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Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson being transported to a courthouse in Independence, California, 1969.
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were a married couple who became victims of the Manson Family in August 1969. Leno LaBianca was a grocery store executive living in Los Angeles.1
On August 10, 1969, Charles Manson selected their home for a targeted attack. After Manson and his follower Charles "Tex" Watson initially tied up and robbed the couple, Manson departed the scene. He ordered his followers—Watson, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia Krenwinkel—to murder them. The couple was subsequently stabbed to death, and the perpetrators left messages written in blood at the scene, including "Rise," "Death to Pigs," and "Healter Skelter" on the refrigerator door. Rosemary LaBianca sustained 41 stab wounds during the attack.12