Patricia Krenwinkel

Biography

Patricia Krenwinkel was born on December 3, 1947, in Los Angeles, California, to an insurance salesman and homemaker mother. As a member of Charles Manson's "Family," she adopted various aliases but was known as Katie. In 1969, Patricia Krenwinkel, along with Tex Watson and Susan Atkins, brutally murdered five individuals at Sharon Tate's home. She has been the longest-incarcerated female inmate in California since her fellow cult member Susan Atkins' death in 2009.