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Krenwinkel was portrayed by actress Christina Hart in highly acclaimed made for TV film Helter Skelter ( 1976 ), and 28 years later in the film's remake by actress Allison Smith.
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Folger, who had managed to loosen the rope that bound her wrists and free her hands, was engaged in a desperate fight for life with ( Patricia Krenwinkel ), known as " Katie " and a devout follower of Charles Manson.
Patricia Krenwinkel was born in Los Angeles, California to an insurance salesman father and a homemaker mother.
In later interviews, Krenwinkel stated that she had slept with Manson the first night they met, and that he was the first person who told her she was beautiful.
As the Manson Family grew, Katie ( as Krenwinkel was now known ) and the others went on a drug-and sex-filled 18-month tour of the American west in an old school bus.
Krenwinkel acted as a mother figure to the Family's several illegitimate children and was seen as an intense and devoted follower of Charles Manson.
Patricia Krenwinkel was a participant in the infamous murders on August 9, 1969 at 10050 Cielo Drive, home of actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski.
Watson further claims that while he was washing off the LaBianca's blood in the couple's shower, Krenwinkel repeatedly stabbed the dead Leno LaBianca and left a carving fork embedded in his abdomen and a small steak knife protruding from his neck.
When later questioned, Krenwinkel claimed that the only thing going through her mind at the time was that " Now he won't be sending any of his children off to war.
Because of Atkins ' confessions and Howard's disclosure, Krenwinkel was arrested near her aunt's home in Mobile, Alabama on December 1, 1969.
The following day, Krenwinkel was indicted for seven counts of first-degree murder and one count conspiracy to commit murder.
At the end of the nine-month trial, Krenwinkel was convicted of all counts and sentenced to death on March 29, 1971.
The death sentence imposed on Krenwinkel ( as well as Manson, Watson, Atkins, and Van Houten ) was automatically commuted to life in prison after the California Supreme Court's People v. Anderson decision invalidated all death sentences imposed in California prior to 1972.
" She was denied parole following that hearing because, according to the panel, Krenwinkel still posed an " unacceptable risk to public safety ".
Krenwinkel was also portrayed by Leslie Orr in the 2003 film The Manson Family and by Kaniehtiio Horn in Leslie, My Name Is Evil ( 2009 ).
Most recently, Atkins was denied a compassionate release in July 2008, Krenwinkel had been scheduled to have a hearing in January 2008 but the date was postponed upon request of her new lawyer, and Van Houten received a two-year denial in August 2007.
Manson entered the house with Watson and handed him the leather thongs from around his neck telling the LaBiancas that it was a robbery and no harm would come to them ; he then left the house, instructing Krenwinkel and Van Houten to go inside and join Watson.
Van Houten was tried in Los Angeles along with Manson, Krenwinkel, and Atkins for her part in the murders.
Kasabian was directed by Manson to gather a knife, a change of clothing and her driver's license, then to accompany three other members of the " family ", Charles " Tex " Watson, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel, to the residence of the film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate.
Tate's assessment of Manson, Watson, Atkins, Krenwinkel and Van Houten was that their crimes were so vicious as to warrant execution.
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One week after the murders on August 16, 1969, Krenwinkel, Manson and other Family members were rounded up by police and arrested on suspicion of auto theft.
" Seemingly unfazed by the possibility of a guilty verdict and a death sentence, Krenwinkel reportedly spent much of the trial drawing doodles of devils and other satanic figures.
In an interview conducted by Diane Sawyer in 1994, Krenwinkel stated: " I wake up every day knowing that I'm a destroyer of the most precious thing, which is life ; and I do that because that's what I deserve, is to wake up every morning and know that.
The four " family " members who had participated in the Tate murders, Charles " Tex " Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Linda Kasabian, were again summoned by Manson along with Family members Leslie Van Houten and Steve " Clem " Grogan.
Within a few minutes, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel entered the residence upon Manson's orders and were instructed to do everything Watson said, they then were told by Watson to go to the bedroom.
Watson then ordered Kasabian to remain outside the residence, and she stood by the car while Watson, Atkins, and Krenwinkel entered the house and killed Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Folger, and the eight-month pregnant Sharon Tate.
In early December 1969, Manson, Watson, Krenwinkel, Atkins, Van Houten, and Kasabian were indicted by a grand jury for the Tate-LaBianca murders.
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According to Watson's book, Will You Die for Me ?, he carved the word " WAR " on the abdomen of Leno LaBianca's corpse, although the act is sometimes attributed to Krenwinkel.
Barker Ranch now became home for the Family, including Krenwinkel.
Krenwinkel, still incarcerated, is now at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California.
The two-member parole board said after the hearing in Los Angeles that the 63-year-old Krenwinkel will be ineligible for parole again for seven years.
Leslie Van Houten remains housed in the California Institution for Women in Chino, along with Krenwinkel.
According to his killers — Charles " Tex " Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and Susan Atkins — Frykowski fought very hard for his life and for the lives of other victims.
Krenwinkel and Van Houten called Watson for help.
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Although the Charles Manson gang's murder trial lasted nine months, with testimony from numerous witnesses ( including several other former " family " members ), Kasabian's testimony, more than anything else, led to the convictions of Manson, Watson, Atkins, Krenwinkel, and Van Houten.
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The death sentences were later automatically commuted to life in prison after the California Supreme Court's People v. Anderson decision resulted in the invalidation of all death sentences imposed in California before 1972., Manson, Watson, Krenwinkel, and Van Houten remain incarcerated.
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This led to her indictment, along with the accomplices she named, Charles Manson, Charles " Tex " Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and Linda Kasabian.
On June 15, 1970, Manson, Atkins, Krenwinkel, and Van Houten were tried while Watson remained in Texas fighting extradition.
He instructed Watson, Atkins, Krenwinkel, and Kasabian to go to the house " and kill everyone there ", while he remained in their camp at Spahn's Movie Ranch.
After they returned to the Polanski residence on Cielo Drive, Charles Manson's followers Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins and Charles " Tex " Watson entered the home.
Following the death of fellow Manson gang member, Susan Atkins, Krenwinkel is now the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system.
After her parents divorced, 17 year-old Krenwinkel remained in Los Angeles with her father until she graduated from Westchester High School.
In the summer of 1968, Krenwinkel and fellow Family member, Ella Bailey, were hitchhiking around Los Angeles when Beach Boys founding member and drummer, Dennis Wilson, picked them up.
After the hippie movement wound down in 1969, Krenwinkel and the Family decided to live in isolation from the rest of society.
After fellow Family member Charles " Tex " Watson shot and killed teenager Steven Parent in his car in the estates ' driveway, Watson, Susan Atkins, and Krenwinkel entered the house, surprising all inside.
When mayhem ensued, Krenwinkel dragged coffee heiress Abigail Folger from her bedroom to the living room, fought with her, and stabbed her.
After stabbing Folger, Krenwinkel went back inside and summoned Watson, who also stabbed Folger.
During her trial, Krenwinkel said, " I stabbed her and I kept stabbing her.
Along with Manson, Watson, Atkins, Steve Grogan, Leslie Van Houten, and Linda Kasabian, Krenwinkel went to the home of Southern California grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.
After Manson and Watson tied up the couple, Manson left, giving orders to Van Houten and Krenwinkel to join Watson and kill the LaBiancas.
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