Where is Valentine Michael Manson, Charles Manson's son, now?
Valentine Michael Manson tried to avoid the spotlight, but his father's ill-fame would not let him. As a result, he has learned to dissociate himself from his dad. His father, Charles Manson, terrorised the United States of America in the 60s. He orchestrated almost a dozen killings. The Manson Family was behind the LaBianca and Sharon Tate murders that shook the world.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Profile summary
- Who is Valentine Michael Manson?
- How old is Valentine Michael Manson?
- Did Charles Manson have a child?
- Is Mary Brunner still alive?
- Who is Charles Manson's daughter?
- Valentine Michael Manson's educational background
- Who was Valentine Michael Manson's father?
- Who did Charles Manson have a child with?
- What happened to Mary Brunner's baby?
- What is Valentine Michael Manson's net worth?
- Where is Mary Brunner now?
- Trivia
Valentine Michael Manson has done everything to ensure the world knows he did not inherit his father's psychosis. Although he tries to distance himself from a criminal family history, many people still recognise him as Charles Manson's son. At some point, he changed his identity, but it seems it did not help that much.
Profile summary
| Full name | Valentine Michael Manson |
| Other names | Michael Brunner, Pooh Bear |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of birth | 15 April 1968 |
| Age | 56 years (as of 2024) |
| Place of birth | Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Current residence | United States of America |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Height | 6 ft (180 cm) |
| Hair colour | Light brown |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Charles Manson |
| Mother | Mary Brunner |
| Siblings | 2 |
| Alma mater | Arlington Heights Elementary School |
| Profession | Former military contractor |
Who is Valentine Michael Manson?
Valentine Michael Manson, also known as Michael Brunner or Pooh Bear, is a former military contractor. He is best known as Charles Manson's son. His father is criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s.
How old is Valentine Michael Manson?
Valentine Michael Manson's age is 56 years as of 2024. He was born on 15 April 1968, and his Zodiac sign is Aries.
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Did Charles Manson have a child?
Charles Manson had at least three biological children. One of them is Valentine Michael Manson, whose mother is Mary Brunner.
Valentine Michael was born in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA, and his nationality is American. He was renamed Michael Brunner after his maternal grandparents, John and Evelyn Brunner, took him away from his biological parents.
Is Mary Brunner still alive?
Mary Theresa Brunner is still alive. She was born on 17 December 1943 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States of America and is 80 years old as of 2024.
Mary Brunner is Valentine Michael Manson's mother. She is an American criminal and former member of the Manson Family. Mary Brunner was present during the murder of Gary Hinman, a California musician and Ph.D. candidate, in 1969.
Who is Charles Manson's daughter?
While three of Charles Manson's children are known to be biologically his, he allegedly had more children. A lady known as Rebecca Evans went public and claimed the late criminal was her biological dad.
She claimed she was given up at birth and placed in foster care. Evans vowed to fight to get her father's corpse and his estate in 2018. She further said she was born at the Spahn Ranch and was given up at birth by her mother, Andrea Kavakow.
She reportedly discovered who her father was at 15. Evans is friends with another Manson 'heir', Matthew Roberts. Roberts, a musician, also claimed he was the cult leader's son. The two decided to join forces for Manson's estate.
Valentine Michael Manson's educational background
Charles Manson's son attended Arlington Heights Elementary School. His educational journey was not smooth because of his father's criminal dealings and ill reputation. His peers kept reminding him that his father was a murderer, which affected his studies.
Who was Valentine Michael Manson's father?
The former military contractor's father was Charles Manson, who became renowned as the leader of a cult known as the Manson family. The cult comprised mostly of young girls whom Charles manipulated easily with his lessons on philosophy and alternative ways to enjoy life.
Charles was responsible for the death of several people, including Hollywood elites like Sharon Tate. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972. He died in prison on 19 November 2017.
Valentine and his father did not have a close relationship. In fact, he once opened up and said he wished he knew his father better before he died. His maternal grandparents, John and Evelyn Brunner, raised him away from his father.
