Cult leader Charles Manson, who died Sunday at the age of 83 , was the bête noire of the 1960’s counter-culture; an enigmatic quasi-religious despot who hid murderous intentions behind his piercing gaze and long hippie hair. A petty thief and small-time pimp, Manson had spent most of his adult life in prison before landing smack dab in the middle of San Francisco’s “Summer Of Love” in 1967. Seeing the drug addled Haight-Ashbury youth as easy marks he began attracting followers, mostly young women into his cult, known as The Family.
A 22-year-old baggage handler when he first encountered the Manson Family, Watson was drawn to the music scene and the plethora of young women surrounding him. He oversaw the August 9, 1969 murders at the rental home of actress Sharon Tate, which included the pregnant actress and her friends; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his girlfriend, Folger's coffee heiress Abigail Folger, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the house’s caretaker. He was also present the following night, with Manson, for the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.
Following the murders, Watson fled to his native Texas, but was eventually captured and extradited to California, where he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. He married Kristin Joan Svege in 1979 and fathered four children with her, though they divorced in 2003. He became an ordained minister while behind bars, and runs a prison ministry with an online website . In 2016 he applied for parole, which was denied, according to the Associated Press , and remains incarcerated at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
That marks the end of our live coverage of the Sadie Hartley murder trial. For further information, take a look at the news story .
A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a "cold-blooded" murder plot she orchestrated with a friend has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years .
Sadie Hartley's partner Ian Johnston broke down halfway through speaking outside the court after her killers had been jailed for life.
In only 160 pages this is more of a novella than a novel and the plot is strangely transparent. I'm wondering if I missed something because it seemed obvious to me what happened both to "Sadie when she died" and how the case was going to be solved. No real surprises for a mystery and especially disappointing for a mystery that is featured on a 100 favourite mysteries of the 20th century list.
Sarah Williams, from Treborth Road, Chester, and Katrina Walsh, of Hare Lane, Chester, have both been jailed for life for the murder of "decent, hard-working" businesswoman Sadie Hartley, 60.
A "bunny boiler" ex has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the gruesome stun gun murder of her love rival.
Sarah Williams, 35, shot businesswoman Sadie Hartley, 60, with a 500,000 volt stun gun as her unsuspecting victim answered the door to her home.
Sadie Mitchell - a beloved "mother to everyone on her block" who always carried fresh roses to church - was still alert when she dialed her pal minutes before she died.
"She said, 'I've been shot,'" said neighbor Mary Fields . "I couldn't believe it. I said, 'What do you mean you've been shot?'"
"We opened the door and she was lying there," said John Fields , Mary's husband. He called for an ambulance while Mary Fields, 63, tried to comfort her anguished friend.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who died Sunday at the age of 83 , was the bête noire of the 1960’s counter-culture; an enigmatic quasi-religious despot who hid murderous intentions behind his piercing gaze and long hippie hair. A petty thief and small-time pimp, Manson had spent most of his adult life in prison before landing smack dab in the middle of San Francisco’s “Summer Of Love” in 1967. Seeing the drug addled Haight-Ashbury youth as easy marks he began attracting followers, mostly young women into his cult, known as The Family.
A 22-year-old baggage handler when he first encountered the Manson Family, Watson was drawn to the music scene and the plethora of young women surrounding him. He oversaw the August 9, 1969 murders at the rental home of actress Sharon Tate, which included the pregnant actress and her friends; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his girlfriend, Folger's coffee heiress Abigail Folger, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the house’s caretaker. He was also present the following night, with Manson, for the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.
Following the murders, Watson fled to his native Texas, but was eventually captured and extradited to California, where he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. He married Kristin Joan Svege in 1979 and fathered four children with her, though they divorced in 2003. He became an ordained minister while behind bars, and runs a prison ministry with an online website . In 2016 he applied for parole, which was denied, according to the Associated Press , and remains incarcerated at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
That marks the end of our live coverage of the Sadie Hartley murder trial. For further information, take a look at the news story .
A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a "cold-blooded" murder plot she orchestrated with a friend has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years .
Sadie Hartley's partner Ian Johnston broke down halfway through speaking outside the court after her killers had been jailed for life.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who died Sunday at the age of 83 , was the bête noire of the 1960’s counter-culture; an enigmatic quasi-religious despot who hid murderous intentions behind his piercing gaze and long hippie hair. A petty thief and small-time pimp, Manson had spent most of his adult life in prison before landing smack dab in the middle of San Francisco’s “Summer Of Love” in 1967. Seeing the drug addled Haight-Ashbury youth as easy marks he began attracting followers, mostly young women into his cult, known as The Family.
