Category Archives: Archived News
Attorney Asks Acquittal for Defendant in Hinman Death
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The defense attorney for Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, accused of murdering musician Gary Hinman last summer, urged a Superior Court Jury yesterday to acquit the young man. Dep. Public Defender Leon Salter told the seven-woman, five-man […]
Bitter Words, Tears End Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The trial of Manson “family” member Robert Beausoleil for the torture-murder of musician Gary Hinman ended in Los Angeles Wednesday with a day-long battle of oratory which left the defendant sobbing. The case, which closed […]
Beausoleil Attorney Calls Testimony Lies
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 16 – The defense attorney for Robert K. Beausoleil, reputed member of the “Manson Family” on trial for the slaying of a bagpipe musician, told a jury Wednesday it heard “a pack of lies” in an attempt […]
Manson, Two Cultists Indicted in Slaying of Musician Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was charged Tuesday in a secret indictment with still another killing — the torture murder of musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s followers were indicted along with […]
2 Followers Indicted With Him: Cult Leader Manson Charged For Murder of L.A. Musician
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was charged here Tuesday in a secret indictment with still another killing—the torture-murder of musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s followers were indicted along with him for […]
Manson Indicted in Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – In closing arguments today, prosecutors called for the conviction of Robert Beausoleil for the murder of musician Gary Hinman — a crime for which the grand jury Tuesday indicted cult leader Charles Manson and two […]
Manson Cited In Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 15 – Charles Manson, hippie cult leader who allegedly master-minded the seven Tate-Labianca killings, has been charged in a secret indictment with still another slaying — the stabbing death of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Two of Manson’s […]
Manson Killed Hinman, Death Suspect Claims
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Robert K. Beausoleil, on trial on charges of slaying musician Gary Hinman, told a jury Monday that cult leader Charles Manson committed the murder. Beausoleil, 22, testified that Manson stabbed Hinman twice in the chest […]
Defendant Claims Manson Stabbed, Killed Musician Gary Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – It was Charles Manson who stabbed a Topanga Canyon musician to death last summer, murder defendant, Robert Kenneth Beausoleil claimed yesterday. Beausoleil, testifying in his own defense at his murder retrial, said the entire blame […]
Manson is Accused of Hinman Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Hippie cult leader Charles Manson, thus far accused of only ordering others to kill, Monday was accused of the actual murder of musician Gary Hinman. Robert Beausoleil, who took the stand in his own defense […]
Court Told Manson Killed Musician
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Robert Beausoleil, a member of the “Manson family” on trial for the slaying of a 34-year-old musician, testified Monday the killing was committed by hippie cult leader Charles Manson. Beausoleil, 22, took the witness stand […]
Mary Brunner Testifies in Los Angeles: Gave Murder Statements After Threats of Arrest
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Mary Brunner, 26, testified Monday that statements she gave to two Los Angeles investigators in Madison last December were given only under the threat of arrest if she did not cooperate. The statements described the […]
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges in Murder Cases
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 14 – Superior Court Judge Malcolm M. Lucas refused yesterday to dismiss charges against accused murderess Susan Denise Atkins, ruling her statements before the County Grand Jury which indicted her provided grounds to hold her for trial. […]
Cultist Tells of Rifling Slain Man
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 13 – Hippie cult leader Charles Manson’s first family member — the mother of his child — testified in Los Angeles Superior Court today that she was not shocked when musician Gary Hinman was killed, and, in […]
Two Days of Terror Preceded Musician’s Murder, Jury Told
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11 – Mary Brunner, testifying under “complete immunity” in the retrial of Robert K. Beausoleil, gave jurors Friday an eyewitness account of a weekend of terror which finally resulted in the death of musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, […]
Woman Describes ‘Family’ Slaying of Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11 – The Manson Family fell apart Friday. In a surprise move which even caught prosecutors off guard, one of the participants in the murder of musician Gary Hinman took the stand in the trial of family […]
State Woman Says She Saw Slaying In Hippie Family
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 11 – A Wisconsin woman testified Friday she witnessed the slaying of a member of Charles Manson’s hippie “family.” Miss Mary Teresa Brunner of Eau Claire, Wis. offered the commentary during the murder trial of Robert Kenneth […]
‘Family’ State Witness Reneges, Won’t Testify
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 10 – One of the chief prosecution witnesses in the murder trial of Manson family member Robert Beausoleil – the girl who allegedly participated in the torture-killing of musician Gary Hinman – has decided not to testify, […]
Pink Slips on Hinman Cars Tied to Suspect
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 9 – Two pink slips reportedly signed by musician Gary Hinman shortly before his death were traced by the prosecution Wednesday to Robert K. Beausoleil, who is being retried in the Hinman slaying, and a former member […]
Madison Librarian Ready to Testify at Manson Affair Trial
MADISON, Wis., Apr. 9 – The Capital Times learned this morning that 26-year-old University of Wisconsin librarian Mary T. Brunner, considered by some to be the key witness in a murder case linked to the notorious Charles Manson affair, was […]
