The canyons above Beverly Hills were far enough away from the noisy glitz of Hollywood to afford some privacy and space. Sharon Tate loved this place on Cielo Drive. She planned on living a peaceful life, but Charles Manson had other intentions. She was eight months pregnant,and her husband was away filming in Europe when Manson and his disciples entered her mansion.When she entered her kitchen, she picked up the telephone and confirmed that it was a telephone wire that had fallen, completely knocking out all phone service. Looking out the front door, she saw a couple of pools of blood and what appeared to be a body on the lawn.She shrieked and ran back through the house and down the driveway, passing close enough to the Rambler to see that there was yet another body inside the car.LAPD Officer Jerry DeRosa arrived first. No telling what or who may be waiting in there for them. Once the other two officers were inside, DeRosa approached the front door. On the lower half of the door, he saw scrawled in blood the word "PIG." In the hallway they found two large steamer trunks, a pair of horned rimmed glasses and pieces of a broken gun grip.Then when they reached the couch, they were in for a real shock. A young blond woman, very pregnant, was lying on the floor, smeared all over with blood, a rope around her neck that extended over a rafter in the ceiling. The other end of the rope was around the neck of a man lying nearby, also drenched in blood. Some other victims of Charles Manson were... Browse by Claim to Fame: Charles Manson Murder Victims 11 records found Folger, Abigail Anne b. August 11, 1943 d. August 9, 1969 Coffee Heiress / Manson Victim. Daughter of Peter Folger, then-chairman of the board of the Folgers coffee company. Even though she was the heiress to a multimillion dollar fortune, she was a social worker and, it is reported, was very affected by the plight of the poor people she served; so much so, that she quit because she herself was beginning to become depressed. (bio by: DONNAD1976) Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo County, California, USA Plot: Main Mausoleum, Hallway N Frykowski, Wojciech (Voyteck) b. December 22, 1936 d. August 9, 1969 Murder Victim. Childhood friend of Roman Polanski. In English, his name translates to Albert. Victim of the Manson Family Murders. (bio by: DONNAD1976) Saint Josef's Cemetery, Lodz, Poland Hinman, Gary Allen b. December 24, 1934 d. July 31, 1969 A music teacher who was murdered by members of Charles Manson's "family." As with the Tate and La Bianca residences, a message was scrawled in blood on a wall. Paw prints (symbolic of the Black Panthers) were put next to the phrase "political piggy." Official cause of death is "stab wound to chest." (bio by: DONNAD1976) Cause of death: Murdered Rosebud Cemetery, Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, USA Hughes, Ronald b. March 16, 1935 d. March 29, 1971 Attorney who represented Leslie Van Houten during the Manson murder trials. He mysteriously disappeared and was found murdered. Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: Section D GPS coordinates: 34.0583, -118.4413 (hddd.dddd) La Bianca, Leno b. August 6, 1925 d. August 10, 1969 Murder victim. President of Gateway Supermarkets in Southern California. Killed in the "Manson family" murder spree. (bio by: DONNAD1976) Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA La Bianca, Rosemary b. December 15, 1930 d. August 10, 1969 Murder Victim. Co-owned "Boutique Carriage" in Los Angeles, an exclusive women's clothing store. Killed in the Charles Manson Murder Spree. (bio by: DONNAD1976) Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Parent, Steve Earl b. February 12, 1951 d. August 9, 1969 Manson Family Murder Victim. Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA Polanski, Paul Richard b. 1969 d. August 9, 1969 Unborn son of director Roman Polanski and actress Sharon Tate. He died when his mother, actress Sharon Tate, who was pregnant with him, was murdered by members of the Manson family on August 9, 1969. Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Plot: St. Ann's Section, Lot 152, Grave 6 Sebring (Kummer), Jay (Thomas J.) b. October 10, 1933 d. August 9, 1969 Famed International Hair Stylist / Manson Family Murder Victim. One of the first hair dressers to gain fame. He started Sebring International, a hairstyling corporation which is still in business. (bio by: DONNAD1976) Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan, USA Plot: Section 24, Lot 281, Grave 12 Spahn, George b. February 11, 1889 d. September 22, 1974 Owner of 'Spahn Ranch,' refuge of the infamous Manson Family. Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Los Angeles County, California, USA Tate (Polanski), Sharon b. January 24, 1943 d. August 9, 1969 Actress / Manson Victim. Sharon Tate was the daughter of Army intelligence officer Paul and housewife Doris. At the age of 6 months, she won the Miss Tiny Tot of Dallas beauty contest. She would go on to win the title of Miss Autorama, in Richland, Washington, appeared atop a missile for a cover of the military magazine "Stars and Stripes," and would be nominated homecoming queen of her high school, Vincenza American High School in Verona, Veneto, Italy. Her stunning, natural beauty caught the eye of actor Richard Beymer who put her in touch with his agent, Hal Gefsky. She appeared in a crowd scene in "Barabbas" and began doing bit parts in Italian films. She went to Los Angeles in the early-1960's and got parts in TV commercials. She costarred in such films as "Eye of the Devil," (also billed as "13"), "Valley of the Dolls," "The Wrecking Crew," "Don't Make Waves," "The 13 Chairs" (also billed as "12+1"), "The Fearless Vampire Killers," among others. She was the girlfriend of celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring but broke up with him in favor of Polish director Roman Polanski, whom she married on January 20, 1968 in London. She was 8 1/2 months pregnant with their first child when she was murdered
