CHINO, Calif. (AP) – The youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings is trying again for parole.
Homecoming princess-turned-Manson-follower Leslie Van Houten is scheduled for her 21st hearing before a parole board panel on Thursday at a women’s prison in Chino, California.
The now-66-year-old Van Houten was convicted in the 1969 murders of wealthy grocer Leno La Bianca and his wife Rosemary in their Los Angeles home.
The couple was stabbed to death a day after other so-called “Manson family” members killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others.
While in prison Van Houten has completed college degrees and been commended for her model behavior.