to find the money and cars to take his family to death valley. where he told them they would wait out helter skelter. and who had money and cars? his munich music teacher friend, gary hinman. and charlie knew all of that. eric carlson was with gary when manson called with his demands. he s telling that gary it s time for him to join the family because this whole helter skelter was coming and he needed to cash out all of his investments and go with the family and go out to the desert. gary told manson no. but the man who had become used to getting what he wanted persisted. he says gary, this is your last chance. if you don t do this, i will not be responsible for the karma you will invoke upon yourself. karma, manson style. a friend of the family named bobby beausoleil, along with