Bobby Beausoleil

Bobby Beausoleil
Mug shot taken on July 1, 2016
Born	Robert Kenneth Beausoleil (1947-11-06) November 6, 1947 (age 76) Santa Barbara, California, United States
Other names	Cupid
Criminal status	Incarcerated
Conviction(s)	First-degree murder
Criminal penalty	Death, commuted to life imprisonment
Date apprehended	August 6, 1969

Robert Kenneth Beausoleil (born November 6, 1947) is an American murderer and associate of Charles Manson and members of his communal Manson Family. He was convicted and sentenced to death for the July 27, 1969, fatal stabbing of Gary Hinman, who had befriended him and other Manson associates. Beausoleil was later granted commutation to a lesser sentence of life imprisonment, after the Supreme Court of California issued a ruling that invalidated all death sentences issued in California prior to 1972.

During his incarceration in the California state prison system, Beausoleil has recorded and released music. He has also worked on visual art, instrument design, and media technology.^[1] Although a parole board recommended him for parole in January 2019 in his 19th hearing for eligibility, the recommendation was denied by the governor of California.