2nd Official Tate-LaBianca Murders Blog

California Men’s Colony Window – Todd Heisler, Photo Montage of Davis Prison Mug Shots, Cell – kcoy.com Not surprising in the least. At least, not to me. Bruce is the epitome of a Manson killer “mystery wrapped up in a…” Manson killer “ riddle” for he never quite found the desire to ‘fess up to all the details he knew in murders in which he was implicated nor for the ones of which he was convicted. He told as much as he needed to, legally, then became as a clam whose pearl might be grabbed – shut tight -  and as silent as his victims in their graves. I’m sure his lawyers told him decades ago when he first surrendered himself to authorities at the Hall of Justice, to be just that – mum - and as invisible as air and as unremarkable as he could be once the prison cell doors clang, bang, clanged behind him, with the ever-hopeful thought that his rep would somehow slowly sever from the group horror that was, and is, The Manson Family killers. But, to no avail. The Public, from...

It’s not like we all haven’t considered this possibility – I’m sure the victims’ surviving family members have this thought haunt their very dreams at night – but when it actually comes to pass, it does give one pause, maybe no longer from fear of the past but from fear of the future, and maybe not from fear of Bruce Davis but from fear of who’s next?! “Hey Charlie, guess what, I’m gettin’ released this year!” A birdie in MsBurb’s gut was yelling the mathematical equation out at me all this last month… “321 prison years divided by eight convicted Manson Family murderers = 40+ years per killer + California’s over-flowing prison system + California’s less-than-over-flowing budget = ‘It’s My Lucky Year!’ release possibilities for all of Manson’s Charliemites!” I know, Davis is 67 (68 this October 5th), Charlie is 75, Tex is 65 and the list of ageing Mansonites goes on and on. As I outlined in my most recent four-part series on Davis, the double First Degree sentenc...