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Jury Weighs Life, Death Penalty for Slayer of Hinman
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – Following daylong arguments, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury Monday began deliberating whether Robert Beausoleil, convicted of first-degree murder Saturday in the death of musician Gary Hinman, will face death in the gas chamber or […]
Jury Convicts Beausoleil in Gary Hinman Torture Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert K. Beausoleil, reportedly a one-time member of the Charles Manson “family,” was convicted of first-degree murder Saturday in the torture death of musician Gary Hinman. A seven-woman, five-man Superior Court jury deliberated two days […]
Hinman Death Verdict: Find Beausoleil Guilty of First Degree Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, 22, a former member of Charles Manson’s hippie cult, was convicted Saturday of first-degree murder in the knife slaying of Malibu musician Gary Hinman. A seven-man, five-woman jury returned the verdict at […]
Manson Shrugs Off Hinman Murder Charge as ‘Ridiculous’
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Accused mass slayer Charles Manson, who says he will make no defense in court on charges he “masterminded” the killing of actress Sharon Tate and six others, claimed the latest charge against him — the […]
Manson, Girl Arraigned in Hinman Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Hippie leader Charles Manson and Susan Denise Atkins were arraigned Thursday in the slaying of musician Gary Hinman. In an adjoining courtroom, a jury began deliberations in the trial of Robert K Beausoleil, who also […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Panel Quizzed on Manson in Hinman Murder Retrial
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 31 – Questions about the “family” of Charles Manson figured prominently yesterday in the examining of prospective jurors for the murder retrial of Robert Kenneth Beausoleil. Beausoleil is accused of the murder last July 25 of musician […]
Hinman Stabbing: Murder Trial Challenge Loses
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16 – A motion to dismiss a murder charge against Robert K. Beausoleil, a former member of the hippie cult implicated in the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was denied Thursday in Superior Court. Beausoleil, 21, is accused of the […]
Girl With Accent Answers — After Hinman Killed
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 – The parade swung down Santa Monica’s palm-lined Ocean Avenue that Sunday, July 27. I watched eagerly for my boys — the Bag Pipers of the Nicherin Shoshu, the American Buddhist movement in which I am […]
Malibu Judge Leaves Bench After 22 Years
Nov. 15 – John J. Merrick did not have the typical background for a judge, but he was not judging typical people. Merrick was a comedy gag writer before he became the no-nonsense judge of a sleepy community that was […]
High Court Rejects Manson Case Appeals
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3 — Charles Manson’s bid to have his conviction and life sentence overturned in the 1969 murders of two California men was turned down by the Supreme Court today. The justices left intact Manson’s 1970 conviction for the […]
‘You Better Pray I Never Get Out,’ Manson Friend Tells Sanity Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – “You had better pray I never get out,” convicted murderer Bobby (Cupid) Beausoleil told a jammed courtroom Friday at a sanity hearing for four other members of the Charles Manson “family.” The 25-year-old Beausoleil was […]
4 Manson Followers Convicted in Hawthorne Robbery-Shootout
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 – Four followers of hippie cult leader Charles Manson were found guilty Wednesday of committing a Hawthorne surplus store robbery which led to a shootout with police. The seven-women, five-man jury deliberated four days before returning […]
Jurors Deliberating Fate of Four Manson Cultists
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – The jury in the trial of four Manson cultists charged with armed robbery did not reach a verdict during its first day of deliberations yesterday. The panel of seven women and five men will resume […]
