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Facts

Also Known As Tate-LaBianca murders
Date August 8, 1969 - August 9, 1969
Location California • Los Angeles • United States

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Two coroner's office personnel wheel a covered body on a stretcher outside Sharon Tate's home, with a man standing by the entrance in the background.
Sharon Tate in a white dress with beaded straps, looking serious in a publicity still from the 1967 movie Valley of the Dolls.
Charles Manson
Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten walk together in prison uniforms, smiling and laughing, with law enforcement officers behind them.
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Portrait of American actress Sharon Tate with shoulder-length blonde hair and bangs, wearing a dark turtleneck sweater, looking toward the camera.
Sharon Tate
American actress and model
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Charles Manson
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Susan Atkins, wearing a light dress, is escorted from a courtroom by a uniformed officer and accompanied by a man in a suit.
Susan Atkins
American criminal