Publisher's Synopsis
August 9, 1969... a crime that shocked the nation and to this day continues to draw the attention of the world happened in Los Angeles. Pregnant actress Sharon Tate and her companions Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent, were brutally murdered in a home on Cielo Drive. This became known as the "Manson Murders" perpetrated by Charles "Tex" Watson and several accomplices who belonged to the Charles Manson "Family."
The following pages are not designed to excuse the heinous act of August 9, 1969. In 1979 I flew to Copeville, Texas to interview Charles Watson's parents. After finishing the interview, Elizabeth Watson handed me her typed account of the life of her son growing up. This is her story, and she asked me to do something about it. I held on to the document for roughly 40 years and am now sharing it with those who may be interested. As Elizabeth writes on the last page: "If you have never had a son to get the death sentence, you would never understand how to sympathize with one who has."
