Charles Manson and the Manson Family Murders Antisocial personality disorder, a mental health problem in which a person has a long-term tendency to manipulate, exploit, or violate the rights of 'others. November On December 12, 1934, Charles Milles Maddox was born to 15-year-old Kathleen Maddox, who was living with various partners in hotel rooms when Charles was born. Kathleen was an alcoholic and when Charles was 4, she received a five-year prison sentence for robbery. While his mother was in prison, Charles was taken in by his aunt and uncle in McMechen, West Virginia. He had been placed in schools and homes for boys. By the age of nine, Charles had already started stealing and later added burglary and car theft to his record. There was a consistency in the habit of stealing and it became easier. As he began to fly more, he gained a sense of comfort and stability. He was caught stealing and sent to a reform school, then again at the age of twelve and was sent to the Gibault School for Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1947. There didn't stay long and ran away trying to return to his mother who hadn't done so. I don't want him. He then tried to live on his own, supporting himself entirely with theft and burglary until he was arrested. The court had arranged for him to be sent to Father Flanagan's Boys Town. (another reform school) Three days after his admission to Boys Town, thirteen-year-old Charlie and another boy committed two armed robberies. Charles then transferred to the Indiana School for Boys for three years. His teachers described him as trusting no one and "only doing good work for those from whom he thought he could get something." By 1951, Charles and two of his friends had run away and started heading to California, supporting themselves...... middle of paper ...... the home of the intended victim, Terry Melcher. That night, the four followers brutally murdered Tate, her unborn baby, and four others who were visiting her. The next night, they killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their home. Antisocial personality disorder, a mental health condition in which a person has a long-term tendency to manipulate, exploit, or violate the rights of others. It took police some time to determine who was responsible. It was not until December 1969 that Manson and several of his followers were arrested. The trials began on January 24, 1970. On January 25, Manson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder. On March 29, 1971, he was sentenced to death, but he was exempted from punishment because the Supreme Court had banned the death penalty. Charles Manson remained in prison until he was beaten to death by his roommate.