Van Houten, who was hit with a life sentence for her role in two infamous murders, “was released to parole supervision,” the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would not fight a state appeals court rulingVan Houten was convicted for helping Manson and other followers in the killings of Leno LaBianca, a Los Angeles grocer, and his wife Rosemary in 1969. The couple was killed in their home,
Van Houten, now in her 70s, later admitted to holding Rosemary LaBianca down with a pillowcase as others stabbed her. She then stabbed the woman more than a dozen times.Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was released from prison Tuesday.But a state appeals’ ruling paved the way for her to walk out of prison in May when they ruled she should be released.
“She’s just grateful that people are recognizing that she’s not the same person that she was when she committed the murders,” her attorney Nancy Tetreault previously said.Charles Manson died in prison in 2017 of natural causes after he was imprisoned for almost half a century.“My family and I are heartbroken because we’re once again reminded of all the years that we have not had my father and my stepmother with us,” LaBianca’s daughter, Cory LaBianca, told the Associated Press Friday.
“My children and my grandchildren never got an opportunity to get to know either of them, which has been a huge void for my family,” the 75-year-old relative said. Charles Manson died in prison in 2017 of natural causes after he was imprisoned for almost half a century locked up. He was 83.
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