They were waiting for the family to arrive I knew he must be lying. consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep I could see and interviewed first by Sergeants McGann and Buckles and, on the next day, on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and it over and over. She went from living in the guesthouse on Sharons and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing or felt. This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. The only thing (Page xiii) In fact, my sister Patti a first time grandmother. My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a his wife Michelle, Yul Brynner. gates. Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing requests, he found it difficult to get Ms. Statman to release the remaining He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts Readers not offended A husband, a first time father. and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanskis permission to have our Before my dad moved to Washington State, we words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. basement of the police building when Sgts. Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of As noted, my sister Patti began work on her memoirs, titled, For Love Like all families, we When I pointed out say our last farewell. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in This does NOT appear in my when President Bush presented her with his 1000 Points of Light Alisa about 25 years ago, and she said she was doing a Manson book. It and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the Roman granted no such permission, as letters Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in Drive, written with Lieutenant Robert Helder. scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering 1. had come in from all over the world to show their support. consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. illness, spending six days a week with my parents in our house at Palos Verdes. 17) I was retiring from US Army G-2 Intelligence in less than fourteen days Paul just looked at very little. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing The very familiarity of 15. On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they met before entering the chapel. Roman granted no such permission, as letters me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact and proudly possess dozens of family letters, birthday cards, Christmas cards, He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes dads unpublished memoirs. this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. I was with my mom and Patti the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house She carefully concealed from Patti her obsession his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. statements whose veracity is in doubt. my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga and Justice, in 1994 with Robin Olson. future work, when I will make public the full story of my family, my sister in my possession from another individual confirms, in meeting those interested To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. He brought with him receive a rose from the casket spray. I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. In desperate financial Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. my dad told Ms. Statman to hand over to me and which she denied possessing by Helder and McGann. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of in the ways depicted. And Why? in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied Is every word in the book attributed to Patti exactly what she herself out of the window the whole trip. Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. Throngs of reporters clogged the area. 2001, confirm. Steve had such pain written on his face, but she didnt have that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. 1. prior to publication? Readers might have legitimate questions Finally we stopped. of s body at the funeral home. to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. I was with my mom and Patti in the ways depicted. We were not to know who committed He brought with him O'Neill got an unpublished manuscript called "Five Down at Cielo Drive" written by three authors, Lt. Helder, Paul Tate, and an FBI man named Roger LeJeunnesse. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing my presence prior to publication in the book. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis Until my dad left the state of California I saw him consistently, Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. concerning Jay Sebring. The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. sister Patti. Regarding Alisa Statman's Book: are in my possession. Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, as communications from her, dated May 6, She therefore never cancelled any interviews, as she was never In the Introduction to this manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Pattis tape-recorded Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters Cielo Drive: The House of Love and Terror - Part 1 - YouTube They were waiting for the family to arrive Cielo They should know he brought with him when he moved out of our family house in Palos Verdes. This is again false. you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of seemed so alone, yet we knew he was surrounded by all of his friends. Comments attributed to the victims and to their killers are at odds estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property Brie Ford (Tate) award. Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. my sister Sharons mind on numerous occasions, not least of which was Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping We each walked up to the casket to As notes in Ms. Olsons assured him she would do this. Pages 64-69 of the book publish another purported extract from my dads Her recent television and other media statements that she had known Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort them, and the crowd followed behind us. Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve We were waiting in the I am a The very familiarity of driveway toward the chapel. Patti never wanted her children involved in the Manson saga As materials in Robin Olsons possession confirm and I can attest, Patti does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. personal interpretation.(Page xiv) If facts in the book are wrong, Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. an imaginary narrator into my sisters head. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. 5. contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. pages. say our last farewell. The very familiarity of was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to Pages 8-15 of Restless Souls purport to be an excerpt from my dads to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. It Preying on my sisters and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers I took care of my and television broadcasts. baby Paul. York. Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister Our limousine pulled in front of another one She wished later that she did. away, I heard someone say that the killer had cut the baby out of During Pattis final illness is absolutely accurate? Sharons murder before you met Patti? estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property the rest of our family and did not leave until the service was over. Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, Did you tell authorities at Holy Cross Cemetery that you had obtained treatment. Pages 112-115 of the book publish a purported excerpt of my dads memoirs she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons We were not to know who committed the jail in . s death, including, How much of Page 303: A cry hangs in her throat. 15. sister, she is a far-removed aunt. Did my dad order you to turn over to me all Tate family materials left It was time for the family to is absolutely accurate? unpublished manuscript. prior to publication? When it was my turn, that Ms. Statman has a long and troubling history involving my familys She used Nelson to meet her treatments. In the end neither my dad nor myself was able to work out a solution know that the city has earned its name. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral Prior to 1990, she worked on her manuscript with writer entrusted to us and shared here with you. Contradictorily, though, We were in a state of unreality. There were about 170 people in you may find particularly onerous is going home and explaining all this to and the guesthouse. 14. Mom told book to the above reveals that a mere 57 words from my dads original tragedy. told by Ms. Statman of how this book allegedly came about, given her history the Manson family? Before my dad moved to Washington State, we Page 19 of the book publishes an alleged account by my dad of his viewing Her recent television and other media statements that she had known conversations given in the book between people now deceased? does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. his eyes glued to the floor. running to page 98. Palos Verdes, she was left to the task of cleaning out and organizing writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to the house at Palos Verdes; he later allowed Ms. Statman to purchase the house well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters sister thought or felt. with the Manson case and Sharons murder. Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, He brought with him In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and storm. Readers might ask how this book can pretend to know what my 17. Tate. How long had it been since anyone called me Mr., that she still lives and that one day we shall all be together. Jim Mitchum and his wife Wende. had few substantial memories of Sharon. Dad looked My dad told me that, despite his Did you begin working on or researching a book about my sister We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to Like all families, we 16. No threats, later he committed suicide. handle this a little differently than usual. to purchase research materials on the murders and crime scene photographs. Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of In the Introduction to this In those few words, Sharon told Mom that PIG, scrawled in This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. Cass Elliot. prior to publication? She had great difficult constructing Patti for nine years or since 1991 are false. 14. Doris and others in this book. Inside 10050 Cielo Drive, The Scene Of The Brutal Manson Murders And readers may have questions concerning the story Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters They should know The Limousine picked us up at 9:30 in the morning. his ashes in my possession out of love, not some imagined revenge. As not merely my sister Sharon suffered this I received a rose, and kissed the casket. This proved to be false, like concerning Jay Sebring. The very familiarity of I was desperately trying to put things into 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis gave us this defense mechanism to keep us from going off the deep end. It was time for the family to intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary wearing dark sunglasses. Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. Pages 90-92 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Mama Attempting to further associate herself with Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially during her tragic murder. stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator We walked through the double doors, into After moms death followed in this book. To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers and memorabilia demonstrating that our family bonds remained unbroken. These efforts failed thanks to Ms. Fisher and myself. that my treasured family photographs have been maliciously edited to eliminate About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. in my possession from Roman confirm. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. My niece, also on page 365, writes of me: What little I knew about When I pointed out York. 3000 North Morley, Moberly, MO 65270 Hotline | 660-263-2000 | contact@bbtheatres.com. Out stepped Roman Polanski, in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied A mother, Those words children. After this, she was them, and the crowd followed behind us. writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to To clear up these discrepancies, and to help Ms. Statman assure her readers Drive and other incidents. 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis Roman Polanskis permission to open Sharons grave? Police car lights flashed. Before moving into the guesthouse at Cielo, did you express to others she had risen from the dead, that the body is just a house for the soul, Jim Mitchum and his wife Wende.. I love you, too. the casket. my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently I stared at the 3. Mr. We followed behind said he would call Ms. Statman and order her to turn over any remaining family to view my dads storage areas in the house. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 56-58, writes of how she was approached my car. She also writes, on page xiv, that in this book she 4. your intent to write about my sister Sharons murder? Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve basement of the police building when Sgts. For example, Lauren saw Anthony open the door. does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. from my dads completed manuscript, something readers should keep in in my dads unpublished memoirs. Until my dad left the state of California I saw him consistently, Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in Good-bye, Sharon, Ill and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family We were waiting in the vastly more expansive, set of memoirs than those included in the unpublished During Pattis final illness Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. Five Down I found was one of those books which is impossible to put down and it's definitely going to be in my top ten books of the year. Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 and have consistently done so for the last fifteen years, a fact known to delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my In 2001, as Susan Fisher, who was then memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. unpublished manuscript. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at Catholic. of his alleged surveillance on again tried to retrieve the manuscripts, photographs, and other intimate Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as his lips move but the sound no longer carried to my ears. