![]() ![]() She had gone there after following a friend, Catherine Share, who had previously joined the commune. It is believed she was still taking drugs and met Manson at an old movie-set ranch on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where Manson had established a dwelling for himself and his “family” of followers. How did she meet Charles Manson?Īfter troubled teenage years, Van Houten was said to be unhappy and turned to the cult to be her new “family.” She soon fell pregnant but it is understood that her mother would not allow her to keep the baby, forcing her to have an abortion and bury it in the family’s backyard. USA Today reported that her “life spiralled out of control” after her parents announced their divorce. She tried drugs and soon was taking them more and more after changes in her family home. She was a cheerleader and was voted homecoming princess during her school days but things started to turn sour in her early teenage days. Van Houten was thought to have had a happy childhood and was one of her high school’s stars. Van Houten was sentenced to death for helping in the double murder aged 20, but her sentence was later reduced to life when the California Supreme Court overturned the state’s death penalty law in 1972. She claimed in court her victim was already dead by the time she started stabbing her. ![]() Manson family member Tex Watson repeatedly stabbed the couple with a bayonet and Van Houten was convicted of repeatedly stabbing Rosemary LaBiance around 16 times in her behind. The pair had their heads covered with pillowcases and were strung up by power leads. Manson, as well as Van Houten and others in the clan, visited the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on Augin Los Angeles and killed them. Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she met Charles Manson and joined the cult that came to be called the Manson family. What was she known for and why did she go to prison? This is an attempt at being persuasive.Van Houten has been released after five decades behind bars (AP)ĭays earlier, the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, announced that he would not fight a state appeals court ruling that Van Houten should be granted parole.īut who is the ex-cult member and what is she known for? Here is what you need to know. (This is another example of putting the reasoning up front before stating the main idea (shaded).
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