Biography

Patricia Krenwinkel was born on December 3, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Has been up for parole at least thirteen times since 1982. She was granted parole in 2022, but California governor Gavin Newsom blocked it.

Is serving a life sentence at the California Institute for Women in Fontera, California, for her role in the Tate/LaBianca murders.

Attended a Catholic college in Alabama in 1966, studying to become a nun. She dropped out after one semester.

I sometimes get fan letters from young people, and they think that what we did was all right. There is nothing about what we did to those people that's all right, and if I can tell these kids anything, it's that Charles Manson is not someone to follow....When I wake up every morning, I know that I am a destroyer of the most precious thing, which is life. And living with that is the most difficult thing of all. But I do it because it's what I deserve, to wake up every morning and know that. Interview with Diane Sawyer, 1994