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Charles "Tex" Watson

テックス・ワトソン　/　てっくす・わとそん

American serial killer

December 2, 1945 (age 80)　・　Dallas, Texas, United States

Texas
serial killer

My Take

I include Tex Watson in this database not out of fascination but out of obligation: some names persist as warnings. As the tactical ringleader of the Tate–LaBianca murders, he embodies the most chilling lesson of the Manson Family — that an unremarkable young man from Dallas, ordinary by most accounts, could be hollowed out by a manipulator and turned into an instrument of atrocity. My take is that the horror lies precisely in that ordinariness. Studying him teaches nothing glamorous; it shows how cults dismantle conscience step by step. I write this entry for the victims' memory and for readers who want to understand, never to admire.

Overview

Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American convicted mass murderer and former central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. Watson is frequently identified as the tactical ringleader of the Tate–LaBianca murders, carried out on August 9–10, 1969.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Charles "Tex" Watson
Name (Japanese): テックス・ワトソン
Reading: てっくす・わとそん
Born: December 2, 1945 (age 80)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Rooster
Origin: Dallas, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: serial killer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Logan High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.aboundinglove.org/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex%20Watson

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