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Manson, 3 Cohorts Will Appear at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 – Charles Manson and the three female “family” members convicted with him for the Sharon Tate-Leno LaBianca murders are due back in Los Angeles Superior Court this week for the trial of four other followers. Manson […]
Last of Manson ‘Family’ Given Life in Prison
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 – Bruce McGregor Davis, 28-year-old member of the Charles Manson “family,” Monday was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Malibu musician Gary Hinman and Chatsworth ranch hand Donald (Shorty) Shea. The formal sentencing […]
Last of Manson ‘Family’ Given Life in Prison
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 — Bruce McGregor Davis, 28-year-old member of the Charles Manson “family,” Monday was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Malibu musician Gary Hinman and Chatsworth ranch hand Donald (Shorty) Shea. The formal sentencing […]
Follower of Manson Guilty of Murders
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 15 — Bruce McGregor Davis, 28-year-old follower of hippie cult leader Charles Manson, was found guilty Tuesday of murdering Malibu musician Gary Hinman and ranch hand Donald (Shorty) Shea. The guilty verdicts on the two homicide counts […]
Death Charge Dropped for Manson Girl
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 4 — A murder charge against Charles Manson family member Mary Brunner in connection with the death of Malibu musician, Gary Hinman was dismissed Friday by Superior Judge George M. Dell. In announcing his decision to drop […]
Judge Sentences Manson Follower to Life in Shea Killing
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24 — Los Angeles Superior Judge James J. Kolts ruled Thursday that Charles Manson follower Steven Grogan should face life in prison instead of the gas chamber for beheading Donald (Shorty) Shea with a machete. In explaining […]
Manson Installed as San Quentin’s 97th Death Row Inmate
SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 15 — Charles Manson was installed as the 97th occupant of San Quentin’s Death Row Tuesday. “He was very calm,” said Associate Warden Joseph R. O’Brien after Manson was whisked here from Los Angeles in a bus […]
Manson Gets Life Sentence in Shea Killing
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 — Cult leader Charles Manson — described by the judge as a “whining, complaining delinquent and small-time car thief with an aversion to work” — was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 1969 slayings […]
Grogan Death Decreed by Jury in Stuntman Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 — Manson cultist Steve Grogan was sentenced to death in the gas chamber yesterday for the murder of stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea. The Superior Court jury of eight men and four women deliberated a total of […]
Manson ‘Girl’ Held in Contempt, Jailed
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 — One of Charles Manson’s “girls” was held in contempt of court today and ordered to jail for five days for her conduct at the penalty phase of the cult leader’s trial for the slayings of […]
Steve Grogan Is Convicted Of Murder
Manson Family member Steve Grogan, on trial for the Shorty Shea murder case, is being led back to his cell in the Hall of Justice by a sherrif’s deputy following conviction yesterday LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 — Manson family member […]
Manson Jury In Isolation
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 — The jury deliberating in second murder trial of Charles Manson was sequestered for the weekend Friday after failing to reach a verdict. Manson, 36, is charged in the slayings of Donald “Shorty” Shea, a ranch […]
Manson Jury Deliberating In 6th Day
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 — The jury in the second murder trial of condemned killer Charles Manson failed to reach a verdict yesterday after five days of deliberation. The panel of eight men and four women was sequestered in a […]
Grogan Under Oath Denies Murdering Movie Stuntman
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 — Steven Grogan, a member of Charles Manson’s cult, has denied under oath that he murdered movie stuntman Donald (Shorty) Shea. Grogan 20 took the stand on his own behalf Friday before the jury of eight […]
Manson Rants from Cell as Prosecutor Sums Up
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 14 — The prosecution began its summation Tuesday in the second murder trial of Charles Manson as the condemned cult leader continued to rant from a detention cell adjacent to the courtroom. At the start of Dep. […]
Watson is Guilty of 7 Cult Killings
Charles ‘Tex’ Watson is led back to his cell from a courtroom in Los Angeles after he was convicted Tuesday of seven counts ot first-degree murder and one of conspiracy to commit murder in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. Watson, a former […]
Defense Rests Case in Manson Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10 — The defense rested its case Friday in the second murder trial of condemned killer Charles Manson, who smilingly refused to testify in his own behalf. After Manson’s attorney, Irving Kanarek, told Superior Court Judge Raymond […]
Testifies In Defense of Cult Leader
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 9 — Linda Kasabian, the star prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, yesterday spent a full day on the stand as a defense witness in Charles Manson’s second murder trial. Her testimony appeared to add nothing […]
Delay Case of 5 Manson Followers
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 – The case of five Charles Manson followers all accused of armed robbery in an abortive gun raid, yesterday was postponed until Monday to determine who will represent the defendants. Superior Court judge Arthur L. Alarcon […]
Testifies Manson Boasted of Stuntman’s Decapitation
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 — A college student testified yesterday that Charles Manson boasted that Donald “Shorty” Shea was decapitated, cut into pieces and buried because Manson thought he was a police informer. The testimony came from Barbara Hoyt 20, […]
