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Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten walk together in prison uniforms, smiling and laughing, with law enforcement officers behind them.
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Leslie Van Houten

American murderer
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Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten walk together in prison uniforms, smiling and laughing, with law enforcement officers behind them.
A guilty verdict (From left to right) Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten laughing after receiving the death sentence, 1971.

Leslie Van Houten was a follower of cult leader Charles Manson and was convicted of participating in the Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969. She was one of the individuals who, under Manson's orders, murdered Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on August 10, 1969. Van Houten was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life in prison when California abolished capital punishment. After multiple parole denials, she was granted parole and released in 2023 at the age of 73.12

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