Mass murderer, Charles Manson, notorious for his murder of Sharon Tate back in the sixties, has obtained a marriage license in order to wed 26 year-old, Afton Elaine Burton, who he nicknamed Star.
Manson who is serving a life sentence, been denied parole 12 times, at the age of 80 years old, was granted permissions to wed November 7th and has until February to say “I Do,” before having to reapply.
“Y’all can know that it’s true,” Burton RollingStone. “It’s going to happen. I love him. I’m with him.”
Star moved several years ago to be closer to Manson after reading about him when she was only 16 years old. She believes that Manson is innocent and tries to promote his ATWA cause that helps the environment. The ceremony itself will take place at the prison in one of the visiting rooms. 10 outside guest are allowed to attend the nuptials.
What kind of a woman, a young woman with a full life ahead of her, who wasn’t even born when Manson was put away, be doing to a man who has been in jail for 45 years due to multiple murder sprees?
According to The Guardian, “There is a long and sometimes bizarre narrative of people, mostly women, falling in love with killers in prison. The 73-year-old music producer, Phil Spector, recently married “a fan” in jail. One of Manson’s gang, a woman, married her (male) lawyer. The syndrome of women falling for violent prisoners has yielded a rich seam of pop psychology: from the desire for a dependent and dependable partner, to “I don’t have to wash his clothes” and “I know where he is each night”. To have a powerful man waiting on every visit and every gift seems to attract a certain sort of partner. For the prisoner to have a loving someone on the outside grants him (or her) status.
“I’m completely with him, and he’s completely with me. It’s what I was born for, you know. I don’t know what else to say,” Star told CNN.
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