They drove to 10050 Cielo Drive. She is currently sixty nine years old. The next night, Manson, Leslie Van Houten, and Clem Grogan joined the quartet because, according to Kasabian, Manson felt the deed the night before had been performed sloppily. Instead, she found Charles Manson. Kasabian moved to Los Angeles in 1968, and through Catherine "Gypsy" Share, she met Charles Manson on July 4, 1969. She was in thrall to the scrawny , scraggly-haired ex-con, who threw LSD orgies, was paranoid about Black people and warned of a coming race war that he called Helter Skelter. Kasabian testified that she believed he was the Messiah and learned to obey him. The Unhappy Odyssey of Linda Kasabian - Manson Blog "Tate Killings Described", The Stars And Stripes, Thursday, July 30, 1970, Catherine Share with Vincent Bugliosi, Hard Copy, 1997, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "If The World Comes Down I Wont Talk,", "Charles Manson follower ends her silence 40 years after night of slaughter", https://www.nhd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Opinions/03/03NH078.PDF, "50 years ago, Maine-born woman was driver in Manson murders", "All in the Family: What Happened to the Non-Jailed Members of Charles Manson's Cult? Space-X continues to reach for the stars. Kasabian, who went on to serve as the chief prosecution witness in the sensational 1970 trial that sent Manson and three followers to prison for life, died Jan. 21 at a hospital in Tacoma, Wash., the Washington Post reported. She jumped on the likelihood to hitch it. When Manson came out, telling his followers that the couple was tied up, he sent in three family members to kill them, driving away with Kasabian in the car. She returned for her a few months later, after the Kasabian lived in New Hampshire and later in Washington state, where she had run-ins with the law for drug possession. Linda Kasabian, Manson Family Member, Dies at 73 But do note that it is not possible to be certain of a person's genealogy without a family's cooperation (and/or DNA testing). Kasabian hitchhiked across the country, ending up at her mothers home in New Hampshire. While the slaughter unfolded, Manson returned to the car where Kasabian was waiting. During her 18 days on the witness stand, she held firm against attacks by the defense team and Manson, whose attempts at intimidation included making throat-slashing gestures at her. When she was still young, her father abandoned the family due to financial problems. Linda Kasabian She stated she solely dared to take care of and feed her daughter when Manson was not round. She additionally participated in his creepy-crawly raids, which entailed breaking into mansions in Beverly Hills and Bel-Air whereas the residents had been asleep, then rearranging and pilfering their possessions.