Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme
A 1970 photo of Lynette Fromme, known as Squeaky, a member of the Manson family, the group involved in the Sharon Tate murders. Fromme is shown here at a pre-trial hearing in Los Angeles. She never ended up going to prison for the the brutal killings, as she was not among the four family members sent by the cult leader to carry out the murders. She was just a teenager when she met Manson and went to live on his ranch. in 1975 she would goto prison after a failed assassination attempt on then-President Gerald Ford outside the State Capitol in Sacramento, CA. She was paroled in 2009. In a 2019 interview with ABC News she claimed to still love the late cult leader, who died in prison of natural causes on Nov. 19, 2017 “I don’t think you fall out of love,” she said. “I feel very honoured to have met him, and I know how that sounds to people who think he’s the epitome of evil,” she told the network.
Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme arrives at federal court where she sought and received a reduction in her bail in connection with the assassination attempt on President Gerald Ford in 1975.
Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme
Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Sacramento, for a pretrial hearing. On September 5, 1975, Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford with a gun outside the California Capitol.
Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme
Lynette Fromme and a U.S. Marshal were in a jovial mood as she was carried to the Federal Court in Sacramento, Calif., where a jury was in its second day of deliberation. Ms. Fromme has refused to walk to court where she is on trial and accused of attempting to assassinate President Ford with a gun during his visit to the California Capitol on Sept. 5, 1975.
Ford Assassination Attempt Tapes, Sacramento, USA
U.S. Secret Service agents put handcuffs on Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme after she pointed a gun at President Gerald Ford, in Sacramento, Calif. in 1975. She wasn’t granted parole until 2009.
Squeaky Fromme 1975, Sacramento, USA
A manacled Lynette Fromme, held by federal authorities and accused of attempting to assassinate President Ford outside the California Capitol in Sacramento, is shown outside the Federal Court in Sacramento, where she arrived for a pretrial hearing. The hearing was being held to determine if a movie showing her discussing the use of firearms could be used as evidence in her upcoming trial.
