A Texas man sentenced to death for three murders is now seeking a new trial, calling his 2014 conviction unfair and biased. According to The Dallas Morning News, former justice of the peace and attorney Eric Williams was sentenced to death for orchestrating a revenge plot resulting in three 2013 fatalities. Now, attorneys representing Williams …
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca tragically find themselves thrust into the darkest depths of human cruelty. Bounded by the twisted whims of their captors, the LaBiancas are subjected to unimaginable terror, and their lives are extinguished in a merciless act of violence. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack delve deep into the horrifying details of the …
Leslie Van Houten was 19 years old when she and other followers of Charles Manson brutally killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca inside their Los Angeles home. Leno LaBianca had been stabbed 12 times with a knife and seven times with a carving fork. The fork stuck in his abdomen, and a kitchen knife in his …
Manson cult member Leslie Van Houten was granted parole Tuesday in California, after more than 50 years in prison. According to The New York Times, Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had previously stopped Van Houten’s parole efforts, announced last week that he would not contest her release in the state Supreme Court. “The Governor is disappointed …
CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says Leslie Van Houten “should absolutely not be released” after serving 53 years in prison for her part in the infamous Manson family murders in 1969. As CrimeOnline reported, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has decided not to appeal to the state supreme court after an appeals court in May overturned his denial …
California Governor Gavin Newsom said Friday that he will not ask his state’s Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten. An appeals court reinstated parole in May for the 73-year-old inmate, who has served 53 years in prison for the 1969 murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, after Newsom rejected …
A California appeals court panel has reinstated a parole grant for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten after Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked her release earlier this year. The 2-1 ruling by the panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal does not mean Van Houten, 73, will be released from prison, Deadline reported. The …
Convicted killer Patricia Krenwinkel, 74, is California’s longest-serving female inmate
Brian Warner, better known as goth rocker Marilyn Manson, has filed a defamation suit against actor Evan Rachel Wood, claiming that his former fiancee made up allegations that he sexually assaulted her and other women to further her career. Warner’s lawsuit accuses Wood and Ashley Gore, aka Illma Gore, who Warner says have been “romantic …
On Wednesday, the California Supreme Court refused to hear Manson family follower Leslie Van Houten’s appeal which stems from Governor Gavin Newsom’s rejection of her parole. According to the Associated Press, Van Houten, 72, asserted that Newsom denied her Fifth Amendment right due process by reversing the Board of Parole Hearings’ 2020 recommendation to grant …
On Tuesday, a California board recommended parole for Leslie Van Houten, a surviving Manson family follower who has been imprisoned since 1971. CNN reported that this is the fifth time the Board of Parole Hearings recommended parole for Van Houten, 72. Van Houten was 19 when she and fellow cult members fatally stabbed Los Angeles …
The California home where the Manson family killed a couple in 1969 sold this week $1.875 million. According to SFGate, an anonymous buyer purchased the Los Feliz residence after “Ghost Adventures” host Zak Bagans purchased it for $1.889 million in 2019. Bagans reportedly nixed plans to film an investigation there, as he found it disrespectful …
