#steven parent

Remember:

Remembering……

Sharon Tate and Paul Richard Polanski

Jay Sebring

Abigail Folger

Wojciech Frykowski

Steven Parent

Leno and Rosemary LaBianca

Gary Hinman

52 YEARS AGO — these beautiful people were taken from the world:

SHARON TATE, 26 — At the time of her death, Sharon had fully established herself in the Hollywood sphere and her career was one of the most highly anticipated as the 60s were reaching their close. It is believed that she was feeding more than 20 stray kittens in the weeks leading up to her death. She was also around 2 weeks away from giving birth when she was murdered, and had been getting ready to welcome her baby boy by painting the nursery and buying clothes and toys.

JAY SEBRING, 35 — A former navy veteran, Jay had made his name within celebrity circles as a pioneer of men’s hair styling, with notable clients including Warren Beatty and Frank Sinatra, who had described him as being a kind and thoughtful man with sophisticated taste. His innovative techniques had helped him establish an international brand with a legacy that would continue for at least 40 years after his death.

WOJCIECH FRYKOWSKI, 32 — Described as good-natured and utterly loyal, Wojciech had big dreams of making it in Hollywood as a writer, and was being mentored by his friend, Roman Polanski, whom he had known from school. He was an excellent swimmer and was also fluent in French, the language he used to communicate with his girlfriend, Abigail. Wojciech’s son, Bartłomiej, was just 10 years old when his father was killed.

ABIGAIL FOLGER, 25 — Known as “Gibbie” to her friends, Abigail was just 2 days away from her 26th birthday when she was murdered. Abigail was a keen artist, as well as a very talented pianist. She had attended university, receiving honours in Art History. Despite being wealthy, Abigail dedicated a lot of her time volunteering and working alongside charities in California, as well as being very involved in the civil rights campaigns.

STEVEN PARENT, 18 — No relation to the people living at 10050 Cielo Drive, Steven was on the premises to visit the caretaker to try and sell him a clock radio. He was fascinated with electronics, with his ability being described as ‘near-genius’ level. He was also a big fan of folk music. He had just graduated from high school that summer, and was planning on attending Citrus Junior College that September.

PAUL RICHARD POLANSKI, in utero — Sharon’s unborn child, whose arrival was well anticipated by both his parents. The house was being decorated ready for his arrival, as Sharon planned to make 10050 Cielo Drive their long term residence. Paul was later buried in his mother’s arms.

These were real people, just like you and I, with hopes, dreams and aspirations. They had favourite foods, songs that made them cry, books they’d recommended to everyone, inside jokes that had put them on the floor laughing every time. They had parents, siblings, partners, and friends who still feel their losses deeply today. And they lost them in the most terrible way. The most heartless way. In a way they least deserved.

We cannot go back, though I know so many of you wish you could. But we can still help them now. Debra Tate’s petitions strive to keep the monsters behind these crimes behind bars for the rest of their lives. You can find them at:

December 5th, 1969: Wilfred and Juanita Parent, alongside their daughter, Janet, attend a grand jury hearing for the Manson Family murder trials. Their son, Steven, was the youngest of the five victims killed during the early morning of August 9th, 1969. He was eighteen-years-old.

Steven Earl was born on February 12th, 1951 in Los Angeles, California to Wilfred and Juanita Parent. He was the oldest of their four children, three boys and one girl in total, and together, they enjoyed their happy, peaceful lives in sunny California. Family and friends considered Steven to be an intelligent and all around pleasant teenage boy. He enjoyed school dances, visiting the beach, and hanging out with his friends. For fun, they gathered in the Parent family’s garage where they pretended to be radio hosts of their own show, discussing the latest pop hits. Being a major tech enthusiast, Steven loved little more than learning about the latest technology and tinkering away at any gadget he could get his hands on. He planned to attend college in the fall of 1969. To save money for his education, Steven took on two jobs. The Jonas Miller Stereo Store, located in Beverly Hills, hired him as a part-times salesman. It was the perfect opportunity for a kid who loved electronics, and Steven used it to better educate himself on new, technologically based subjects.

August 8th, 1969 was a busy day for the energetic young man. After finishing a shift at his plumbing job, Steven hurried home to change into a fresh of clothes before heading to the stereo shop. He only stopped briefly to talk to his mom, and as he headed out the door, they waved goodbye together for the last time. He never stepped foot in that house again.

The brutal slayings on Cielo Drive left Steven’s family heartbroken and in fear for their own lives. Janet, aged fifteen at the time of her brother’s death, remembers how she and her kid brothers would all cluster into their parents’ bed at night to sleep. This went on for three months until, gradually, they began to feel safe enough to return to their own beds.

Janet attended Susan Atkin’s 2000 parole hearing with Sharon Tate’s sister, Debra. During the hearing, Janet spoke to the board and told them how Steven’s murder shook her family to its core, leaving them with a somber shadow in place of their beloved brother and son.

Today, a lot of people are going to rhapsodize on Manson, or (insanely) try to make you sympathize with the Manson Family. Instead, on the 50th Anniversary of their deaths, please remember the victims...

“Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969, at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the community, and in a sense this is true. The tension broke that day. The paranoia was fulfilled.” - Joan Didion, The White Album, 1979

sharon tate ; 26

jay sebring ; 35

abigail folger ; 25

voytek frykowski ; 32

steven parent ; 18

gary hinman ; 34

rosemary labianca ; 38

leno labianca ; 44

donald “shorty” shea ; 35

please remember their names and faces today, and not charles manson’s and his “family” members. they were innocent and they lost their lives in the most brutal way.