The Manson Family murders
Charles Manson was the leader of the "Manson Family" cult, responsible for a series of brutal murders in California in 1969. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the murders of seven people. This photo of a 77-year-old Manson provided by the California Department of Corrections was taken in June 2011 at the state prison in Corcoran.
Manson died Nov. 19, 2017, at a California hospital after being imprisoned for more than 45 years. He was 83 years old.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson was the leader of the "Manson Family" cult, responsible for a series of brutal murders in California in 1969. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the murders of seven people.
Charles Manson
Coffee heiress Abigail Folger, actress Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Jay Sebring and Voytek Frykowski were murdered at the Tate home on Aug. 9, 1969. Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were stabbed to death in their home the following night. Both homes were defaced with bloody scrawlings. Prosecutors said Manson's motive was to incite a race war he called "Helter Skelter."
Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten
Three women were convicted along with Manson in the murders. Another defendant, Charles "Tex" Watson, was convicted in a separate trial.
Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel
Three women were convicted along with Manson in the murders. Another defendant, Charles "Tex" Watson was convicted in a separate trial. All were sentenced to death but their sentences were commuted to life when the U.S. Supreme Court briefly outlawed the death penalty in 1972.
Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel
Three women were convicted along with Manson in the murders. Another defendant, Charles "Tex" Watson was convicted in a separate trial. All were sentenced to death but their sentences were commuted to life when the U.S. Supreme Court briefly outlawed the death penalty in 1972.
Leslie Van Houten
Leslie Van Houten, 66, the youngest of the women convicted, was long thought to be the most likely to win eventual release. Recently, she was denied parole in July 2016 by the governor of California, who said she failed to explain how she transformed from an upstanding teen to a killer.
Susan Atkins
Susan Atkins, whose remorseless witness-stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, died in prison in Sept. 2009 from brain cancer. Her death came less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman's last chance at freedom.
Susan Atkins
Susan Atkins, whose remorseless witness-stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, died in prison in Sept. 2009 from brain cancer. Her death came less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman's last chance at freedom.
Susan Atkins
Susan Atkins, whose remorseless witness-stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, died in prison in Sept. 2009 from brain cancer. Her death came less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman's last chance at freedom.
Susan Atkins
Susan Atkins, whose remorseless witness-stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, died in prison in Sept. 2009 from brain cancer. Her death came less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman's last chance at freedom.
Patricia Krenwinkel
Patricia Krenwinkel admitted during her trial that she chased down and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at the Tate home on Aug. 9, 1969 and participated in the stabbing deaths of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night. A grey-haired Krenwinkel was denied parole on Jan. 20, 2010. She wept and apologized when the board announced its decision.
She was again brought before a parole board in December of 2016, but the board delayed their decision.
Patricia Krenwinkel
Patricia Krenwinkel admitted during her trial that she chased down and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at the Tate home on Aug. 9, 1969 and participated in the stabbing deaths of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night. A grey-haired Krenwinkel was denied parole on Jan. 20, 2010. She wept and apologized when the board announced its decision.
She was again brought before a parole board in December of 2016, but the board delayed their decision.
Patricia Krenwinkel
Patricia Krenwinkel admitted during her trial that she chased down and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at the Tate home on Aug. 9, 1969 and participated in the stabbing deaths of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night. A grey-haired Krenwinkel was denied parole on Jan. 20, 2010. She wept and apologized when the board announced its decision.
She was again brought before a parole board in December of 2016, but the board delayed their decision.
Patricia Krenwinkel
Patricia Krenwinkel admitted during her trial that she chased down and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at the Tate home on Aug. 9, 1969 and participated in the stabbing deaths of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca the following night. A grey-haired Krenwinkel was denied parole on Jan. 20, 2010. She wept and apologized when the board announced its decision.
She was again brought before a parole board in December of 2016, but the board delayed their decision.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson was the leader of the "Manson Family" cult, responsible for a series of brutal murders in California in 1969. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the murders of seven people.
Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson was repeatedly denied parole. Manson died Nov. 19, 2017, at a California hospital after being imprisoned for more than 45 years. He was 83 years old.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson was convicted of orchestrating the murders of seven people.
Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson was repeatedly denied parole. Manson died Nov. 19, 2017, at a California hospital after being imprisoned for more than 45 years. He was 83 years old.