Murderer Manson to marry
CORCORAN, California - Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who left her home halfway across America and spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.
Afton Elaine Burton, the raven-haired bride-to-be, said she loves the man convicted in the notorious murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.
No date has been set, but a wedding coordinator has been assigned by the prison to handle the nuptials, and the couple has until early February to get married before they would have to reapply.
The Kings County marriage license, viewed Monday by The Associated Press, was issued Nov. 7 for the 80-year-old Manson and Burton, who maintains several websites advocating his innocence.
Burton, who goes by the name “Star,’’ told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month.
“Y’all can know that it’s true,’’ she said. “It’s going to happen.’’
“I love him,’’ she added. “I’m with him. There’s all kinds of things.’’
However, as a life prisoner with no parole date, Manson is not entitled to family visits, a euphemism for conjugal visits.
So why would Burton marry him under those conditions?
She said she is interested in working on his case, and marrying him would allow her to get information not available to nonrelatives.
“There’s certain things next of kin can do,’’ she said without elaborating.
Burton gave an interview a year ago to Rolling Stone magazine in which she said she and Manson planned to marry. But Manson, who became notorious in 1969 as the leader of a roving “family’’ of young killers, was less certain about tying the knot.
“That’s a bunch of garbage,’’ Manson said in the December 2013 interview. “That’s trash. We’re playing that for public consumption.’’
Asked Monday about those comments, Burton said, “None of that’s true,’’ adding that they’re waiting for the prison to complete their paperwork. AP
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