Manson follower freed from prison
LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who at 19 helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the di...
LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who at 19 helped carry out the shocking killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of the violent and manipulative cult leader, walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence. Van Houten, now 73 years old, "was released to parole supervision," the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said in a statement. She left the California Institution for Women in Corona, east of Los Angeles, in the early morning hours and was driven to transitional housing, her attorney Nancy Tetreault said.