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Which Manson Family members killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca?
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Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson being transported to a courthouse in Independence, California, 1969.
The Manson Family members who carried out the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten.12
While Charles Manson initially accompanied the group to the LaBianca residence, where he and Watson tied up and robbed the couple, Manson left the scene before the killings occurred, taking other followers with him. Watson, Krenwinkel, and Van Houten remained at the home and, acting under Manson's orders, stabbed the couple to death.12