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

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Leslie Van Houten, follower Charles Manson and a member of a cult known as the “Manson Family” was released on Tuesday from a California (US) prison where he

Leslie Van Houten, follower Charles Manson and a member of a cult known as the “Manson Family” was released on Tuesday from a California (US) prison where he spent 53 years for involvement in two murdersreported by local media.

The woman who is now conditional freedom, She was sentenced to life in prison for the August 10, 1969 murder of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.

Van Houten was 19 at the time of the crime. and during the trial, the brutality of his actions was highlighted when he stabbed Rosemary LaBianca 14 to 16 times.

The day before, members of this sect killed actress Sharon Tatedirector’s wife Roman Polanski, who was also 8 months pregnant and 4 other people.

Although Van Houten was not involved in those murders.

“He will have to learn how to live in the world after 53 years in prison. It will take some time, ”his lawyer Nancy Tetreo told the American media.

The cabinet of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said this month that he does not intend to appeal his release, despite being “disappointed” by the Court of Appeals’ decision.

Charles Manson

Frustrated Actor and Singer Charles Mansonwho died in 2017 at the age of 83, rocked Hollywood and the United States in August 1969 with a bloody spiral of violence in which he and his followers, known as the “Manson Family”, they killed seven people to provoke a race war.

The killers used the blood of their victims to write messages on the walls as they followed instructions they thought they heard on The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter”.

only Manson actively participated in two of them.

Although Van Houten was originally sentenced to death for the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, when the death penalty was abolished in California, her sentence was commuted to life in prison. (EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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