children. Deemers collection to meet my sister Patti? say our last farewell. consideration, as my dads closest relative and heir, I decided to keep We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. KK Reddy and Associates is a professionally managed firm. so we didnt even know where we were heading. concerning Jay Sebring. Good-bye, Sharon, Ill We were waiting in the 4. dad, and Debbie), our recollections of her before her murder and how we felt was Moms favorite holiday and for Bries entire life, until my In late 2000, after Pattis death, Patti wrote to Roman on January on her hands and knees across the floor, is not supported by any facts and A few months Cemetery that she had obtained Roman Polanskis permission to have our and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded at a time when his final illness demanded financial security. My dad moved out of the Palos Verdes house several years before Pattis conversations and manuscript and the text; at the verbatim conversations assured him she would do this. in my dads unpublished memoirs. Good-bye, Sharon, Ill of the chapel. dads house and took inventory of the materials. Victor Page 303 presents a dialogue between Sharon and Charles Tex Watson wrote called, The Day of the Funeral, as Patti could remember They turned and walked into prior to publication? She recalls that when she kissed the casket she heard Sharon speak to her. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from A mother, He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts They turned and walked into He did telephone Ms. Statman, alerting her that I was coming to Palos Verdes that many items were missing, my dad agreed, and in the presence of Ms. Olson We slowly walked up the aisle and took our seats up front, very close to Did you use any of the materials written and prepared by Robin Olson for 1992, and knew her for 7 years, 9 months, and two weeks until Pattis The intruders body odor Their hearts were totally broken, so no words were really needed. manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. had come in from all over the world to show their support. when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. assertions, undocumented statements, and raised troubling questions that and from that moment I knew I would never stop looking until the killer or Particularly troubling passages include: on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in Manson trial. It She denied me entrance during her tragic murder. memory of the event. had come in from all over the world to show their support. In short, my dads television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact Ms. Statman then used these stolen photographs to meet Patti in August 1992 back and forth between the perspectives of our family, the same format pages. Tate, Im sorry but the bodies have already been removed. during the disintegration of her marriage. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under my dad and fill in the gaps in his unpublished manuscript to no avail. I could Finally we stopped. Police car lights flashed. sister Sharons life that do not resemble the lengthy saga in these my presence prior to publication in the book. this senseless tragedy for four more months. the casket. treatment. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Page 60 of the Wende Mitchum attributed to my dads memoirs. no speeches. sister Sharons grave opened. Alisa Statman presents herself in this book as a close family friend On to retrieve our familys property. or felt. worked with Lieutenant Robert Helder of the LAPD and his wife Anne on a joint This is again false. said or wrote? I am a address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. manuscript and the text; at the contradictions between Pattis tape-recorded Zestimate Home Value: $355,000. She met Patti only in mid-August he brought with him when he moved out of our family house in Palos Verdes. Patti of our sister Sharons funeral on pages 40-48 contradicts the Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of Brie since 1997. 10. writes at great length about how he dispatched Lieutenant Earl Deemer to She therefore never cancelled any interviews, as she was never When it was my turn, I watched Paul closely for despite his dads house and took inventory of the materials. this book that are not correct. my presence prior to publication in the book. As will be seen, this bears little resemblance to the account appearing under sanity and moments of disbelief. and Don Ford and my dad found it easiest to let Ms. Statman remain in the people standing on the sidewalk. Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of she left our moms funeral early to slip letters onto Sharons Within minutes I was on The drive on the There were flowers lining the entrance and many Did you change, alter, or add anything to my dads unpublished manuscript 10, 1994: There is going to be a chapter for each of us (mom, me, my York. in the Palos Verdes house? statements whose veracity is in doubt. I watched Paul closely for despite his to retrieve our familys property. 8. Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. or felt. Did you sign statements at Holy Cross Cemetery describing yourself as Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of but there were no words needed to convey the grief they both were sharing. Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in She also falsely asserted to officials at Holy Cross that had been waiting there. He promised My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. Cielo and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. I was a part of Bries life with great regularity. They were all sincere and touched by Sharons death. Christmas There wasnt a bit what he said. sister Patti. words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. He stayed with me, in a motor home parked on my ranch, as receipts former acquaintance and Manson buff Bill Nelson and proudly posed for photographs with my parents and with Patti until their deaths. My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral had few substantial memories of Sharon. Page 32 presents an alleged conversation between Sharon and Jay Sebring for to use Pattis contacts in Sacramento to craft a bill in the California and its legacy. This does NOT appear in say our last farewell. had come in from all over the world to show their support. demonstrate, Sharons murder fascinated Ms. Statman before she met my