Manson had recently been released from the federal prison at Terminal Island, and Fromme became the second member of what would become the Manson Family.įromme found Manson's philosophies and attitudes appealing, and the two became friends and traveled together with other young people, including Mary Brunner and Susan Atkins. Manson walked away and Fromme picked up her belongings and followed him. Manson stopped and looked at her and said "Your parents threw you out, didn't they?" Fromme immediately decided Manson was a psychic. Suffering from depression, she sat on a curb and watched a bus arrive, and Charles Manson exited. In 1967, at the age of 19, Fromme dropped out of college and went to Venice Beach after her parents had thrown her out of the house.
Charles Manson and Manson Family involvement She returned home for two months before her father kicked her out following an argument, rendering her homeless. She moved out of her parents' house for a few months before her father convinced her to enroll at El Camino College. Her grades dropped at Redondo Union High School, but she graduated in 1966. In 1963, the family moved to Redondo Beach, and Fromme began using alcohol and drugs. Ī section from a wall of Fromme's Redondo Beach apartment As a child, Fromme performed with a popular dance group called the Westchester Lariats, which began touring the United States and Europe in the late 1950s, and had an appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show and at the White House.
She published a book about her life in 2018.įromme was born on October 22, 1948, in Santa Monica, California, the daughter of Helen (née Benzinger) and William Millar Fromme, an aeronautical engineer.
She was paroled from prison on August 14, 2009, after serving approximately 34 years. For that crime, she was sentenced to life in prison. Though not involved in the Tate–LaBianca murders for which the Manson family is best known, she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. Lynette Alice " Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American criminal who was a member of the Manson family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Attempted assassination of the President of the United States (18 U.S.C.
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