No Leads
Even though the two massacres took place one after the other, detectives didn’t put the two together. An alarming amount of evidence, like the writings on the wall, the locations and the methods of killing weren’t ever thought to be connected. Police scrambled to find leads, but always turned up with nothing.
So Close Yet So Far
In October, 1969, police cars came to a screeching halt at the family’s ranch. Police rushed out to arrest members of the Manson family. Only the reason for their arrests was not what anybody thought. The police arrived to arrest the Manson members for stealing cars that they were keeping on the property.