Manson Family, Kingdom of Jesus Christ, Philippines, legal, Anke Richter
With an official thesis that's disputed, the Tate-LaBianca killings continue to spark debate. The mastermind of the crimes died in 2017, but another relevant and even more mysterious figure remains in prison: the musician Robert Beausoleil
"Less than five years had passed since the sentencing of Charles Manson and his criminal sect — the so-called "Manson Family" — when the official version of events was met with notable skepticism.
Truman Capote had become an authority on killers after the publication of In Cold Blood (1966), a book about the murder of a family in Kansas. He would go on to write a short story based on his 1972 interview with an imprisoned Beausoleil:
"Robert Beausoleil, who is now 31, is the real mystery figure of the Charles Manson cult. More to the point — and it's a point that has never been clearly brought forth in accounts of that tribe — he is the key to the mystery of the homicidal escapades of the so-called Manson Family, notably the Sharon Tate-La Bianca murders."
In the text — titled Then It All Came Down, published in the collection Music for Chameleons (1980) — Capote asserted that "it was out of devotion to 'Bobby' Beausoleil that Tex Watson and those cutthroat young ladies, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Hooten, sallied forth on their satanic errands."
In other words, the writer of the second-best-selling true crime novel didn't believe what was said in the first: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders (1974). In this book, the prosecutor for the case — Vince Bugliosi — laid out the story that was endorsed by the courts."
US News: Hundreds of Police Raid a Religious Compound in Search of Filipino Preacher Wanted for Child Abuse
"Hundreds of police, backed by riot squads, have raided a vast religious compound in a southern Philippine city in search of a local preacher accused of sexual abuse and human trafficking.A supporter of the group, called Kingdom of Jesus Christ, reportedly died due to a heart attack during the massive police raid that started at dawn in the group's compound in Davao city, live streamed online by a local TV network owned by the group, police said, adding that the death was not related to the police operations."
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