Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Charles Manson Follower, Moving To Upstate NY

MARCY, N.Y. — Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson follower convicted in 1975 of pointing a gun at then-President Gerald Ford, is moving to upstate New York, local officials said Tuesday.

Oneida County Undersheriff Peter Paravati and state police spokesman Lt. Glenn Miner said federal authorities notified their offices about Fromme moving into the area.

District Attorney Scott McNamara said he was notified by state police that the 60-year-old Fromme was moving to Marcy following her release last month after serving 34 years in federal prison.

"If she has arrived, nobody's heard from her. Nobody has seen her. Nobody's made a fuss," McNamara said.

Paravati and McNamara said they were given no other information about Fromme's move.

"I thought it was a joke at first," said the prosecutor, who added that federal authorities routinely notify local law enforcement agencies when federal parolees convicted of drug, sex or violent crimes relocate to a community.

"Obviously, it creates a concern because of the crimes she was convicted of committing," McNamara said. "But as far as us treating her any differently than anyone else, she's paid her debt to society."

Fromme eluded the media last month as she left the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. She declined a recent interview request from The Associated Press. Officials did not know of her whereabouts Tuesday.

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Prison officials would not say where she planned to live or what she planned to do after more than 30 years behind bars. Some of Fromme's relatives still live in her home state of California.

U.S. Parole Commission spokesman Tom Hutchison noted again Tuesday that he could not discuss Fromme's plans. Fromme will be on supervised release for two years and must report regularly to a parole officer, he said.

In September 1975, Fromme pushed through a crowd, drew a semiautomatic .45-caliber pistol from a thigh holster and pointed it at Ford, who was shaking hands with well-wishers at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Secret Service agents grabbed her and the gun. Ford wasn't hurt.

Fromme was a college student before joining Manson's "family," where she reportedly got her nickname because of her voice. She was never implicated in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, for which Manson is serving a life term in Corcoran State Prison in California.

The news that Fromme already is, or soon could be, a neighbor came as a surprise to local residents and officials.

Town Supervisor Brian Scala said he had not been given any information and had no comment.

"I'm surprised, but not alarmed," said Raymond Maciewicz, 58, of Marcy. "It's an awful long time ago. Maybe she's repented her ways."

The town of Marcy is 55 miles east of Syracuse and includes four hamlets spread over 33 square miles with about 9,000 people. Although mostly rural, the town is home to two medium-security state prisons, the county jail and the State University of New York Institute of Technology.

Comments

[Jayann]

Fromme has always been one of Manson's more rabid followers. While the others are still (deservedly) in prison, they disavowed Manson years ago, Fromme never did. She always stuck me as being especially unstable, violent and proud of being one of Manson's women. I would hope that she will be watched closely by law enforcement. I would have kept her in prison.

[larry278]

It appears that those who were in on the Tate-LaBianca murders along with Manson will never be freed even if they are at death's door. All of them may die in the slammer. What happened to the female who was in Manson's family, the slammer & was close to death? Was she ever freed to die at home? Will she die in prison?
The traditional MSM has led me not to have any sympathy for Manson & his women. If I was fooled & continue to be fooled by the MSM about Manson & his crew, so be it. The courts found those involved in Sharon Tate & her guests murders guilty of excessivly cruel murders & put them in slammer. Unless the verdicts are reversed, the sentences must be served in full. If the courts engaged in taking reprisals in these cases, so be it. These people have been found guilty of cruel murders. The punishments fit the crimes. The courts simply did their duty, nothing more, nothing less.
To be vindictive-they did the crime; they must serve the time in full.

[Vonya]

Larry--If you're thinking of Susan "Sadie" Atkins, she died about a week ago in prison. She had brain cancer. She was the one who confessed to slaughtering Sharon Tate and her unborn child. Only a monster could do what she did!

I believe "Squeaky" is scary and she's still dangerous! I wouldn't want her as a neighbor.

Does anyone know what happened to "Gypsy" (Catherine Share)? Has she ever said whether her son is Charles Manson's? I saw something about one son of Manson's but I wonder how many other children he fathered. Considering the things that went on in that group, I bet Maury (Povich) could devote a whole week of shows on that DNA nightmare.

I recently saw a documentary on Manson and his followers and I couldn't stop thinking that Sharon Tate's child would be 40 years old now! (And, maybe if things had been different, Roman Polanski wouldn't have sexually assaulted a thirteen year old girl!)