![]() ![]() Manson and followers Charles “Tex” Watson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and the late Susan Atkins all were convicted and sentenced to state prisons in 1971. Manson was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Tate, the La Biancas, and four other people at the Tate residence - coffee heiress Abigail Ann Folger, photographer Wojciech Frykowski, hairdresser Jay Sebring and Steven Earl Parent, who was shot in his car on his way to visit an acquaintance who lived in a separate rented guest house on the Tate property. The Manson clan also stabbed to death grocery magnate Leno La Bianca and his wife Rosemary La Bianca the night after the Tate murders. Prosecutors said Manson and his followers were trying to incite a race war he dubbed “Helter Skelter,” taken from the Beatles song of the same name. Manson and members of his outcast “family” of followers were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate - who was eight months pregnant -and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area in August 1969. Kiken has possession for now of all of the personal effects Manson gathered in prison, according to Kiken’s attorney, Alan Davis. He said he and Green have seen the document and that it has blank spaces throughout. Johnson said Claassen also is challenging the will’s authenticity. Freeman and Kiken maintain that the 2002 Manson will is a forgery. Kiken originally was appointed to the role in August 2018, giving him authority to protect Freeman’s interests.įreeman won a significant court victory when a Kern County commissioner ruled in March 2018 that he was entitled to Manson’s remains, which were later cremated. Meanwhile, attorney Dale Kiken will remain in his previously appointed role as temporary special administrator over Manson’s estate. Although Klein had ordered Freeman to undergo DNA testing to prove his claim to be Manson’s grandson, Freeman appealed and a panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal earlier this month overturned the order. 19, 2017, at Bakersfield Mercy Hospital of heart failure triggered by colon cancer that had spread to other parts of his body.īoth Johnson and Greene said they hoped everyone claiming a relationship to Manson will be willing to submit to DNA testing. Although an Ohio judge ruled in 1986 that Freeman was the son of Manson’s son, Charles Manson Jr., Barry said Judge Clifford Klein, who previously oversaw the case, ruled earlier that the Ohio ruling was not final and that the issue was not addressed by the appellate court.Ĭharles Manson Jr. The judge told Baldwin that he will sign an order if the attorney prepares one for a transfer of the will to Los Angeles County Superior Court. However, Jason Freeman, a 45-year-old Florida man who says he is Manson’s grandson, has filed a competing petition asking to be appointed the estate’s permanent administrator. Channels maintains the will was written in 2002, was filed in Kern County in November 2017 and names him as the executor of Manson’s estate. ![]() The lawyers said Claassen’s court papers will be filed soon.Ĭhannels’ attorney, David Baldwin, said the will is currently in the possession of the Kern County Superior Court. Greene informed Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Barry that their client, Nancy Claassen of Spokane, Washington, also will challenge the purported Manson will put forth by the other estate administrator contestant, longtime Manson pen pal Michael Channels. ![]() LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for a woman who says she is the sister of the late Charles Manson told a Los Angeles judge Tuesday that their client will join two others in bidding to administer the estate of the infamous cult leader, a field which already includes a man who claims to be Manson’s grandson.Īttorneys Christopher B. ![]()
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