Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, one step closer to being released from prison Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be eligible for parole, court rules Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten reacts as members of a California prison board ...
Debra Tate has publicly pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars. 1 year ago A look back at the Manson slayings after follower Leslie Van Houten's release Van Houten, 73, was released from prison Tuesday, many years after California's parole board first recom...
On Tuesday, Leslie Van Houtenwas releasedafter spending more than 50 years in prison for two of those murders. She’s the only one of Manson’s followers who participated in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders to go free. Members of the Manson “family” arrived...
Following his release from prison in 1967, Manson moved toSan Francisco, where he attracted a small but devoted group of followers from among the city’s bohemian youthculture. By 1968 he had become the leader of the “Family,” a communal religious cult dedicated to studying andimplementinghis...
actively championed the Family's interests, and shed more light on the nature of his involvement, I am not prepared to release him," Brown wrote. "When considered as a whole, I find the evidence I have discussed shows why he currently poses a danger to society if released from prison."...
CORONA, CA - JUNE 28: Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten reacts as members of a California prison board declare her parole dennied, 28 June, 2002, at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California. Van Houten, 52, has served ov Expand LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Cal...
What happened to the Manson family?19 photos After being released from prison in 1967, Manson moved to Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, where he started leading the quasi-religious nomadic group who were mainly impressionable young women. They claimed to be influenced by drugs such as LSD and...
some of the group members had participated in the infamous murders at the home of actress Sharon Tate and the murders of theLaBiancacouple. Squeaky had no direct involvement in the murders and was released from prison. With Manson in jail, Squeaky became the head of the family. She remained...
Susan Atkins, along with her female family members, was serving her life sentence at the California Institution for Women at Frontera. She had been denied parole ten times. In spite of an exemplary prison record, Leslie Van Houten was denied her fourteenth parole appeal. She has earned a bach...
At her hearing, Van Houten candidly described how she joined several other members of the group in killing the LaBiancas, carving up Leno LaBianca's body and smearing the couple's blood on the walls. No one who took part in the Tate-LaBianca murders has been released from prison. ...