One of Charles Manson’s followers was released after spending 53 years in prison

2023-07-12 02:10:45

After spending 53 years in prison, Leslie Van Houtenfollower of the sadly famous Charles MansonHe was released on Tuesday, official sources reported. She had been sentenced to life imprisonment for participating in two crimes linked to that sectarian group.

Van Houten, now 70, was paroled this morning and transferred to a halfway house, where should stay for about a yearAccording to what his lawyer said, Nancy Tetrault.

The woman had been sentenced to life in prison for collaborating with Manson followers in the murders of Leno LaBiancaLos Angeles merchant, and his wife, Rosemaryin 1969.

In that event, Van Houten, then 17 years old, covered the woman’s head with a pillowcase, while her accomplices stabbed her. When her body was already on the floor, she applied, at least, 14 more stab wounds.

They freed a follower of Charles Mason: the most resonant crime of the sect

Charles Mason He was the leader of one of the criminal gangs, formed from sectarianism, most resonant in American police historyauthor of various crimes and crimes in the Los Angeles area, in the late 1960s.

After being detained by the authorities, Manson and four followers of his sect they were sentenced to death in 1971although the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment the following year by a court ruling.

Among the terrible history of the sect, the best known event also took place in 1969, when some of its members murdered Sharon Tatewife of the French filmmaker Roman Polanski, and four other people, at the residence of the actress. At the time of her violent death, the woman she was eight months pregnant.

In 2017, Manson, who suffered from mental illnesses including schizophrenia and paranoid delusional behaviordied of natural causes, after spending more than 40 years locked up in prison.

Source: Argentine News.


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