Article: Brutal murders that shocked all America; Charles Manson and his 'family' of killers sentenced to life in prison.(News)

ACTRESS Sharon Tate and four friends were found brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home on this day in 1969.

The slayings shocked a country where violence is no stranger and remain among America's most notorious crimes.

Tate, 26, and married to film director Roman Polanski, was eight months pregnant when her life was cut short by self-styled guru Charles Manson and his "family".

Manson and three of his followers, Susan Atkins, 22, Patricia Krenwinkel, 23 and Leslie Van Houten, 21, were convicted after the longest murder trial in US history.

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