On Aug. 9, 1969, the murder of 26-year-old actress Sharon Tate shook the nation as she was eight and a half months pregnant and was found dead at her home in Los Angeles along with four others.
Tate was the highest-profile victim on a killing spree that was conducted by the followers of cult leader Charles Manson. At the time of her death, she was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, having appeared in television roles before landing films such as The Fearless Vampire Killers, Don’t Make Waves and Valley of the Dolls. Tate married director Roman Polanski in January 1968 and became pregnant with the couple's first child.
Before the murders, Tate went to dinner with her friends Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski. Afterwards, they all returned to her house. It was just after midnight when Manson's followers, Charles D. “Tex” Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins, entered the house and killed the four, as well as Steven Parent, who was leaving the home. Specifically, Tate was killed by Atkins, who went on to testify and say she didn't remember how many times she stabbed the actress.
Corner Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi later said it was 16 times when he took the stand.
“She said, ‘Please don’t kill me,’ and I told her to shut up, and I threw her down on the couch,” Atkins testified, per PEOPLE. “She said, ‘Please let me have my baby.’ Then Tex came in, and he said, ‘Kill her,’ and I killed her. I just stabbed her, and she fell, and I stabbed her again. I don’t know how many times. I don’t know why I stabbed her.”
This crime was ultimately tied to Manson, with him and his followers ultimately being convicted of nine murders. As for Manson, he was sentenced to nine life sentences in prison and died at the age of 83 in November 2017.
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