Leslie Van Houten, the youngest member of the Manson “family” to take part in a series of gruesome California murders in 1969, has been denied freedom again—her past overshadowing her decades as a model prisoner.
Unidentified for 47 years, she was known as Jane Doe #59 after long-time speculation she was connected to the Mansion killings—which took place just a few miles away.
Gov. Jerry Brown has rejected parole for a third time for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson 46 years after a series of bloody murders rocked Southern California.