Manson Follower Won't Go Free

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• DA to Prison Board: Don't Free Ailing Manson Killer

  Jul 15, 08 9:30 AM CDT
  The Los Angeles County district attorney has asked the California parole board to deny Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins' request for compassionate release from prison. Atkins, who was convicted of seven 1969 murders, is terminally ill with brain cancer. The DA noted that Atkins stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate, tasted her blood, and used it to write the word "Pig" on the victim's door during a murderous Manson Family rampage. More »

• Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

  Jun 14, 08 8:24 AM CDT
  A member of Charles Manson's "family" of killers is asking for compassionate release after 37 years in jail, the Los Angeles Times reports. Susan Atkins, who stabbed Sharon Tate to death while the 8-months-pregnant actress begged for mercy—and then used her blood to write "PIG" on the front door—is dying of brain cancer and wishes to spend the few months she has left as a free woman. More »

• Manson Body Hunt a Bust

  May 22, 08 2:53 AM CDT
  Investigators yesterday packed up and left the the Death Valley ranch used as a hideout by the murderous Manson Family after finding no trace of bodies a member of the group once suggested might be buried there. The search was triggered by a cadaver-sniffing dog and initial findings of scientific equipment which may have erroneously interpreted dead rats and insects as human remains, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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• More Manson Victims?

  Mar 16, 08 9:37 AM CDT
  A rag-tag group of forensic investigators, a gold miner, and a corpse-sniffing dog say they have turned up evidence of long suspected killings by the Manson family in the California desert, AP reports. Using the tools and techniques of chemistry and archeology, the group has concluded that there may be bodies in the ground—and suggested that the cops get digging. More »