“But when Manson picks up the paper the next day, and there’s no information about these two murders being linked, they do another murder. The logic is, ‘We’ve got to make people think that Bobby, who is sitting in prison, is not guilty.’”

Joe Berlinger · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-05

Berlinger describes how Manson directed further murders after newspapers did not link the Hinman and Tate killings, aiming to exonerate Beausoleil.