31 Facts About Squeaky Fromme

Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is an American woman who was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson.

Squeaky Fromme was paroled from prison on August 14,2009, after serving approximately 34 years.

Squeaky Fromme published a book about her life in 2018.

In 1963, the family moved to Redondo Beach, and Squeaky Fromme began using alcohol and drugs.

Squeaky Fromme's grades dropped at Redondo Union High School, but she graduated in 1966.

Squeaky Fromme moved out of her parents' house for a few months before her father convinced her to enroll at El Camino College.

Squeaky Fromme returned home for two months before her father kicked her out following an argument, rendering her homeless.

Squeaky Fromme went to Venice Beach after her parents threw her out of her family's house.

Manson walked away as Squeaky Fromme picked up her belongings and followed him.

Manson had recently been released from the federal prison at Terminal Island, and Squeaky Fromme became the second member of what would become the Manson Family.

Squeaky Fromme found Manson's philosophies and attitudes appealing, and the two became friends and traveled together with other young people, including Mary Brunner and Susan Atkins.

Squeaky Fromme lived with the Manson Family at Spahn Ranch where they worked for their keep, and at the Barker Ranch in Death Valley, which was owned by the grandmother of one of the Family members.

Squeaky Fromme was not charged with involvement in the murders but she was convicted of attempting to prevent Manson's imprisoned followers from testifying, and she was convicted of contempt of court when she refused to testify.

Squeaky Fromme was sentenced to serve short jail terms for both offenses.

Around 1973, Squeaky Fromme started to write an extensive 600-page book about the Manson Family.

Squeaky Fromme sent it to publishers, but she dropped her plan to get it published after she discussed it with Clem Grogan, deciding that the project was too incriminating.

Squeaky Fromme's body was found with his hand still sticking out of the ground.

Squeaky Fromme telephoned the house while police were there, asking to be picked up, and officers obliged, taking her into custody nearby.

Squeaky Fromme later told reporters that she had been traveling in California trying to visit "brothers" in jail and to visit Manson.

When Squeaky Fromme left the jail after visiting Goucher, she called the house on Flora Street to have someone pick her up, and the Stockton Police traced the call and arrested her at a phone booth.

Squeaky Fromme, described as frantic and with a nervous tic marring her face, asked to meet with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page to warn him, claiming to have foreseen the future and wishing to warn Page of imminent "evil" which she believed might take place that night at the concert.

Goldberg stated that she could not see Page until the following night, to which Squeaky Fromme responded "tomorrow night will probably be too late".

Squeaky Fromme was escorted away against her will and the note was ultimately burned and never read.

When Squeaky Fromme pointed the gun at Ford she was immediately restrained by Secret Service agent Larry Buendorf.

In 1980, Squeaky Fromme told The Sacramento Bee that she had deliberately ejected the round from her weapon's chamber before leaving home that morning, and investigators later found a round on her bathroom floor.

Squeaky Fromme refused to cooperate with her own defense during her trial.

In 1979, Squeaky Fromme was transferred out of Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, California, for attacking fellow inmate Julienne Busic with a hammer.

Squeaky Fromme was captured two days later and incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Squeaky Fromme waived her right to request a hearing and was required by federal law to complete a parole application before one could be considered and granted.

Squeaky Fromme was granted parole in July 2008, but she was not released because of the extra time which was added to her sentence because of her escape from prison in 1987.

Squeaky Fromme was released on parole from the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, on August 14,2009, and she moved to Marcy, New York, where she and her boyfriend Robert Valdner live in a house which is decorated with skulls.