He reasoned that the majority of the wounds appeared to have been inflicted by a double-edged instrument, although some were inflicted by a single-edged instrument. Noguchi also testified that in his opinion, the 103 stab wounds found in the victims might have been inflicted by a weapon or weapons similar to a bayonet. Miss Tate, wife of Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski, also was hanged before she died, the Coroner said.Ī rope, with one end tied to Miss Tate’s neck and the other to Sebring’s, was found tossed over a beam in the actress’ living room. The fetus lived from 15 to 20 minutes after its mother.
Miss Tate, eight months pregnant with a son, was stabbed 16 times, Noguchi said. The men’s hairstylist also was beaten severely about the face, probably by someone’s fist, the Coroner testified. Sebring was stabbed seven times and shot once. The coroner also revealed Parent had a stab wound in his left hand, as if he too, had tried to ward away his killer. He had been shot four times, and Noguchi said two of the bullet wounds, in the chest, were fatal. Parent, who had been visiting estate caretaker William Garretson, was found in his automobile. Sebring and the actress were discovered inside. Miss Folger and Frykowsky both were found on the lawn of Miss Tate’s home. Noguchi also testified Frykowsky was beaten over the head with a blunt instrument similar to a gun butt and had been shot twice.Īlthough, the Coroner said the Polish playboy died from multiple stab wounds, he said he also could have been killed by the beating or a bullet wound in the back. He based his opinion on the presence of what he called “defense wounds” on the hands and arms of both victims. Noguchi testified earlier that Frykowsky, stabbed 51 times, and Miss Folger, stabbed 28 times, had apparently tried to fend off their attackers. The coroner said the other two victims, Miss Tate and 35-year-old men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring, showed no signs of alcohol or drugs in their systems.Ī toxicological examination, not unusual in murder cases, is performed to determine the amount or type of drugs or poisons, if any, within a body. Another victim, 18-year-old Steven Parent, had a blood alcohol content of. Noguchi also said Miss Folger had a blood alcohol content of.
6 milligrams of MDA in his urine, the Coroner added. Her friend, 37-year-old Polish playboy Voityck Frykowsky, had. He said later toxicological examinations of the victims showed coffee heiress Abigail Folger, 26, had 2.4 milligrams of the drug MDA in her bloodstream. Noguchi performed the autopsy on the body of the 26-year-old, Miss Tate and supervised the post mortem examinations of the other four victims.
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Noguchi came as the prosecution, at the murder trial of Charles Manson and three female followers, ended its direct examination of the Coroner. 25 – The two victims who struggled the most fiercely with their killers a year ago at the home of actress Sharon Tate had a quantity of a drug known as “super speed” in their systems, the County Coroner testified yesterday.