Notorious
serial killer, Charles Manson, who masterminded one of the most heinous murder
sprees in American history is finally dead at age 83. He was behind the grisly
1969 killing spree that took the life of young actress Sharon Tate and six
others.
According to
TMZ, the sister of his famous victim, Debra Tate said she received a call from
the prison telling her Manson died at 8:13 PM on Sunday night.
Manson died
at a Bakersfield hospital in California. He had been serving multiple life
sentences in Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, Calif., after being convicted
in January 1971 of conspiracy to commit the murders.
Manson was a
former cult leader who led what became known as the Manson Family, a
quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. Manson's followers
committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
In 1971 he
was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the
deaths of seven people – including the actress Sharon Tate – all of which were
carried out by members of the group at his instruction. Manson also received
first-degree murder convictions for two other deaths.
Manson was
originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life
imprisonment when California invalidated the state's death penalty statute in
1972.
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