The Latest: Parole approved for Ex-Manson family member

FILE- In this June 5, 2013, file photo, Leslie Van Houten appears during her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif. The youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings is trying again for parole. Van Houten is scheduled for her 21st hearing before a parole board panel Thursday, April 14, 2016, at a women’s prison in Corona, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File) FILE- In this June 5, 2013, file photo, Leslie Van Houten appears during her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif. The youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings is trying again for parole. Van Houten is scheduled for her 21st hearing before a parole board panel Thursday, April 14, 2016, at a women’s prison in Corona, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

By Associated Press April 14, 2016 3 min read

CHINO, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten’s bid for parole (all times local):

4 p.m.

A California panel has granted parole to former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and his wife.

The decision will now go to Gov. Jerry Brown, who has the final word on whether the now-66-year-old Van Houten is released from the California Institution for Women in Chino.

A panel of the California Board of Parole Hearings made the decision Thursday after Van Houten’s 21st parole hearing.