Folger managed to get out of the mansion turned crime scene but was met by Krenwinkle and Watson on the home’s front lawn.
Krenwinkle and Watson then stabbed Folger numerous times in the yard, where her bloodied body was later found when the home’s housekeeper returned the following day. Upon discovering the ghastly scene on August 9, Chapman called the police.
Police discovered the word “pig” written in blood on the front door of the home. No items of importance were taken from the home and money and jewelry were on the victims’ bodies when they were discovered.
Months later on December 1, following an extensive investigation, the Los Angeles Police Department issued warrants for the arrest of Watson, Krenwinkel, and Kasabian. Atkins and Manson were charged later on.
Four of the five Manson family members received a life sentence. Kasabian, who did not participate in the killings but served as a lookout, was placed in witness protection after testifying against the other defendants.
In 2009, Atkins died of natural causes at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. Manson passed from natural causes in 2017 at a California hospital near Corcoran State Prison, where he was serving his life sentence.
Watkins and Krenwinkel remain in prison serving their sentences.
