2. The Crimes
• Charles Manson started off with
minor offensives like burglary and
car theft
• Convicted of doing 9 murders
• Was convicted of conspiracy
• Most of murders occurred all over
the US in 1969
• He had a group to do his killings
for him “Manson Family”
• There were the “tate” murders
and “LaBianca” murders
The three suspects that killed some of
the victims for Charles. (Susan Atkins,
Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van
Houten)
3. Background on Charles Manson
• He was born in Cincinnati Ohio on November 12th
1934
• He didn’t start off with a good childhood
• He was always in trouble
• His parents were never there for him
• He grew to be lonely
• Manson was highly hostile to society,
pathologically so, and wanted revenge.
(When Charles was young
and had no help or
support. )
4. Psychological Profile
• He wasn’t accused of being insane
• He was more of a lonely guy that would
choose to be by himself
• He was diagnosed of a Schizoid and
Schizotypical personalities
• He was organized
5. Forensic Evidence
• Detected chemical markers of human decomposition
and an anthropologist armed with a magnetic
resonance reader
6. Theories
• The theories that were that all
the murders were part of a
conspiracy
• The leader was Charles
Manson
• He didn’t want to do any of the
murders so he hired people to
do it for him
• He thought that African
American people and hippies
should be punished for
whatever they have done even
if its nothing
7. Legal aspects of Charles Manson
• Him and everyone that was part of the conspiracy
were sentenced to life in prison
• Some were sentenced to death but the law changed
before that could happen
• He believed he was not guilty because he was never
at any of the crime scenes
8. Other facts about Manson
Charles Manson's Side
of the Story - YouTube
9. Reflections on Manson
• They didn’t really use as much forensic evidence as
other cases
• The case was different because I haven't really heard of
a serial killer that hires people to kill someone
• He really didn’t kill for any purpose just being a racist
serial killer
