Steven Earl Parent

 Steven Earl Parent (February 12, 1951- August 9, 1969)

His father, Wilfred Elmer Parent, was a construction superintendent, and his mother, Juanita, a homemaker, took care of him, his younger sister and two younger brothers. He attended Arroyo High School in El Monte, graduating in June 1969, and his main interest was in electronics. 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. 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. In July 1969, Parent picked up William Garretson, who was hitchhiking in Beverly Hills. Garretson was a caretaker at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, which, at the time, was being rented to director Roman Polanski, and his wife, actress Sharon Tate. After Parent gave Garretson a ride back to the estate, the young caretaker thanked him and invited Parent to stop by anytime he was in the area. He was at the guest house on the night of August 9, 1969 to try and sell a radio to Garretson, who was not interested. As he was leaving down the driveway, Parent was stopped by Manson follower Tex Watson, who shot him several times. As Parent was carrying no identification when his body was found, for a short time he was known to authorities only as "John Doe 85".

The body was identified later that afternoon by the Parent family's parish priest, who went to the coroner's office after Parent's family had informed him that he was missing. Funeral services for Steven Parent were held on August 13, 1969. He is buried at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Rowland Heights, California.