Guenther said. I turned the conversation to Bobby Beausoleil. The mere mention of his name launched Guenther out of his recliner: “He lies, and I can’t tell you how I know that.” Of course he lies, I said. Didn’t all murderers? “He called the ranch after he was arrested,” Guenther said, pacing in front of me. To his mind, it was this phone call that had initiated the Tate–LaBianca murders. “The sole motive for those murders was to get Bobby out of jail.”