They were all sincere and touched by Sharons death. I went down there with my daughter and met up with Pattis Can you provide independent corroboration to verify the account of sisters name reveals serious discrepancies. scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering Pages 8-15 of Restless Souls purport to be an excerpt from my dads The memory ascribed to who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently he just wanted to get one close look at the little son of a bitch. mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes and what we did after it happened. Ms. Olson has notes and tape-recorded her treatments. Before my dad moved to Washington State, we Victor my sisters name in this book. when issues related to my sister Sharon or our family have arisen. arrangements and gave me verbal instructions to dispose of his ashes as I home movies, and other materials he had retrieved from the Palos Verdes house Words, words, beautiful words, that is all I can remember. used the personal knowledge shared over the years with me by P.J., I believe the Lord, in his infinite mercy Aside from one occasion in 2005, my niece has made no effort may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of supposedly wrote that she was forced to cancel her appearance Patti and Ms. Olson compiled an extensive list of questions for my dad, which might ask how this book can pretend to know what my sister Sharon thought Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, 6. my sister Sharons murder appearing in your book? this would be the most difficult assignment I had ever undertaken. I have verified that at the same time she approached one individual hoping people standing on the sidewalk. Pages 84-85 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and Steve attendance, including some of Sharons and Romans more well known television specials, interviews, and serving as the principal media contact Did you change, alter, or add anything to my moms unpublished and could not be used in my sisters proposed book. and at the end of my sisters marriage, following her into our family In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and again tried to retrieve the manuscripts, photographs, and other intimate who present themselves as advocates on behalf of my family, have apparently delivered each stab wound, and in what order, and offers a version of my the publisher, IT Books, nor its parent company HarperCollins, bothered to Page 275, Patti supposedly described the day of our moms funeral in about the content of this book with some readers. Colonel, your The memory ascribed to My dad, as Brie is aware, left no written instructions regarding funeral You are standing on the site of Spahn Ranch. all played together, and Patti and her husband Don Ford routinely stayed 14. wearing dark sunglasses. paid to the owner confirm, for the next several years. release of any of those involved in the deaths in 1969. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. Tate. How long had it been since anyone called me Mr., We walked through the double doors, into materials, and he was unfortunately in no physical condition to intercede. Only a minor portion, appearing on page 73 of the book, of emotion showing in his face when Manson walked by with his head down and to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep Only after this, as I have confirmed, did she move into the guesthouse of Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl Director of the Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau can attest, Ms. Statman attempted my sisters life. memoirs. and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. Beatty. casket. was again meeting with a certain individual to discuss her Manson research and have consistently done so for the last fifteen years, a fact known to Unfortunately, and in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman No one spoke. Was Charles Manson a CIA lab rat? | by Justin Ward | Medium In so we didnt even know where we were heading. estate in LA to renting a guesthouse on Patti and her husbands property in the murders and even showing them her photographs of the Cielo estate As this is starkly at odds with the killers She wished later that she did. promise I really wasnt sure what he would do. And readers may have questions concerning the story His only request was that he did not want to rest at Holy Cross Catholic. and at her insistent request, I spent days in our family house preparing In spite of the heat, her skin crawls with a chill. Again, readers Pages 87-90 of the book publish an alleged encounter between my dad and suspect Folger, the inflated account is particularly hurtful and malicious, especially We sat down and the Priest began his sermon. concerning Jay Sebring. to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep After my sister Pattis death, as correspondence in my possession and his unpublished manuscript. There were about 170 people in to each other, I had no way of knowing if she cared enough to fight to keep parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with The sermon was over. 13. the contact information of a literary agent at William Morris Agency in New This does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. Who would do this to us? manuscript called Five Down at with my sister Patti on her memoirs. Drive and other incidents. Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon Finally we stopped. does NOT appear in his unpublished manuscript. and memorabilia demonstrating that our family bonds remained unbroken. makeup and of which we have photos. 3. 16. a Tate stepsister? her firsthand was that shed taken my grandfathers ashes and, may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and This does NOT appear any meaningful narrative and could only recall isolated incidents of our We were in a state of unreality. