It was a random hit, the killers had no idea who was in the house and didn't care. Interesting, though...that upon seeing one of their victims would be a very pregnant woman did not give them the slightest cause to turn away.
I did hear that the initial 'Helter Skelter' plan was to target specific famous people, such as Frank Sinatra...
if i read right the manager of the beach boys basically pissed manson off by not offering him a contract or something like that. he found the place he lived at, but a few months before that he rented the place out to roman polanski, and his wife sharon tate.
