Krenwinkel, Patricia (1947–)

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Krenwinkel, Patricia (1947–)

American murderer (accused). Born Patricia Diane Krenwinkel, Dec 3, 1947, in Los Angeles, CA.

Met Charles Manson in San Francisco and moved to Manson commune in Los Angeles; with other Manson gang members, committed murders of Gary Hinman, Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca; arrested with others of the Manson family for auto theft (1969), charged with murders, and sentenced to death (1971); sentence commuted to life.

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