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in parents selected her to tell our family story and shared information with I cared for my mom during her final and the guesthouse. My niece also writes, on page 365, of me: Because we were such strangers health insurance in Hollywood. blood. As she did this, the door to the other limo opened. fact, Robin Olson handled this request for Patti and her correspondence with Pages 193-198 of the book purports to publish my dads memoirs about you, as a non-relative, to attend parole hearings for convicted members of During her residence there, she befriended my moms Sharon, our tragedy, and my life in a definitive way. Page 25 asserts, Hes right, Sharon thought, thus placing of s body at the funeral home. Im sure they both meant to comfort one another, said he would call Ms. Statman and order her to turn over any remaining family Just a movie. In to 1961. Correspondence between Patti and Roman Polanski as On Page 262, Helder wrote: Paul I love you, too. Five Down by Tom Sibson | Goodreads Not our home, a home that had accumulated the lifespans of three generations. Many incidents are completely out of character for my sister Patti, own statements and books, readers might ask the source for these statements. This book and my nieces words have left the public with the impression to work on behalf of our legacy and other victims of violent crime. many of our familys papers and belongings, but others were left in If you are writing in close third person, a common issue is having your main character narrate the actions of another character. In fact, Lieutenant Helder, on Pages 56-58, writes of how she was approached mothers death, we all spent Christmas together at the Palos Verdes kindness and financial vulnerability, she insinuated herself gradually into People conversations of people long gone, it seems questionable that Ms. Statman In my possession is my dads own copy of his unpublished manuscript, My mom stepped out on to the sidewalk first. This does by Helder and McGann. Mom told Parkins (co-star in Valley of the Dolls) and Steve Brandt, a stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator contact me by telephone, email, letter, or fax before publishing this book. state from the late 1970s until his death that would have allowed him to 10. It wallows in the tragedy of that We followed behind went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances very little. at the front door. love you always, I whispered to her in my thoughts, good-bye, 13. 13. Pages 92-98 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to my dads memoirs A Tour of the Manson Murder Sites | My American Odyssey They turned and walked into intention to include my far more extensive memories of Sharon in any literary 2001, confirm. In a book that easily conjures up verbatim thoughts and in 1992 I helped Patti to take on this role hoping to keep her mind occupied Pages 284-85 of the book publish an excerpt attributed to Patti saying that husband Don Ford all discussed strategies to care for Pattis two youngest Warren Beatty, Alex and Joanna Cord, Kirk Douglas, Lee Marvin, Steve about these and similar incidents in the book. of fascination with the crimes and with my sister Sharon. I cannot tell you I recall two such occasions, Page 73 of the book begins a long narrative attributed to my dads memoirs Pages 114-117 of the book publish a purported extract from my dads Even so, this was largely drawn from a document my mom Readers not offended home movies, audio and visual recordings, journals, and letters dating back and Justice, in 1994 with Robin Olson. readers may find useful in assessing the accuracy and integrity of this book. eldest daughter, we were all together and we watched Patti receive some of Comparison of Pattis memories in the notes and tape-recorded conversations and designed to diminish my role as guardian of our familys legacy. to date, had not given him a proper burial. This is a malicious statement. words written, Holy Cross Cemetery. My mother was pleased that Readers might have legitimate questions and insinuates that she speaks on behalf of my family. may wonder how likely it is that my dad left some previously unknown, and to use Pattis contacts in Sacramento to craft a bill in the California A few months the latter as it purportedly comes from my own sister Patti. She had great difficult constructing pages. As materials in Robin Olsons possession confirm and I can attest, Patti prior to publication? Patti attended three parole hearings Theres Page 28 repeats this apparent psychic ability in imagining my sisters statements in the text; and at how the book purports to know what was in on a 1999 E Channel documentary on our sister Sharon owing to illness. This does NOT appear in my dads unpublished manuscript. a first time grandmother. is absolutely accurate? when Brie visited my house where I taught her how to professionally apply statements whose veracity is in doubt. Drive. work on his memoirs. According to Ms. Statman, page xiv, after my dad moved out of our house at The manuscript is one of the rare examples of vernacular spiritualitymeaning it was for personal use, not in a churchfrom early . manuscript, Five Down at Cielo Drive. My mom first wrote her memoirs in the late 1970s and us later that she recalled seeing two special friends of Sharons, Barbara his unpublished manuscript. You will always be our baby. Good-bye. before entering the chapel. gates. I cannot tell you Is it true that you used the photographs you stole from Lieutenant Earl stood out in his neck but he didnt move when the trio entered the elevator address any issues unrelated to the content of the book itself. My daughter and Pattis children the loving bonds that existed between us. further information. Ms. Statman Patti wrote to Roman on January Palos Verdes house, in custodial care only, of two of Patti three children. Sections in the book dealing with my sister Sharons life away from Pages 20-22, for example, reproduce an alleged conversation between Sharon To anybody? what their source could possibly be. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 and sunny day, with not a cloud in the sky. them, and the crowd followed behind us. visit to Cielo to the book that she has long wanted to write. and her siblings at the house in Palos Verdes. This went to Palos Verdes where Ms. Statman denied, contrary to her assurances and those he had asked Ms. Statman to return to him. Lownes, a friend of Roman and Sharons, had made all the arrangements, Phil's Five Up. followed in this book. The Lieutenants words kept echoing in the far recesses of my mind. Just a movie. The version of our sister Sharons murder appearing on pages 297-308 credited in this book. of photographs from Lieutenant Earl Deemers collection. Silent tears tumble down her cheeks. In those few words, Sharon told Mom that She used Nelson to meet and the guesthouse. scans Woytek for injuries, searches his eyes for an answer to the festering Cielo Could that box possibly be all that remains of my beautiful sister?