MYSTERY man shatters Charles Manson’s self-proclaimed grandson Jason Freeman’s hopes of inheriting killer’s estate
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: A mystery man, Daniel Arguelles, claims himself to be the rightful heir of the killer, Charles Manson, who was the culprit of the famous Sharon Tate Murder. With this new turn of events, Arguelles thwarted the hopes of Jason Freeman, the self-proclaimed grandson of Manson. The latest contender states he is the biological son of Manson, which happened over a one-night stand with his mother back in 1959.
On the other hand, Freeman was hoping that Judge Ruben Garcia would declare him the heir to Manson's estate and his belongings in addition to lucrative music and artwork rights at a Los Angeles probate court hearing Friday, August 12.
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There were hopes that the judge would reject the claim of his remaining rival, memorabilia collector and Manson pen-pal Michael Channels. He stated he has a 2002 will from Manson that leaves everything to him and makes him the owner of all possessions of the killer. However, that did not happen. Meanwhile, he faced the last-minute court petition filed on Thursday, August 11 by Arguelles. Further hearing of the case shall occur on October 20.
Arguelles's petition states his "determination of the existence of parent and child relationship and determination of heirship." The new turn of events has shocked those who've been involved for almost five years in the legal battle. According to DailyMail, in the legal documents filed by Arguelles, he stated that there is clear and convincing evidence that he is the biological son of Manson and is entitled to an equal share of Manson's estate. It also claimed after Manson was released from a five-year jail stint at Terminal Island in San Pedro, California, in September 1958, he met up in Los Angeles with Arguelles's mother, Darlene Large Pons.
The petitioner also stated on or around January 25, 1959, the petitioner's mother and dependent conceived the petitioner in a one-night encounter. Arguelles was born on November 1, 1959. He added on the document that his mother - who died in 2020 – had told him till 1981 that his father was James Arguelles. Later, his mom retracted her previous claim and said that Arguelles was not his father while adding that she did not know who his birth father was.
In July 2015, Arguelles tried to locate his biological father by sending a DNA sample to Ancestry.com. The results denoted a "close relative match" with Michael Brunner – one of the original claimants in the fight over Manson's estate. "My grandmother told me that my grandfather was unknown to her….that she never saw my grandfather after the night my father was conceived," stated Arguelles's daughter in the court declaration. However, Charles Manson died of natural causes on November 19, 2017, at Corcoran State Prison, CA, where he spent 47 years on death row. He was 83.
