
Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara confirmed that, but officials would not release her exact address. Under parole, Fromme moved to Marcy, NY to live with her boyfriend. She was released on Augat the age of 60, after serving 34 years. Authorities captured her two days later and sent her to the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas. She hoped to meet the still-imprisoned Manson whom she heard was ill. On December 23, 1987, Fromme escaped from the Federal Prison Camp, Ain Alderson, West Virginia. Fromme was concerned about the cutting of redwood trees in California and felt that her actions would bring attention to that concern. The gun didn’t go off, and Secret Service agents wrestled Fromme to the ground. In 1972, Fromme moved to Sacramento, CA and it was there on Septemthat she aimed a loaded pistol an President Gerald Ford in Sacramento. Lynette Squeaky Fromme Sentenced Assassination attempt

During the trial, Fromme and other family members “camped” outside the Los Angeles County courtroom where the Manson family trial occurred.Īfter a jury convicted Manson, authorities moved him from prison to prison, Fromme moved from town to town to be near him. The 80-year-old George Spahn nicknamed Fromme “Squeaky” because of the sound she made when he would touch her.įromme was not charged with involvement in the August 1969 murders. Lynette Squeaky Fromme Sentenced Squeakyīack in California, the family lived as caretakers on the Spahn Ranch. She joined his “family” and traveled with them. In 1967, often an outsider whose didn’t fit into the traditional academic settings her parents wanted her to succeed in, she met Charles Manson in Venice, California.

Lynette Alice Fromme was born in Santa Monica, California on October 22, 1948.

Lynette Squeaky Fromme Sentenced Early life The judge sentenced her to life in prison.įromme was a follower of then jailed (now dead) Charles Manson, cult leader of the infamous Manson Family whose members had murdered Sharon Tate (8 months pregnant) and her friends: Folgers coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring at Roman Polanski’s home in Los Angeles, California on Augas well as killing Leno and Rosemary LaBiana, wealthy Los Angeles residents, the following day. On November 26, 1975, a jury found Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme guilty of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford on the previous September 5.
