Barbara Hoyt
{{Short description|Manson Family member (1951–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Barbara Hoyt
| image =Barbara_Hoyt.jpg
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|12|27}}
| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|03|1951|12|27}}
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| known_for = Former member of the Manson Family
| occupation = Nurse
}}
Barbara Hoyt (December 27, 1951 – December 3, 2017){{Cite web|url=http://www.cielodrive.com/barbara-hoyt.php|title=Barbara Hoyt profile|website=cielodrive.com|access-date=October 10, 2017}} was an American nurse and a member of the "Manson Family", led by Charles Manson.{{cite news|title=Manson: An Oral History|date=July 1, 2009|author=Oney, Steve|url=http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/manson-an-oral-history1/|work=Los Angeles}}
Hoyt was a witness in District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi's prosecution of Manson and his followers for the Tate-LaBianca murders.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g7oaFcakNFkC&q=Barbara+Hoyt&pg=PT339|title=Ladies And Gentlemen of the Jury: Greatest Closing Arguments|last1=Lief|first1=Michael S.|last2=Bycell|first2=Ben|last3=Caldwell|first3=Mitchell|date=December 11, 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781471108549|language=en}}
Life
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When she was 17, Hoyt left home after an argument with her father and was found by a group of Manson's followers.{{Cite news |last=Deutsch |first=Linda |author-link=Linda Deutsch |date=August 9, 2009 |title=Manson followers haunted |work=Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/752233461 |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 4, 2023|id={{ProQuest|752233461}} }} She lived with the Manson Family at Spahn Ranch until shortly after the Tate–LaBianca murders, when she left after overhearing Susan Atkins describing the murder.{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=Anderson |date=August 18, 2015 |title=Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders. Aired 9-10p ET. |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1796115860 |id={{ProQuest|1796115860}} |url-access=subscription}}
In 1971, five Manson followers – Catherine Share, Lynette Fromme, Dennis Rice, Steve Grogan and Ruth Ann Moorehouse – were charged with attempted murder after they plotted to murder Hoyt to prevent her testifying for the prosecution during the Tate/LaBianca murder trial.
Moorehouse was to lure Hoyt to Honolulu, Hawaii, so that she would be unable to testify. Once in Hawaii, if Hoyt could not be convinced not to testify, Moorehouse was to kill her. On September 9, 1970, as Moorehouse was preparing to board her flight back to California, it was alleged that Moorehouse bought Hoyt a hamburger and laced it with a multi-dose of LSD,{{cite web |last1=Singh |first1=HemRaj |title=Charles Manson-IV Investigation, Trial and Conviction {{!}} Lawyers Update |date=April 10, 2018 |url=https://www.lawyersupdate.co.in/crime-file/charles-manson-iv-investigation-trial-and-conviction/ |language=en}} then left her and flew back to California. Hoyt survived the attempt on her life. Share and the others were initially charged with attempted murder; the charge was later reduced to conspiracy to dissuade a witness from testifying.
Share, Fromme, Rice, and Grogan served 90-day sentences in the Los Angeles County Jail. Moorehouse never served her sentence, as she failed to appear at the sentencing hearing.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781451645163_0 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781451645163_0/page/385 385] |title=Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson |author=Jeff Guinn |date=August 5, 2014 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781451645170 |language=en}}
After Hoyt had pursued a career in nursing, she became friends with Sharon Tate's sister, Debra.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/women-linked-by-manson-murders-form-odd-friendship-1.3663143|title=Women linked by Manson form odd friendship|publisher=Newsday.com|date=April 16, 2012 }}
Death
Hoyt died of natural causes on December 3, 2017, at the age of 65.{{where|date=July 2023}}{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.cielodrive.com/barbara-hoyt.php Barbara Hoyt]
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