Early Life
Born and raised in San Francisco, Carpenter was physically abused as a child by his alcoholic father and domineering mother. As a boy, he suffered a severe stutter and a bed-wetting problem, and he tortured animals. At 17, he was incarcerated for molesting two of his cousins.
He married in 1955, a union that produced three children.
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