Charles Manson gets marriage license

[thabear04]

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who left her Midwestern home and spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.

Afton Elaine Burton, the raven-haired bride-to-be, said she loves the man convicted in the notorious murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

No date has been set, but a wedding coordinator has been assigned by the prison to handle the nuptials, and the couple has until early February to get married before they would have to reapply.

The Kings County marriage license, viewed Monday by The Associated Press, was issued Nov. 7 for the 80-year-old Manson and Burton, who lives in Corcoran — the site of the prison — and maintains several websites advocating his innocence.

Burton, who goes by the name "Star," told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month.

"Y'all can know that it's true," she said. "It's going to happen."

"I love him," she added. "I'm with him. There's all kinds of things."

However, as a life prisoner with no parole date, Manson is not entitled to family visits, a euphemism for conjugal visits.

So why would Burton marry him under those conditions?

She said she is interested in working on his case, and marrying him would allow her to get information not available to nonrelatives.

"There's certain things next of kin can do," she said without elaborating.

Tate's sister, Debra, who acts as a spokeswoman for the families of Manson's victims, said the impending marriage is "ludicrous."

"I think it's insane," she said. "What would any young woman in her right mind want with an 80-year-old man?"

As for Manson's motives, she said, "The devil is alive and well."

Burton gave an interview a year ago to Rolling Stone magazine in which she said she and Manson planned to marry. But Manson, who became notorious in 1969 as the leader of a roving "family" of young killers, was less certain about tying the knot.

"That's a bunch of garbage," Manson said in the December 2013 interview. "That's trash. We're playing that for public consumption."

Asked Monday about those comments, Burton said, "None of that's true," adding that they're waiting for the prison to complete their paperwork.

California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton confirmed to the AP that the license had been transmitted to the prison.

Thornton said each California prison designates an employee to be a marriage coordinator who processes paperwork for an inmate's request to be wed. In most cases, she said, the Department of Corrections approves of such weddings as "a tool of family reunification and social development." But Manson is a unique case.

Burton said the wedding might have happened earlier if Manson did not have "some situations" at the prison.

Thornton explained that in February, Manson had three violations for possession of a weapon, threatening staff and refusal to provide a urine sample. Further details on the violations were not immediately available.

Burton said the prison holds marriages on the first Saturday of each month and she expects to be married in an inmate visiting room at the prison.

Thornton confirmed that Manson can have a wedding at the prison and invite an officiant from outside the prison to perform the ceremony.

Manson and his prospective spouse also would be allowed to invite 10 guests who are not inmates.

He and two followers, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, remain imprisoned. Another follower, Susan Atkins, died of cancer behind bars. Other members of the Manson "family" still behind bars are Charles "Tex" Watson, Bruce Davis and Robert Beausoleil.

Manson, Watson and the women were convicted in the gruesome killings of Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others at her estate on Aug. 9, 1969, and grocers Leno and Rosemary LaBianca who were killed the following night.

Manson is not eligible for parole until 2027. He has been a habitual criminal and spent most of his life in prison.

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[Simply Red]

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[thabear04]

Delete it then

[Simply Red]

& Charlie never killed anyone himself. At least that's what my Psyche teacher at Blue Springs indicated - Mr. Daley.

[crazycoffey]

This is brand new information!!!!

[cosmo20002]

Again?
Now we can add polygamist to his list of crimes.

[kcxiv]

lol, I have a friend who was in prison where he was. He told me everyone used to **** with Manson going by his room. He's isolated in a room all day and doesnt get out, but he said they would **** with him all day through his door lol

[InChiefsHeaven]

Her parents must be so proud...

[Mr. Laz]

Charles Manson's Relationship Fizzled Because His Fiancee Just Wanted to Own His Corpse
BY BRIAN FORMO
21 HOURS AGO

There was no wedding last week for Charles Manson after he let his marriage license expire before marrying Star Burton, leading many to speculate what happened to the couple. Well, it turns out that the "till death do us part" thing wasn't as troublesome to Manson—who believes he's immortal—as what might happen if he were to actually die.

According to journalist Daniel Simone, Burton wanted to marry Manson so that, in death, she could claim possession of his corpse and encase it in a glass tomb—a la Vladimir Lenin, Kim Il-Sung, and Kim Jung-Il—in Los Angeles. She envisioned a tourist attraction that would make her some cold, hard cash via Manson's cold, preserved corpse.

"He’s finally realized that he’s been played for a fool" after hearing of Burton's alleged plan, Simone told The New York Post. Maybe there once was love there though, as Burton's seven-year "contact visit" relationship with Manson (complete with a Swastika carved onto her head at one point) is certainly a lot of work to put in for just a potential serial killer corpse attraction. Burton supposedly still wants to marry Manson though, so this story of romance—which Manson also said was for "public consumption"—will continue.

According to Simone, Burton began asking Manson about claiming his body after he dies two years ago, and that she and a friend, who goes by the name Gray Wolf, came up with marriage as an option to make the corpse-display dream a reality.

Some people just have the worst luck when it comes to relationships!

[via The New York Post]

[Rain Man]

We've all been there, Charlie. You can do better.

[el borracho]

Sorry, Charlie.

[wazu]

Why would that be a showstopper? Sounds like an excuse. I think he just likes his freedom.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by wazu

Why would that be a showstopper? Sounds like an excuse. I think he just likes his freedom.

The irony is that he probably only wants her for her corpse, too.