Leslie Van Houten

• Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson follower, released after 53 years in jail

  The former homecoming princess helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of Charles Manson when she was just 19.

  U.S. News

  Jul 12, 2023
  
• Parole for ex-Manson family member Leslie Van Houten blocked by California governor

  In 1971, Van Houten was sentenced to death, but she successfully appealed the death penalty and had her sentence commuted to life in prison.

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  Mar 30, 2022
  
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• Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten recommended for parole

  Van Houten, 69, has been approved for parole in the past but her release was blocked by then-California governor Jerry Brown.

  Crime

  Jan 30, 2019
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• Canadian-directed film ‘Charlie Says’ tells story of women who killed for Charles Manson

  Charles Manson didn't wield the knives in the 1969 murder spree that ended the Californian hippy dream, so what drove the people who did so on his orders? That's the question posed in "Charlie Says."

  Entertainment

  Sep 2, 2018
• Charles Manson: Here’s what happened to his cult followers

  His followers, a group of runaways and outcasts were known as the "Manson Family."

  World

  Nov 20, 2017
• Charles Manson follower denied parole in California

  Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of Charles Manson is serving a life sentence for killing a wealthy grocer and his wife more than 40 years ago.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2016
• Former ‘Manson family’ member Leslie Van Houten recommended for parole

  A California panel has granted parole to former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings.

  Crime

  Apr 14, 2016
• Parole denied for Manson follower Van Houten

  She was the youngest Charles Manson follower convicted in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders — a girl of 19 who seemed the one most likely to win parole one day.

  World

  Jun 5, 2013