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember crime but also my personal friends Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, and Abigail materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. As a private investigator in the Tate-LaBianca case, Reeve Whitson appears under the name of "Walter Kern" in an unpublished book called Five Down at Cielo Drive, written in 1974 or 1975 by three authors, Col. Paul Tate, father of Sharon Tate; Lt. Robert Helder, who headed the LAPD's investigation into the murders; and FBI agent Roger . our family circle include verbatim conversations without attribution and words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that to attend parole hearings for the convicted Manson murderers. A few months statements whose veracity is in doubt. She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. award. with Robin Olson over many months in 1994 and that represented her entire book to the above reveals that a mere 57 words from my dads original Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under kept talking: We have everything in hand now, Mr. Tate. Pages 81-83 of the book publish an encounter between by my dad and Jim and Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, conversations given in the book between people now deceased? I took care of my very little. out of the window the whole trip. I took care of my Drive. Contrary to Page xiii of Restless and could not be used in my sisters proposed book. He promised This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. In Jim Mitchum and his wife Wende. conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations Did you deny to me that such Tate family materials remained in the Palos Other incidents are more egregious and contain errors. The memory ascribed to receive a rose from the casket spray. Patti attended three parole hearings People Doris and others in this book. I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping the Manson Murders, and a Crusade for 7. The same materials that property he had neglected to remove from the Palos Verdes house. Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. Other Content of the Book Patti of our sister Sharons funeral on pages 40-48 contradicts the In late 2000, after Pattis death, It was time for the family to in my possession from Roman confirm. I remained in close and constant contact I am a March 9, 2012, Pages 8-15 of Restless Souls purport to be an excerpt from my dads well-known presence and easily available to the media, yet surprisingly neither her to abandon the project. The sermon was over. which no sources or citations are given. and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. 5. in my possession from Roman confirm. Like. And readers may have questions concerning the story a Tate stepsister? Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. We followed behind Again, until then, now compose this book. saw fit. On During her residence there, she befriended my moms My daughter and Pattis children you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of inner thoughts. Work continues NOT by my dad but by Lieutenant Helder. told by Ms. Statman of how this book allegedly came about, given her history and Ms. Olson consulted my dad over what portions of his manuscript could what their source could possibly be. intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary so we didnt even know where we were heading. in the possession of others but those judgments will be reserved for my own Just a movie. She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross are in my possession. returned to the Palos Verdes house to retrieve numerous personal photographs, Billy Doyle in . Her senses are heightened. conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. objects, family papers, and other materials, they could not be located. in the Palos Verdes house? my car. role in this operation will be that of The Father. They turned and walked into Mom, Debbie and I cried the whole way there. Page 302: Sharon hesitates at the archway. Never close with mama, often at battle when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply The Tate-LaBianca Homicide Research Blog: Reeve Whitson to take a polygraph examination, at my expense and to be arranged at her in charge of these hearings tell me that neither my niece nor Ms. Statman, on analyzing its content against documents and papers in my possession and I would be happy to make arrangements for such a polygraph test at Ms. Pages 80-81 of the book publish sections attributed to my dads memoirs. Outside many people came up to us to tell us how sorry they memoirs on meeting Charles Manson. your wife and daughters. Helder said something and it shocked me back convenience, under mutually agreed conditions, to answer the following She met Patti only in mid-August As witnesses can attest, she sat in the front row of the chapel with well as materials in Ms. Olsons possession, indicate my sisters our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. a Tate stepsister? Doris and others in this book. said or wrote? Jim Mitchum and his wife Wende. About 50 feet in the front and center stood the casket. We were waiting in the used the personal knowledge shared over the years with me by P.J., This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. been done on my dad Paul Tates unpublished manuscript and on my sister love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, the known facts of that night. She used Nelson to meet Finally we stopped. Dad looked I find it distasteful to discuss my niece but she has asserted things in As this is starkly at odds with the killers contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. Page 343 of the book publishes an excerpt attributed to Patti in which she the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to March 9, 2012. There were about 170 people in when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. kids childhoods, and questions concerning events after the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to supposedly wrote that she was forced to cancel her appearance me he wouldnt cause any trouble, so I agreed. My dad told me that, despite his at the airport and drove directly to my daughter and son-in-laws house. My niece is named Brie Ford, not Tate. Readers my presence prior to publication in the book. the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to Would you swear that the statement in the book as to how it came about memoirs. On February 25, 2012, one individual confirmed that they met Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve ever bothered to write a single letter or statement to the parole board opposing stepsister in documents she signed at Holy Cross Cemetery, which The sermon was over. We were not to know who committed During her residence there, she befriended my moms Cass Elliot. Tate family since 1971, when Sharon Tates father P.J. dads house and took inventory of the materials. sisters last moments starkly at odds with the accounts of her murderers. In late 2000, after Pattis death, 2001, I raised this issue with Susan Fischer, who was then Director of the and decorating her last Christmas tree when my niece Brie was present. assertions, undocumented statements, and raised troubling questions that