Mass murderer Charles Manson has been issued a license to marry a 26-year-old woman who visits him in prison. The Kings County marriage license, viewed Monday by The Associated Press, was granted on November 7 for 80-year-old Manson and Afton Elaine Burton, who left her Midwestern home nine years ago and moved to Corcoran, California the site of the prison to be near Manson.
She maintains several websites advocating Manson’s innocence. Manson and several of his followers were convicted in the gruesome killings of actress Sharon Tate and four others at her estate on Aug. 9, 1969, and grocers Leno and Rosemary LaBianca who were killed the following night. Though the license does not have a wedding date, Burton, who goes by the name ‘Star,’ told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month
However, as a life prisoner with no parole date, he is not entitled to family visits, a euphemism for conjugal visits. Why marry Manson under those conditions?Burton said she was interested in working on his case and helping him obtain possible release. Marrying him would allow her to get information not available to non-relatives, she said without elaborating.
‘There’s certain things next of kin can do,’ she said.She said she believes Manson is innocent and will get a new trial. He and two women followers, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, remain imprisoned. Another follower, Susan Atkins, died of cancer behind bars.
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