Patricia Dianne Krenwinkel (born December 3, 1947) is an American convicted murderer and former member of the Manson Family.
On August 9, 1969, Patricia Krenwinkel, Tex Watson, and Susan Atkins
murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles.
During her time with Manson's group, she was known by various aliases such as Big Patty, Yellow, Marnie Reeves and Mary Ann Scott, but to The Family she was most commonly known as Katie.
Krenwinkel stated:
"I wake up every day knowing that I'm a destroyer of the most precious thing, which is life; and I do that because that's what I deserve, is to wake up every morning and know that".
During that same interview, she expressed the most remorse for what she did to Folger,
"That was just a young woman that I killed, who had parents. She was supposed to live a life and her parents were never supposed to see her dead".
Following the 2009 death of fellow Manson cult member Susan Atkins, Krenwinkel became the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system.
Admitted to prison in April 1971, she has been continuously incarcerated for 54 years
She is 77, starting her sentence age 23
She was recommended to be released on parole on 30 May 2025
