August 1969
On August 9, 1969, the LaBiancas, along with Rosemary's daughter, Suzan, drove to Lake Isabella to pick up Rosemary's 15-year-old son Frank, who was spending a week vacationing with a friend. Earlier in the week, Leno had driven up to the lake and dropped off his boat for the boys to use. Frank was having such a good time that the LaBiancas decided to let him stay another day and return to Los Angeles with his friend's family. At around 9 p.m., Leno, Rosemary and Suzan left Lake Isabella and headed back to Los Angeles.
On August 10, 1969, around 1 a.m., the LaBiancas arrived in Los Angeles. After dropping off Suzan at her Los Feliz apartment, they stopped at a newsstand on the corner of Hillhurst and Franklin streets. Leno, a regular customer, was recognized by the newsstand owner, John Fokianos, who readied a copy of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, Sunday edition, and a racing form. Fokianos and Leno briefly discussed the Tate murders, which had occurred the previous night. Sharon Tate, an actress and pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski, had been murdered along with four others in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 9, 1969 at her home on 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon. Talk of the recent murders disturbed Rosemary. Fokianos was the last person, aside from the killers, to see the LaBiancas alive. After arriving home, Rosemary retired to her bedroom, while Leno fell asleep in the living room while reading the sports page.
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