Bobby Beausoleil
| Bobby Beausoleil | |
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Mug shot taken in 1969
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Robert Kenneth Beausoleil November 6, 1947 Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Other names | Cupid |
| Criminal charge | First-degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death, commuted to life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Conviction(s) | First-degree murder |
Robert Kenneth "Bobby" Beausoleil (born November 6, 1947) is a former associate of the Charles Manson "Family" (he denied ever being a member) who is serving a life sentence in prison for the murder of music teacher and associate Gary Hinman on July 27, 1969.
Beausoleil was born on November 6, 1947, to a working-class family in Santa Barbara, CA. Beausoleil's father was a milkman. Beausoleil was a good looking but rebellious youth. By 15, he was sent to reform school. After reform school, Beausoleil drifted between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Beausoleil was involved in music and acting. In 1966, Beausoleil joined several rock bands, such as The Milky Way and Love. In 1967, Beausoleil met Kenneth Anger and had a part in Anger's film Lucifer Rising. In 1969, Beausoleil was living with Gary Hinman when Beausoleil began associating with Charles Manson and his cult.
As described in the book Helter Skelter by Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, Gary Hinman was killed over money and property that Manson claimed Hinman owed to the Family. It also was intended to serve as the first of a series of murders committed by the Family to start "Helter Skelter", a "war" that Manson had preached to his Family that would happen in the summer of 1969. Accompanying Beausoleil that night were Susan Atkins and Mary Brunner, both of whom were later involved in other murders and crimes as well.
More than a decade later, Beausoleil said that Hinman had supplied him with a batch of bad mescaline that Beausoleil in turn had sold to the Straight Satans motorcycle gang, and that when the bikers demanded their money back, Manson ordered Beausoleil to Hinman's residence to get the money. Hinman is said to have refused to pay, saying "I don't have any money to give you". Beausoleil called Manson back at Spahn Ranch to tell him that no money was forthcoming. Beausoleil, Atkins, and Brunner then held him captive in his own home in an attempt to convince him to refund the money.
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