At the direction of Charles Manson, Ms. Van Houten participated in the murder of a California couple in 1969. She was initially sentenced to death. By Derrick Bryson Taylor Leslie Van Houten ...

Van Houten, 72, is serving a life sentence for her collaboration with the Manson family and other cult members in the Aug. 1969 killing of Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife ...

For the fifth time in as many years, a parole board recommended the release of Leslie Van Houten, a well-known member of Charles Mason’s murderous cult who is currently serving out a life ...