Released Killers

Steve "Clem" Grogan was a member of Charles Manson's Family who participated in the 1969 murder of Spahn Ranch worker and stuntman Donald "Shorty" Shea. Already living and working around the ranch before becoming closely associated with Manson, Grogan joined Manson and fellow Family member Bruce Davis in the attack on Shea after Manson came to believe the ranch hand was an informant. Grogan was convicted of first-degree murder in 1971 and initially sentenced to death, but the trial judge reduced his punishment to life imprisonment. Years later, Grogan cooperated with authorities and led investigators to Shea's concealed remains. He was paroled in 1985, becoming the first Manson Family member convicted of murder to be released from prison.