Paul Watkins (Manson Family)

For other people named Paul Watkins, see Paul Watkins (disambiguation).

Paul Alan Watkins (January 25, 1950 – August 3, 1990)[1][2][3] was an American man who was a member of Charles Manson's "Family". In the period leading up to Manson's trial for the Tate–LaBianca murders, Watkins provided the prosecution with information that clarified the "Helter Skelter" motive.[3][4][5] He is not to be confused with Tex Watson.

  1. ^ Watkins, Paul and Guillermo Soledad. My Life with Charles Manson. Bantam, 1979. ISBN 0-553-12788-8. Chapter 2.
  2. ^ Paul Watkins biographical data imdb.com. Retrieved June 3, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Bugliosi, Vincent with Curt Gentry. Helter Skelter - The True Story of the Manson Murders 25th Anniversary Edition. W.W. Norton & Company. 1994. ISBN 0-393-08700-X.
  4. ^ Testimony of Paul Watkins in the State of California v. Charles Manson
  5. ^ Testimony of Paul Watkins in the Charles Manson Trial Archived March 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.