Linda Kasabian grew up in New England, dropped out of high school and drifted around the country. That, of course, rather obviously is directed at Charles Manson. The "They had really bad backgrounds and nowhere else to turn" sympathy is appropriate in cases like Diane Lake and Ruth. very young, and not absent- but actually encouraging and contributing to the delinquency of their kids type of parents.But not Linda. document.write(''); Reality is that some members of the victim's families (Debra's daughter comes to mind) might have been totally unaffected by 8/9/69. A month before he was even on the case, the police had Charles Manson down as a suspect and things were unravelling.Not only that, they all happened to be dramatic and under the surfaces lurks alternative and more reasonable possibilitiesAll happened to be dramatic ? When family members have secretly filmed some of the goings on, it's hard to get the resultant film out of one's mind and just as hard not to apply the contents to everyone in that line of work. It was mentioned but the actual 'only two who had one' argument to explain why Kasabian was sent was made at the Watson trial. Life With The Manson Family Los Angeles Public Library The Manson compound on Spahn Ranch. Ruth's Mum wasn't in agreement with Dean and his changes. But the day after the Tate murders, she went to deliver a message to Beausolei and was turned away because she didn't have proper ID. All I am saying is that if your going to make a case for sympathy or redemption- who is a better choice? Look at what Malcolm X had said and look at what the Black Panthers are saying in 1969. But Pat's "Rise" and "Death to pigs" is arguably the Family's calling card and one of the main pointers to Charlie. How would she have heard anything Linda said, especially when you take into account that Linda's statement was issued to Susan ?Secondly, how would Pat know how much of a willing participant Linda was ? That is exactly what Leslie Van Houton was charged and CONVICTED for.One intelligent Prosecutor, One competent Defense Attorney, One Judicially savy Judge and WHO really cares what a bunch of "moon rocks" THINK - it was a "robbery. She down plays her Boston arrest by saying she was present where narcotics were present (technically correct) but wouldn't it have been fun to have a few more details for the jury: a fed/state narcotics raid involving 20k worth of LSD? ?I've stated many a time that my heart goes out to many people on all sides of this saga.But TLB blogs aren't essentially about the relatives of the victims are they ? When he meets up with or has contact with Pat, she waives extradition, even though she's told Claude Brown she's scared of Manson finding & killing her. I don't like that Martin Luther King was supposedly caught on tape cheating on his wife but even if true, it wouldn't invalidate some of the good things he did. When her second marriage, to Armenian American Robert Kasabian, began to sour, Kasabian and her baby daughter, Tanya, returned to New Hampshire to live with Linda's mother. My usage of it is very much in the biblical sense. var part1 = "matt"; "I am here because I wanted to tell the truth. So when I started my lawsuits, I went to a Salvation Army store and with the luck of the Vikings, some guy had just donated a bunch of HIS custom made Italian suits. I try not to view life in a binary way. There aren't many theories though. I meant that they claim to know the "Real motive" My apologies George. She is a good person, who became involved with the wrong people. Which has always left it an open ended mystery as to what Charlie told him. So even if Kasabian was a Hippy, when pared down to essentials, Hippiedom was hardly presented as an advert for something wholesome. // -->,