November 6, 1969 - Manson Family member Atkins, already charged in the murder of Hinman, tells inmate Virginia Castro that she killed Tate, “Because we wanted to do a crime that would shock the world, ...

Former Manson Family member, the parole board granted Leslie Van Houten parole five times, and each time the governor reversed it. Van Houten was eventually released in 2023.

Leslie Van Houten is escorted by two deputy sheriffs as she leaves a courtroom on December 19, 1969 in Los Angeles, California. AP Photo/George Brich Leslie Van Houten was charged with first ...

During her incarceration, she became a born-again Christian, wrote an autobiography and was married twice, according to UPI. Atkins was denied parole multiple times before dying in prison from brain ...

Leslie Van Houten is escorted by two deputy sheriffs as she leaves a courtroom on December 19, 1969 in Los Angeles, California. Leslie Van Houten was charged with first-degree murder for the ...

Leslie Van Houten joined Manson and his followers after falling into drugs in high school and running away from home at just ...

While she was pregnant, she married a man named William Manson (not the biological father of her child), but the marriage didn’t last long. ... Leslie Van Houten was only 19 when she helped kill ...

From what we can tell, she worked on turning her life around after that. Several decades later, in 2017, she became a key witness in the parole hearing for Leslie Van Houten. Catherine told the judge ...

However, Robert Kasabian, the musician who young Linda Drouin married in September 1967, ... plus Leslie Van Houten and Steve “Clem” Grogan - the next night, ...

On August 10, 1969, Leslie Van Houten joined other Manson Family members in murdering Leno and Rosemary LaBianca inside their Los Angeles home. ... Leslie Van Houten explained that Charles “Tex” ...

That was until 11 July 2023, when 73-year-old Leslie Van Houten was released after spending 53 years in prison, following 20 failed attempts at parole. Sharon Tate poses for a portrait in 1968 ...