One America News Network By Noah Herring
Leslie Van Houten, a former follower and “groupie” of Charles Manson, was released from a California prison on Tuesday after serving more than 50 years of her life sentence behind bars.
Van Houten, who was involved in two infamous murders planned by Manson, “was released to parole supervision,” according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
She was transported from the California Institution for Women in Corona, which is east of Los Angeles, in the morning and was later driven to transitional housing, according to her attorney Nancy Tetreault.
“She’s still trying to get used to the idea that this is real,” Tetreault told the press.
Van Houten, 73, who was 19-years-old at the time of the crimes, received a life sentence for her involvement with the infamous 1969 murders of Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary.
The LaBiancas were stabbed in their home and had their blood smeared on the walls after the incident. Van Houten, described holding Rosemary down with a pillowcase over her head as the others repeatedly stabbed her. Then, after being ordered to “do something” by fellow Manson follower Charles “Tex” Watson, she also picked up a knife and stabbed her more than a dozen times…
