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Closing Argument... Mr. Frykowski had fifty-one stab wounds. Fifty-one
stab wounds. All of which were penetration wounds. Seven of which were fatal in
and of themselves. Five of the stab wounds were to Mr. Frykowski's back. Now,
you will recall that Linda testified that Frykowski was on his knees in front
of the Tate residence, and she saw Tex stab Frykowski in the back. That was Linda's
testimony. Now, Dr. Noguchi comes along and, lo and behold, Voytek Frykowski does
have five stab wounds on his back. Again, completely corroborating Linda Kasabian's
testimony. Steven Parent's autopsy determined that the cause of death was
multiple gunshot wounds. Mr. Parent had five gunshot wounds, two of which were
fatal in and of themselves. Note, Dr. Noguchi said that Steven Parent had five
gunshot wounds, however he testified that Parent was only shot four times, inasmuch
as two of the gunshot wounds, gunshot wounds two and four, were caused by the
same bullet. So Parent, according to Dr. Noguchi, was only shot four times. This
is completely consistent, of course, with the testimony of Linda Kasabian who
testified that Tex Watson shot Steven Parent four times. The total number
of stab wounds to the five victims was 102. Ladies and gentlemen, 102 stab wounds!....
Barbara Hoyt. The eighteen-year-old girl who is a member of the Family,
who was a member and lived with the Family at Spahn Ranch, and at the desert between
April and September of 1969. She testified that Manson spoke to the Family
at dinnertime. Among other things, Manson spoke about Helter Skelter, and he told
the Family that Helter Skelter meant that the "blacks would rise up against
the whites and everyone would die except the Family." Manson said-this is
Barbara Hoyt's testimony now-that he would like to see Helter Skelter come down
and that he would like to show the blacks how to do it. She said the first
time she heard about the Tate murders was on TV the day after the murders. She
said she was watching television when Susan Atkins came into the trailer and wanted
to watch the news. Susan asked Barbara to turn the channel, and Barbara turned
it to Channel 2 for the six o'clock news. She said Sadie called Tex and Patricia
Krenwinkel into the trailer, and she is pretty sure that Tex and Katie actually
came into the trailer to watch the news. She said the group watched the TV account
of the Tate murders. At one point a couple of the group watching TV laughed. Unbelievable!
Unbelievable! Watching the TV account of the Tate murders, and they are laughing,
ladies and gentlemen. Can you believe it? Stop to think about it for a moment.
Yes, five people being brutally slain and butchered like animals is a rather amusing
event. Right after the news, Sadie and Tex and Katie left the trailer.
Barbara testified that in late August she went to the desert in Inyo County, California,
with Manson, Tex, and several of the girls in the Family, and they lived at Barker
Ranch, Meyer's Ranch, and Lotus Mine, moving from place to place. more
on the closing argument
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