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Article: Squeaky Fromme freed from prison: ; Manson follower tried to kill President Ford
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- August 15, 2009
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FORT WORTH, Texas - Locked behind bars for more than half her
life, a disciple of Charles Manson who was convicted of trying to
assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975 walked out of a Fort Worth
prison Friday morning.
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was released from the Federal Medical
Center, Carswell about 8 a.m., prison public information officer Dr.
Maria Douglas said in a statement.
Fromme, 60, left the front entrance, dressed in "civilian-type"
clothing.
"Inmates are encouraged to save money for their release. Any
funds they have saved, or have been sent them by family, is given to
them," Douglas said.
The facility did not provide Fromme with transportation, the
prison spokeswoman said.
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