Van Houten (right) and her two co-defendants, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel, laugh as they enter an LA court in March 1971. AP. The killings of Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven ...

Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.

Van Houten, 73, was serving a life ... “And I took one of the knives, and Patricia had one — a knife — and we started stabbing and cutting up the lady,” Van Houten testified in 1971.

Van Houten admitted to stabbing Rosemary LaBianca over a dozen times as cohort Patricia Krenwinkle held their victim down on Aug. 9, 1969. On that fateful night, Van Houten said she was also ...

Leslie Van Houten entered prison as a fresh-faced 19-year-old, devoted to notorious cult leader Charles Manson. This week the 73-year-old walked free.

Three female defendants in the Manson court case are shown, from left to right: Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, March 29 , 1971 as they return to court to hear the penalty ...

LESLIE Van Houten is notorious for being a member of Charles Manson’s “family” . The former cult member, now in her 70s, has been released from prison after spending five decades … ...

A 1970 staff file photo of, from left, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, heading into a morning court session. ( Los Angeles Times/TNS) ...

Charles Keith Van Houten passed away Friday March 29th age 88. He was proceeded in death by his wife Doris Van Houten mother of his children daughter Deborah Houser and son Micheal and second wife ...

Now 73-years-old, Van Houten was only 19 when she and fellow Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel — aided by Tex Watson — stabbed Rosemary LaBianca to death in her own home.

Ms. Van Houten has not been shy about her role in the killings, saying in a parole board hearing in 2002 that she had pinned down Ms. LaBianca while another Manson family member, Patricia ...

Van Houten, along with fellow Manson followers Charles “Tex” Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel were convicted in 1971 for the gruesome, Manson-ordered August 10, 1969, stabbing deaths of 44-year ...