of helical shape of Luna Park, and was interpreted by Manson as "coming of chaos" and "End of the World" this is also the title of a song by the Beatles . There were no survivors of the massacre, except the director himself Roman Polanski, who was in fact absent from that period was engaged for work in England (he had just finished filming Rosemary's Baby ).
L ' August 8 1969, Sharon Tate just two weeks after delivery.
In his villa for lunch, had invited two friends, the actress Joanna Pettet and Barbara Lewis , trusting their own displeasure at the delay from Roman London of her husband, despite the fact he had phoned in the afternoon. The younger sister Debra also phoned to ask if she and their sister Patti could spend the night with her at his house, but Sharon did not accept, advancing as grounds for refusing the fact of being, one day, very tired.
During that night, Sharon Tate was murdered in his own villa with Steven Parent, Folger, Sebring and Frykowski by members of Charles Manson 's "Family" massacred and their bodies were discovered only a day later by Winifred Chapman, Sharon Tate's maid. Arrived at the scene, police found the body of a young man, later identified as Steven Parent , killed a revolver in his car, parked on the street, in a failed attempt to escape. The bodies of Sharon Tate and Sebrig were found inside the house, in the living room (next to Sharon's couch), joined by a long rope tied around his neck. On the lawn lay the bodies of Frykowski and Folger. All victims, except Parent, had been stabbed several times. The coroner's report on Sharon Tate, who was reported stabbed sixteen times, and that five of the wounds were fatal by itself.
The police detained for questioning the only survived the slaughter, the caretaker William Garretson. They lived in the annex building used for guests who were present nearby, though not immediately visible, on the property. The first suspect was interrogated and subjected to a polygraph examination using. Parent said that he visited him at approximately 23:30 hours and left after a few minutes. In addition, said it had no involvement with the murders and that he did not know anything useful to help the investigation. The police agreed
his version and released it.
Polanski, informed of the murder, returned from England to Los Angeles, where police, unable to find a motive for the crime, questioned him about his wife and friends. The funerals of the five victims were held on August 13 . Sharon Tate was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery to Culver City, California in , with her child, Paul Richard Polanski, in her arms.
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