Category Archives: Archived News
Death Asked For Killer Of Musician
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – The prosecution will seek the death penalty Monday for Robert Beausoleil, the 22-year-old “Manson Family” member convicted of the 1969 torture slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, his parents looking on, slumped in his […]
Death for L.A. Slayer Sought
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – The prosecution said it would seek the death penalty as Robert Beausoleil’s trial went into the penalty phase today following his first degree murder conviction in the knife slaying of musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, 22, […]
Jury Convicts Beausoleil in Gary Hinman Torture Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert K. Beausoleil, reportedly a one-time member of the Charles Manson “family,” was convicted of first-degree murder Saturday in the torture death of musician Gary Hinman. A seven-woman, five-man Superior Court jury deliberated two days […]
Hinman Death Verdict: Find Beausoleil Guilty of First Degree Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, 22, a former member of Charles Manson’s hippie cult, was convicted Saturday of first-degree murder in the knife slaying of Malibu musician Gary Hinman. A seven-man, five-woman jury returned the verdict at […]
Beausoleil Found Guilty Of Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert K. Beausoleil, a former roommate of Charles Manson, was found guilty of first-degree murder Saturday by a Superior Court jury in the stabbing of Malibu musician Gary Hinman. Judge William Keene ordered jurors to […]
6 Lawyers, 4 Judges, Defendants: Manson ‘Circus’ in Court
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 – The three-ring circus featuring the Manson Family previewed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday with a cast of characters that included six attorneys, four judges and an equal amount of defendants. When the dust cleared […]
Manson, “Family” Due For Another Trial Date
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 – Charles Manson and five members of his hippie-style “family” have a new date with a new judge for their trial on charges of murder-conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others The […]
Manson Shrugs Off Hinman Murder Charge as ‘Ridiculous’
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Accused mass slayer Charles Manson, who says he will make no defense in court on charges he “masterminded” the killing of actress Sharon Tate and six others, claimed the latest charge against him — the […]
Postponement Seen For Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – The Sharon Tate murder trial is set to begin Monday but there is virtually no chance of it starling on schedule because of the almost daily legal maneuverings. Court attaches said the trial could be […]
Manson, Atkins Arraigned
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Hippie leader Charles Manson and Susan Denise Atkins were arraigned yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in the slaying of musician Gary Hinman. In an adjoining courtroom, a jury began deliberations in the trial […]
Manson, Girl Arraigned in Hinman Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Hippie leader Charles Manson and Susan Denise Atkins were arraigned Thursday in the slaying of musician Gary Hinman. In an adjoining courtroom, a jury began deliberations in the trial of Robert K Beausoleil, who also […]
Attorney Asks Acquittal for Defendant in Hinman Death
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The defense attorney for Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, accused of murdering musician Gary Hinman last summer, urged a Superior Court Jury yesterday to acquit the young man. Dep. Public Defender Leon Salter told the seven-woman, five-man […]
Bitter Words, Tears End Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The trial of Manson “family” member Robert Beausoleil for the torture-murder of musician Gary Hinman ended in Los Angeles Wednesday with a day-long battle of oratory which left the defendant sobbing. The case, which closed […]
Beausoleil Attorney Calls Testimony Lies
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The defense attorney for Robert K. Beausoleil, reputed member of the “Manson Family” on trial for the slaying of a bagpipe musician, told a jury Wednesday it heard “a pack of lies” in an attempt […]
Manson, Two Cultists Indicted in Slaying of Musician Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was charged Tuesday in a secret indictment with still another killing — the torture murder of musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s followers were indicted along with […]
2 Followers Indicted With Him: Cult Leader Manson Charged For Murder of L.A. Musician
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was charged here Tuesday in a secret indictment with still another killing—the torture-murder of musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s followers were indicted along with him for […]
Manson Indicted in Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – In closing arguments today, prosecutors called for the conviction of Robert Beausoleil for the murder of musician Gary Hinman — a crime for which the grand jury Tuesday indicted cult leader Charles Manson and two […]
Manson Cited In Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, hippie cult leader who allegedly master-minded the seven Tate-Labianca killings, has been charged in a secret indictment with still another slaying — the stabbing death of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s […]
Manson Killed Hinman, Death Suspect Claims
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Robert K. Beausoleil, on trial on charges of slaying musician Gary Hinman, told a jury Monday that cult leader Charles Manson committed the murder. Beausoleil, 22, testified that Manson stabbed Hinman twice in the chest […]
Defendant Claims Manson Stabbed, Killed Musician Gary Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – It was Charles Manson who stabbed a Topanga Canyon musician to death last summer, murder defendant, Robert Kenneth Beausoleil claimed yesterday. Beausoleil, testifying in his own defense at his murder retrial, said the entire blame […]
