bruce davis

Bruce Davis was born in Monroe, Louisiana on October 5, 1942. He grew up in Mobile, Alabama and was the youngest of 2 children. After high school Davis attended college in Tennessee for about 2 years, then dropped out and moved west where he became immersed in the hippy counter culture. In the west, Davis made a living doing construction work and in 1967, ran into Charles Manson, Mary Brunner, Lynette Fromme, & Patricia Krenwinkel in Oregon. Manson liked having another man around, plus Charlie and Bruce had a few things in common. Like Manson, Davis was a good musician, had an interest in Scientology, and was an ex-con.

AKA: Bruce McMillan, George McGregor, Jack Paul

DOB: 10/05/42

Prisoner ID: B41079

Prison: San Quentin

From November of 1968 to April 1969, Bruce lived in London, England working at the Scientology headquarters. After Davis was kicked out of the organization due to his drug use, he returned to the states, where he rejoined the family. In the family, Davis acted as a comptroller, handling all the stolen credit cards and fake ID's.

In July of 1969, Bruce was present when Manson slashed Gary Hinman's left ear and face with a sword. In late August, Bruce assisted Manson, Tex Watson, and Steve Grogan murder Spahn's Ranch hand Donald "Shorty" Shea. After which Davis, along with the rest of the family, moved to the Barker Ranch near Death Valley. Bruce was arrested and charged with grand theft auto in the October 12, 1969 Barker Ranch raid. He was eventually released due to insufficient evidence.

On November 5, 1969, Davis was present when Christopher Jesus, aka "Zero", allegedly killed himself playing Russian roulette. Davis admitted to police that he picked up the gun after Zero had killed himself.

In April of 1970, Mary Brunner implicated Davis in the Hinman murder, he immediately went into hiding. On Manson's orders Davis turned himself in on December 2, 1970. Bruce went on trial for the murders of both Hinman and Shea. He was convicted for both murders and sentenced to Life imprisonment. Davis was briefly suspected of being the Zodiac killer (a mysterious killer that terrorized California by committing several bizarre homicides in the 60's and 70's), but was ruled out as a suspect by the FBI. In prison Bruce became a born-again Christian, and through correspondence he assisted Susan Atkins in finding Jesus. Bruce is currently incarcerated at the San Quentin State Prison.