Manson Family disciple and would-be presidential assassin Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme is hiding in plain sight in a rural village in Upstate New York! Nearly 43 years after she tried to pump bullets into President Gerald Ford, The National ENQUIRER found Squeaky in a town of less than 9,000 — where she’s shacking up with a convicted felon! Now 70, the Charles Manson follower served 34 years behind bars for the notorious 1975 assassination attempt, and she’s kept to herself since. Read on for details on Squeaky’s post-prison life, and click here for more on death cults….
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“She’s absolutely under the radar,” said Oneida County District Attorney
Scott McNamara, under whose jurisdiction Squeaky (left) now lives. “But she’s a
very well-known figure for very scary reasons," McNamara adds. "That would be a concern for anybody.”
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Squeaky wasn’t involved in the
brutal 1969 Helter Skelter Tate-LaBianca murders (
Sharon Tate, left) that made Charles Manson and his followers among the most notorious killers in U.S. history. But she did live on Spahn Ranch with the kooky crew, and Manson even coined her nickname.
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She was also present in Stockton, Calif. in 1972 when two
Manson affiliates from the Aryan Brotherhood forced a man to dig his own grave before killing and burying him. In that case, Squeaky was released for lack of evidence.
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She was finally jailed after she brought a gun to a federal building in Sacramento and pointed it at Ford. Years later, she admitted to having no remorse. “I don’t regret it," she said in a 1992 interview. "I look at myself and I say, ‘Well, am I sick? Am I perverted?’ No, there’s things I love.”
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Squeaky received a life sentence and often corresponded with Manson before her parole in 2009. “He’s got more heart and spirit than anyone I’ve ever met,” she said of
Manson, who died in Nov. 2017. “He gave me everything!”
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Squeaky now shares this backwoods hut in Marcy with ex-con Robert Valdner. The two exchanged letters for years while she was in prison. “He’s got a wild past and a collection of books on Manson and murders,” a neighbor said.
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“At Christmas, he decorates his tree with lighted skulls. He has a large collection of knives and swords.” Official documents show Valdner was found guilty on first-degree manslaughter charges in the 1989 shooting death of his brother-in-law and served three years in prison.
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When first contacted by The ENQUIRER, Squeaky hung up the phone. Valdner answered a follow-up call and was heard asking her, “It’s a reporter from The National ENQUIRER. Should I go tell him to go f--k himself?”
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Squeaky said, “Just say ‘no thank you,’” before he slammed down the phone. A neighbor recently ran into the aging Manson acolyte at a local doctor’s office and felt “creeped out.” “I handed her a Gospel tract that read, ‘Heaven or Hell: Which one will you choose?’” said Brian Moonan.
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“She gave me a menacing stare and said ‘Thank you.’” When he bumped into Squeaky again, “she was giving me a frightening glare.” Added Brian: “From my perspective, we’re all sinners and have the chance to be forgiven. But I certainly wouldn’t want to invite her to a barbecue!”
“She’s absolutely under the radar,” said Oneida County District Attorney
Scott McNamara, under whose jurisdiction Squeaky (left) now lives. “But she’s a
very well-known figure for very scary reasons," McNamara adds. "That would be a concern for anybody.”
Squeaky wasn’t involved in the
brutal 1969 Helter Skelter Tate-LaBianca murders (
Sharon Tate, left) that made Charles Manson and his followers among the most notorious killers in U.S. history. But she did live on Spahn Ranch with the kooky crew, and Manson even coined her nickname.
She was also present in Stockton, Calif. in 1972 when two
Manson affiliates from the Aryan Brotherhood forced a man to dig his own grave before killing and burying him. In that case, Squeaky was released for lack of evidence.
She was finally jailed after she brought a gun to a federal building in Sacramento and pointed it at Ford. Years later, she admitted to having no remorse. “I don’t regret it," she said in a 1992 interview. "I look at myself and I say, ‘Well, am I sick? Am I perverted?’ No, there’s things I love.”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Squeaky received a life sentence and often corresponded with Manson before her parole in 2009. “He’s got more heart and spirit than anyone I’ve ever met,” she said of
Manson, who died in Nov. 2017. “He gave me everything!”
Squeaky now shares this backwoods hut in Marcy with ex-con Robert Valdner. The two exchanged letters for years while she was in prison. “He’s got a wild past and a collection of books on Manson and murders,” a neighbor said.
“At Christmas, he decorates his tree with lighted skulls. He has a large collection of knives and swords.” Official documents show Valdner was found guilty on first-degree manslaughter charges in the 1989 shooting death of his brother-in-law and served three years in prison.
When first contacted by The ENQUIRER, Squeaky hung up the phone. Valdner answered a follow-up call and was heard asking her, “It’s a reporter from The National ENQUIRER. Should I go tell him to go f--k himself?”
Photo credit: Getty Images
Squeaky said, “Just say ‘no thank you,’” before he slammed down the phone. A neighbor recently ran into the aging Manson acolyte at a local doctor’s office and felt “creeped out.” “I handed her a Gospel tract that read, ‘Heaven or Hell: Which one will you choose?’” said Brian Moonan.
“She gave me a menacing stare and said ‘Thank you.’” When he bumped into Squeaky again, “she was giving me a frightening glare.” Added Brian: “From my perspective, we’re all sinners and have the chance to be forgiven. But I certainly wouldn’t want to invite her to a barbecue!”
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