A 22-year-old baggage handler when he first encountered the Manson Family, Watson was drawn to the music scene and the plethora of young women surrounding him. He oversaw the August 9, 1969 murders at the rental home of actress Sharon Tate, which included the pregnant actress and her friends; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his girlfriend, Folger's coffee heiress Abigail Folger, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the house’s caretaker. He was also present the following night, with Manson, for the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.
Following the murders, Watson fled to his native Texas, but was eventually captured and extradited to California, where he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. He married Kristin Joan Svege in 1979 and fathered four children with her, though they divorced in 2003. He became an ordained minister while behind bars, and runs a prison ministry with an online website . In 2016 he applied for parole, which was denied, according to the Associated Press , and remains incarcerated at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
That marks the end of our live coverage of the Sadie Hartley murder trial. For further information, take a look at the news story .
A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a "cold-blooded" murder plot she orchestrated with a friend has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years .
Sadie Hartley's partner Ian Johnston broke down halfway through speaking outside the court after her killers had been jailed for life.
In only 160 pages this is more of a novella than a novel and the plot is strangely transparent. I'm wondering if I missed something because it seemed obvious to me what happened both to "Sadie when she died" and how the case was going to be solved. No real surprises for a mystery and especially disappointing for a mystery that is featured on a 100 favourite mysteries of the 20th century list.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who died Sunday at the age of 83 , was the bête noire of the 1960’s counter-culture; an enigmatic quasi-religious despot who hid murderous intentions behind his piercing gaze and long hippie hair. A petty thief and small-time pimp, Manson had spent most of his adult life in prison before landing smack dab in the middle of San Francisco’s “Summer Of Love” in 1967. Seeing the drug addled Haight-Ashbury youth as easy marks he began attracting followers, mostly young women into his cult, known as The Family.
A 22-year-old baggage handler when he first encountered the Manson Family, Watson was drawn to the music scene and the plethora of young women surrounding him. He oversaw the August 9, 1969 murders at the rental home of actress Sharon Tate, which included the pregnant actress and her friends; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his girlfriend, Folger's coffee heiress Abigail Folger, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the house’s caretaker. He was also present the following night, with Manson, for the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.
Following the murders, Watson fled to his native Texas, but was eventually captured and extradited to California, where he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. He married Kristin Joan Svege in 1979 and fathered four children with her, though they divorced in 2003. He became an ordained minister while behind bars, and runs a prison ministry with an online website . In 2016 he applied for parole, which was denied, according to the Associated Press , and remains incarcerated at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.
That marks the end of our live coverage of the Sadie Hartley murder trial. For further information, take a look at the news story .
A woman who stabbed a love rival to death in a "cold-blooded" murder plot she orchestrated with a friend has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years .
Sadie Hartley's partner Ian Johnston broke down halfway through speaking outside the court after her killers had been jailed for life.
In only 160 pages this is more of a novella than a novel and the plot is strangely transparent. I'm wondering if I missed something because it seemed obvious to me what happened both to "Sadie when she died" and how the case was going to be solved. No real surprises for a mystery and especially disappointing for a mystery that is featured on a 100 favourite mysteries of the 20th century list.
Sarah Williams, from Treborth Road, Chester, and Katrina Walsh, of Hare Lane, Chester, have both been jailed for life for the murder of "decent, hard-working" businesswoman Sadie Hartley, 60.
A "bunny boiler" ex has been jailed for life and ordered to serve a minimum of 30 years in jail for the gruesome stun gun murder of her love rival.
Sarah Williams, 35, shot businesswoman Sadie Hartley, 60, with a 500,000 volt stun gun as her unsuspecting victim answered the door to her home.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who died Sunday at the age of 83 , was the bête noire of the 1960’s counter-culture; an enigmatic quasi-religious despot who hid murderous intentions behind his piercing gaze and long hippie hair. A petty thief and small-time pimp, Manson had spent most of his adult life in prison before landing smack dab in the middle of San Francisco’s “Summer Of Love” in 1967. Seeing the drug addled Haight-Ashbury youth as easy marks he began attracting followers, mostly young women into his cult, known as The Family.
A 22-year-old baggage handler when he first encountered the Manson Family, Watson was drawn to the music scene and the plethora of young women surrounding him. He oversaw the August 9, 1969 murders at the rental home of actress Sharon Tate, which included the pregnant actress and her friends; celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring, screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and his girlfriend, Folger's coffee heiress Abigail Folger, as well as Steven Parent, who was visiting the house’s caretaker. He was also present the following night, with Manson, for the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.
Following the murders, Watson fled to his native Texas, but was eventually captured and extradited to California, where he was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, which was later commuted to life in prison. He married Kristin Joan Svege in 1979 and fathered four children with her, though they divorced in 2003. He became an ordained minister while behind bars, and runs a prison ministry with an online website . In 2016 he applied for parole, which was denied, according to the Associated Press , and remains incarcerated at San Diego’s Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility.