Once inside, they stood over Frykowski, who had dozed off on the couch. Watson and the women, who hid in some bushes as Parent was slain, continued up to the house, where Watson cut a window screen to get into the house. ‘I'm the devil, and I'm here to do the devil's business' Parent was one of five people killed at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles by members of the Manson family > Related story: Manson family murders: Victims, their killers, where they are nowĪ police officer stands in front of the AMC Rambler in which the body of Steven Parent, 18, was found on the morning of Aug.
He then shot him four times, killing him. Watson slashed at Parent with the knife, slicing through the palm of the teen's hand and severing the band on his wristwatch.
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I won't say anything," Parent said, according to trial testimony from Kasabian. Parent had hoped to sell Garretson, a casual acquaintance he'd recently picked up hitchhiking, a clock radio.Īccording to "Helter Skelter," a book Manson family prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote about the case, Parent begged for his life. Inside was 18-year-old Steven Parent, who had stopped by to visit the home's caretaker, William Garretson, who lived in the guest house. Watson, armed with a buck knife and a pistol, halted the vehicle. Polanski was not home he was working on a film in Europe, so Folger and Frykowski, who had been housesitting for the couple, were staying with Tate until he returned.Īs Watson and the women moved toward the house, they spotted an AMC Rambler coming down the driveway. 9, 1969, when Watson and his companions, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian and Patricia Krenwinkel, climbed an embankment onto the property, which Polanski and Tate had recently rented from owner Rudi Altobelli. From left are Wojciech Frykowski, Sharon Tate, Stephen Parent, Jay Sebring and Abigail Folger. 9, 1969, at the Benedict Canyon home of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. Photos show the five victims slain by Manson family members the morning of Aug.