Leslie Van Houten of the Manson Order released after 53 years

Leslie Van Houten, 73, who was part of the cult famous serial killer Charles Manson called “my family,” on trial for 9 murders of Polish director Roman Polanski’s pregnant wife Sharon Tate, was released after 53 years .

Van Houten was 19 years old when he and the Manson Family raided the Los Angeles home of Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary on August 10, 1969. The cult members who killed Sharon Tate the night before, this time they stabbed LaBianca to death. repeatedly.

THE GOVERNOR REACTED TO THE DECISION

Van Houten, who was serving a life sentence, was released from prison on parole Tuesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

Van Houten’s attorney, Nancy Tetreault, said he was released from prison early in the morning and taken to temporary housing.

The decision came days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would not challenge a state appeals court that granted Van Houten parole.

Newsom’s office called the decision disappointing, saying: “It has been more than 50 years since the Manson cult committed these brutal murders, the families of the victims are still feeling the impact.”

Van Houten has been recommended for parole five times since 2016, but Newsom overruled the board and refused to release Van Houten. The board said Van Houten had made extraordinary rehabilitation efforts.

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AFTER COMMITTING THE MURDERS, THEY STEAL FOOD FROM HOME

Van Houten’s supporters argued that Van Houten was under the spell of Manson, who died in 2017 at the age of 83, and that mercy should be shown. But as gory details of the murder emerged during his parole hearings, critics said he should spend the rest of his life behind bars.

As Van Houten described the night of the murder at the hearings; Rosemary admitted to covering her head with a pillow before stabbing LaBianca. At a 2002 trial, Van Houten admitted to stabbing Rosemary 12 to 16 times in the stomach.

Van Houten also said that he wiped his fingerprints from the house to destroy evidence and even stole food after the murders: “We stopped in front of the refrigerator on our way out; We bought cheese and chocolate milk.”

THE MANSON AND CHARLES MANSON SECTION

Manson, who drew attention especially by killing Sharon Tate, the wife of Roman Polanski, one of the biggest names in the movie world, never actually killed anyone. Instead of Mason, his cult, which he called “my family” and which consisted mainly of young women like Leslie Van Houten, carried out the murders.

Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate

It is claimed that Manson lives in a Volkswagen van with his family of homeless and drug addicts.

The first murders that caught the world’s attention were the murder of Sharon Tate. In the massacre of Roman Polanski’s wife, actress Sharon Tate, the Manson Cult murdered 5 people.

Sharon Tate, 8 1/2 months pregnant, was stabbed in 16 places and her dead baby was pulled from her womb. Sharon Tate, who was murdered in her Beverly Hills home, was accompanied by her friends Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger and Voytek Frykowski, whom she invited to dinner.

Charles Manson, the world’s most famous serial killer, died in 2017 at the age of 83.

The next day, the housekeeper was shocked by what she saw. There was blood everywhere, and the word “Pig”, later understood to have been written in Sharon Tate’s blood, stood out on the wall.

Immediately after Sharon Tate’s murder, the cult committed another murder. The couple Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were victims of cult members. However, the cult was caught when a cult member said they had committed the murders of Tate and LaBianca in prison after he was caught shoplifting.