- published: 09 Aug 2011
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Steven Earl Parent (February 12, 1951 – August 9, 1969) was a victim of the Charles Manson murders.
Steven Earl Parent was born in Los Angeles County, California to Wilfred Elmer Parent, a construction superintendent and his wife, Juanita, a homemaker. Parent, along with his three younger siblings, was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of El Monte.
Parent attended Arroyo High School in El Monte and spent his free time listening to popular folk music and playing the guitar. Parent's main interest was electronics and mechanics, an interest that led to trouble with the law. Parent was arrested several times for stealing radios for the sole purpose of tearing them apart to understand how they worked. He spent time in a youth correctional facility for the crimes. While in custody, Parent tested at a near genius level for electronics.
In June 1969, he graduated from Arroyo High School with plans to attend Citrus Junior College in Azusa, California, the following September. To earn money for college, he held two jobs. By day, he worked full-time as a delivery boy for Valley City Plumbing Company in Rosemead. In the evenings, he also worked as a salesman at Jonas Miller Stereo on Wilshire Boulevard.
Actors: Carl Daft (producer), David Gregory (producer), Jim Van Bebber (director), Jim Van Bebber (writer), Jim Van Bebber (editor), Jim Van Bebber (actor), Jim Van Bebber (producer), Andrew Copp (actor), John Bradley (miscellaneous crew), Matt Kennedy (miscellaneous crew), Michael Capone (editor), Sage Stallone (actor), Michael Capone (producer), Phil Anselmo (composer), Phil Anselmo (actor),
Plot: If you think you know the story of the Manson Family, you are dead wrong. On a ranch outside of Los Angeles, the dream of the "Love Generation" is transforming into something evil. What was once an oasis of free love and acid trips has become ground zero for a madman's paranoid visions. An average group of kids, the "Family," become engulfed in a delusional world where torment and slaughter are considered the path to righteousness.Director Jim VanBebber (Deadbeat at Dawn) delivers a dizzying, rapid-fire vision of the sex and violence that unifies the misguided group, a group hell-bent on executing the brutal vision of its leader, Charles Manson. You've seen the story through the eyes of the law. Now witness it through the eyes of THE MANSOSN FAMILY.
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