(CNN) -- A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has approved a request from the Los Angeles Police Department to turn over audiotapes that may develop new clues about unsolved killings involving followers of notorious murderer Charles Manson.
The tapes are about eight
hours of recordings between convicted murderer Charles Denton "Tex"
Watson and his attorney from 1969, Bill Boyd of McKinney, Texas, whose
law firm is the debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the same state, court
papers said.
Watson was convicted
along with three other members of the so-called Manson family in the
grisly 1969 murders of five people, including eight-months pregnant
movie actress Sharon Tate.
According to court
documents, Watson waived his attorney-client privilege to the tapes in
1976, and his attorney received partial payment for his legal fees when
he gave a copy of the tapes to Chaplain Raymond G. Hoekstra, who
subsequently wrote a book, "Will You Die for Me: The Man Who Killed for
Charles Manson Tells His Own Story."
In March, Los Angeles
Police Chief Charlie Beck wrote the U.S. court trustee asking for the
original recordings. The judge approved the request on Tuesday.
"The LAPD has information
that Mr. Watson discussed additional unsolved murders committed by
followers of Charles Manson," said a letter signed by Beck and Lt. Yana
Horvatich, acting commanding officer of the robbery-homicide division.
Beck's letter is dated
March 19, seven days after Watson asked that all legal material relating
to his case be turned over to his nephew, Brian Patton, of Rowlett,
Texas, according to court papers.
"One last thing: I want
to thank you for hunting me down. I'm so glad these documents didn't get
in the wrong hands," Watson wrote in a March 12 letter to a U.S. court
trustee asking that he forward the legal materials to Patton.
In November, Watson, 66,
convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder, was denied parole for
the 16th time and will be considered again in 2016, according to the
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
In March, Manson, 77,
who is serving a life sentence for nine murders and who led his family
of followers in a murder spree in 1969, was denied parole for the 12th
time and will be up for parole again 15 years from now, when he would be
92.
Not that it matters a bit, but how does a law firm go bankrupt, anyway? I'm not used to hearing that. They're selling the building using this YouTube video:
3 comments:
"One last thing: I want to thank you for hunting me down. I'm so glad these documents didn't get in the wrong hands," Watson wrote...
I can't help but read that quote two ways. He could be thanking his nephew for trying to keep his name from being further sullied (if that's possible) and out of the news to hurt parole chances.
Or it could be much more nefarious. He could be breathing a sigh of relief.
Right now I'm leaning toward scenario 1 because I think if scenario 2 were true he would have fought much harder to keep them private.
I suppose we'll all find out.
HAHAHA, are you kidding me, I have looked at alot of travel brochures,
online travel sites, traveled myself, over 27 countries no less, and I have never herd of Mckinney TX being a travel destination, much less a resort or vacation spot, the lady in the video is on crack
I thought the same thing, Jesse. :)
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