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Leslie Van Houten Today: Released from Prison

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten was released from prison on July 11, 2023, after 53 years.

She had been serving a life sentence for participating in the shocking murders of a California couple in 1969. The 73-year-old is the first Charles Manson follower to be released on parole for the crime and will be supervised for up to three years.

Who Is Leslie Van Houten?

Leslie Van Houten was born into a middle-class family in Southern California in 1949.

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In late 1968, she met Charles Manson and his “family,” moved onto their ranch, and became infatuated with Manson. Less than a year later, Van Houten stalked into the house of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and participated in their brutal murders, stabbing Rosemary approximately 16 times.

Van Houten was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, before her sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison when California banned the death penal