• Leslie Van Houten Loses Her Eighth Bid for Parole

Leslie Van Houten Loses Her Eighth Bid for Parole

FRONTERA, Calif., Jan. 1 — Parole has been denied for the eighth time for ex-Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of murder in the 1969 deaths of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca. Van Houten, 42, the youngest of Charles Manson’s followers, was denied another parole hearing for two years, said Jim Dowling, spokesman for the state Board of Prison Terms. Van Houten has been a model prisoner in her 22 years of incarceration, but the nature of the crime was so odious that she is “unsuitable for parole at this time,” Dowling said. The LaBiancas were butchered Aug. 10, 1969, the night after actress Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by other members of the Manson family.

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