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The Hinman murder. Bobby Beausoleil left Spahn Ranch on July 25, 1969, accompanied by Brunner and Susan Atkins to visit Gary Allen Hinman in Topanga Canyon. Hinman had been friendly with the Family and had often allowed members to stay at his home.
Jun 13, 2019 · Valentine's mother is Mary Brunner, one of the very first members of what came to be known as the Manson Family. Brunner met Manson in California in 1967, shortly after his parole from Terminal Island prison.
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- Leslie Van Houten. Leslie Van Houten, one of the youngest of the family, didn't meet Charles Manson until September 1968, less than a year before the murders took place.
- Bobby Beausoleil. Handsome and magnetic, Bobby Beausoleil had been drifting through California as a musician and actor when, in 1968, he appeared in a soft-core porn called The Ramrodder with Catherine "Gypsy" Share, a Manson follower, and soon met the cult leader himself.
- Paul Watkins. Paul Watkins was a high school dropout when he met Charles Manson in the spring of 1968, and quickly became an integral part of the group – as a cute, young man, it was his job to find the teenage girls that Manson, then in his 30s, was too old to attract.
- Mary Brunner. Mary Brunner was Manson's first follower, a relatively age-appropriate Wisconsin native who had moved west for a job at the UC Berkeley library.
May 24, 2024 · Paroled in 1977, Mary Brunner cut ties with the Manson Family, changed her name, and moved to the Midwest. Now age 75, she hasn’t left much more of a trace since. Brunner was ultimately awarded custody of her son, who was raised by her parents in Eau Claire.
Jul 16, 2023 · So, today, at 75, she’s jailed at the minimum to medium security California Institution for Women in Chino, San Bernardino County — she has been denied parole 12 times, but her next hearing is on November 17, 2023.
Sep 8, 2024 · Mary Brunner was granted immunity from prosecution if she agreed to testify against Bobby Beausoleil and Susan Atkins at the Gary Hinman murder trial. However, in 1971, she was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.
Jul 14, 2023 · Brunner was charged for the murder of Gary Hinman, but later received immunity as she testified against fellow Manson followers Bobby Beausoleil and Susan Atkins.
