Among the perpetrators were Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, who had admitted to chasing down Folger before stabbing her on the lawn.

Tony Van Houten, age 64, passed away on July 20, 2025. Known as “TFOB” or “Tony Full of Bologna” to many, Tony was someone who people loved to be around. With his quick wit and sense of ...

— In 2020, Newsom blocked the release of Leslie Van Houten, who was serving a life sentence for helping the Manson followers carry out the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in August 1969.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her ...

The correct order of those pictured is, left to right, Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten. The photo was taken in 1970, not 1979.

Van Houten was not at the Tate murders, but joined the gang for a second round of mayhem, this time in Los Feliz, where cult leader Charles Manson randomly chose the LaBiancas as their next victims.

One of his followers, Susan Atkins, died of brain cancer in prison in 2009. Another, Leslie Van Houten, walked free in July 2023 after spending over five decades in custody.

The following night, Krenwinkel participated in the killings of grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in Los Angeles alongside fellow Manson acolytes Leslie Van Houten and Watson.

He, Krenwinkel and other members of his so-called "family" of hippies, runaways and misfits, including Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins and "Tex" Watson, were originally sentenced to death.

A state parole board panel on Friday recommended parole for former Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, who is serving a life prison term for her role in the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders.