Charles "Tex" Watson

Charles "Tex" Watson

Charles Denton Watson (born December 2, 1945) is a convicted American mass murderer and former member of the Manson Family from Copeville, Texas. In 1971, he was convicted of the murders of Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Jay Sebring, which took place in the early hours of August 9, 1969, in the Tate residence in Benedict Canyon, and the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at the LaBianca residence in Los Feliz the following night.

In June 1975, Watson converted to Christianity; he co-authored an autobiography entitled Will You Die For Me? The Man Who Killed For Charles Manson in 1978.

Read more about Charles "Tex" Watson:  Early Life, 1969 Murders, Conviction, Later Years

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