One of the stories about Val's relationship with his father was one in which he thought of reaching out to him. Eventually, he found some people who had been talking to Charles. Contrary to his expectations, he never got a response.
Upon his return to the United States of America, Michael Brunner found a postcard from his father. The only words on this postcard were, "write on. write on. write on." Valentine never responded to this message, even though he wanted to.
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Who did Charles Manson have a child with?
Charles Manson had three known biological children with three different women. His first child, Charles Manson Jr, was born in 1955 and was mothered by Rosalie Jean Willis.
His name changed to Jay White as he took his stepfather's last name, Jack White. Charles Manson Jr is deceased. Charles Manson Jr.'s cause of death was ruled as taking his own life on 29 June 1993. His death certificate showed that he passed away from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at Exit 438 on Interstate 70 at around 10.15 a.m.
Charles' second child, Charles Luther Manson, was born on 24 September 1960. This was a year after he married his second wife, Candy Stevens. Candy divorced him in 1963, and Luther took on a new name. Mary Brunner is Valentine Michael Manson's mother.
What happened to Mary Brunner's baby?
Valentine Michael Manson left his biological parents when he was about 18 months old. This was because the security found him lying half-naked in the cold alongside his mother and some of his father's cultic family members. The family were naked and in a ditch in a stolen bus.
His mother's parents later raised him and he subsequently took their last name. He believes his maternal grandparents did a great job raising him in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
During an exclusive interview with the LA Times in 2019, Mary Brunner's son suggested that his father was mostly misunderstood and was therefore painted in more bad light than he deserved.
I would say 95% of the public looks at Charlie as this mass-murdering dog, and it’s really, obviously, just not true. He didn’t necessarily kill... I guess I’m here now for, just for posterity, [to] let people know where I’m standing now. I’m still not looking for any kind of celebrity. I mean, this isn’t something that you run around and brag about.
He expressed that, unlike himself, his father could not experience what good parenting feels like. There is, however, little known about Valentine Michael Manson in 2024. He has lived a low-key life since he granted the Los Angeles Times an exclusive interview. It is known that he is a former military contractor.
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What is Valentine Michael Manson's net worth?
Michael has an alleged net worth of $100,000. His only known source of income was his short stint in the army. He was deployed in Germany. He has spent most of his years self-employed.
Manson's estate could be worth millions and would include his artwork, music rights, and memorabilia. Even so, Valentine Michael Manson did not inherit his father's wealth.
A man named Michael Channels claimed he would inherit Charles Manson's entire estate. He was revealed to be Manson's longtime pen pal who had the only copy of the cult leader's will.
In 2017, he rushed to file his last will and testament so he could get custody of the killer's body as soon as possible. Later, people who claimed to be Manson's biological kids decided to fight for the estate. Valentine did not openly fight for the estate.
Where is Mary Brunner now?
Before Mary Brunner became a mother, she was the first loyal follower of Charles Manson. She let him stay at her apartment not long after first making his acquaintance.
When their relationship turned romantic, she quit her job and followed him to California. Brunner was arrested in 1971 after participating in the heist of a Hawthorne surplus store.
She was released in 1977. She reportedly changed her name and has since gone on to live a quiet, reclusive life in the Midwest.
There have been rumours that she is dead. In reality, she is alive and Michael Brunner's obituary, which is available online, is not hers. It is in reference to a late person with the same name.
Trivia
- He did not have a mother-son bond with his mom because he was raised by his grandparents.
- His father was in prison for about four decades when he died.
- Several books, documentaries, TV shows and films have been released since the arrest of his parents. They are based on their life of crime.
- His father succumbed to cancer in prison.
- His biggest pet peeve is being judged for his parents' crimes.
Valentine Michael Manson has kept a low profile majorly because of his infamous father. The most recent appearance he made in public was in his exclusive interview with the Los Angeles Times in 2019.
Yen.com.gh recently published Rebecca Sneed's biography. Sneed is renowned for marrying a man who was already convicted of murder. He murdered his parents in collaboration with his brother.
As a result, most people are wondering what would have made a woman with a highly progressive career, as a magazine's chief editor, want to be with someone serving a life sentence. She is now a defence attorney.
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