F18 | AUGUST TIME MACHINE Thursday, August 29, 2019 / Arizona Daily Star

AUG. 10, 1969: MANSON CULT MURDERSWhile the big local news on Aug. 10, 1969,

was that a police walkout had ended, the

front page also contained the news that

five people, including actress Sharon Tate,

wife of Roman Polanski, were found brutally

murdered in Beverly Hills, California.

Also killed that night were Wojciech

Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring and

Steven Parent.

The following night, supermarket executive

Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, were

killed.

Charles Manson and his followers were

arrested in October 1969. Some members

of the cultlike “family” confessed that they

wanted to shock the world. One member

was given immunity in exchange for his

testimony.

The trial lasted seven months and on Jan. 15,

1971, the jury found all the defendants guilty.

Charles Manson died at age 83 on Nov. 19,

2017.

Sources: cnn.com and Arizona Daily Star archives

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Beverly Hills home of actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski after Tate and four others were murdered Aug. 8-9, 1969.