Watson, under Manson’s command, then led Rosemary back to her bedroom, where he tied her up and put a pillowcase over her face. Manson brought Rosemary out from the bedroom and demanded the couple give them all of their cash, according to court documents.
Rosemary, 38, had already turned in for the night and was in her bedroom while Manson and Watson loomed over Leno. (AP Photo)Īs 44-year-old Leno dozed off in his recliner while reading a newspaper in the living room, he was greeted at gunpoint by uninvited intruders, Manson, and his follower, Charles “Tex” Watson, who walked into the home through an unlocked back door.
Some aspects of the slayings were similar to those in the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others in the city’s Bel-Air district 10 miles to the west. LaBianca, who were found slain on August 10 in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles, is seen on Aug 11, 1969. How do you protect your children from predators? Join Nancy Grace and a team of world-class experts for the online course ‘Justice Nation: Crime Stops Here’. The couple’s 16-year-old son Frank was supposed to be with them that night, but at the last minute, pleaded with his parents to allow him to stay an extra day at Lake Isabella with his friends. Their Spanish-style house sat snugly atop a long driveway off of Waverly Drive, in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, where Leno grew up. On Sunday, August 10, 1969, grocery store chain owners Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were settled in for the night after a Saturday lake trip to drop off a boat. The LaBianca deaths are sometimes referred to as “the forgotten murders,” but the crime was as callous and gruesome as the Cielo Drive killings. Within a day after the famous Cielo Drive murders, notorious cult leader Charles Manson led his minions 11 miles east to the LaBianca home, where a beloved couple lost their lives to pack of crazed cult followers.
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