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In 1959, Manson married his second of two wives, Leona Rae "Candy" Stevens," in California, according to court records per LAist. Photo credit: Bettmann - Getty Images Charles Luther Manson Though White's estranged son, Jason Freeman, told CNN in 2012 that he believed his father took his own life because he "couldn't live down who his father was," White's motive has never been confirmed. In 1993, Jay White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Burlington, Colorado.
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She remarried and Charles Manson, Jr., took his stepfather's name, living as Jay White for the rest of his life. Willis gave birth while her husband was in prison, and she divorced Manson in 1958. The two moved to Los Angeles while Willis was pregnant, but Manson-who had already been incarcerated several times when he met his first wife-was arrested that same year for driving a stolen car from Ohio to California. His mother, Rosalie Jean Willis, was only 15 when she married 20-year-old Manson in 1955. Manson's oldest son, Charles Milles Manson, Jr., was born in 1956.
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Though official details are difficult to come by, Manson had at least three biological sons. In Charles Manson Superstar, a sensationalist 1989 documentary featuring a rant-heavy interview with Manson from San Quentin, the convicted killer said, "Every time I get out, I get a woman and a kid, and then she runs off.then the kid shows up 20, 30 years later, fat and acting like his mother." This is a possible reference to his relationships with his two ex-wives, who both divorced him while he was in prison, though there's no record of Manson ever meeting any of his progeny.
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Manipulating them with LSD, rambling lectures, and squalid living conditions, he cajoled his followers into a series of escalating crimes that culminated in nine murders in the summer of 1969. It's easy to see why Manson's actual children wanted to distance themselves from his legacy as much as possible.Īccording to several well-researched accounts, including journalist Karina Longworth's riveting 12-episode season of her You Must Remember Thispodcast, Manson preyed upon would-be flower children of the late 1960s (underage girls, in particular). Charles Manson's notorious cult is known as the Manson Family, but as father figures go, he was an atrocious one.