Category Archives: Archived News
Warrant for Manson Cult ‘Kin’
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 28 – A federal warrant was issued Monday for the arrest of Bruce Davis, a member of the Manson “family” and a defendant in the murder of musician Gary Hinman. U.S District Court Judge Jesse W. Curtis […]
One Hinman Murder Indictment Against Atkins Will Be Dropped
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 24 – Complicated murder-conspiracy charges against hippie cult leader Charles Manson and Manson family member Susan Atkins are due for still another switch, the district attorney’s office said Thursday. Miss Atkins, 21, is charged in Santa Monica […]
Manson Accused of Saying He Cut Off Someone’s Ear
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 23 – Hippie clan leader Charles Manson told two people he cut a man’s ear off, according to a County Grand Jury transcript released yesterday. The transcript was a record of testimony taken during closed-door proceedings last […]
Court Assigns New Attorney for Manson
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 23 – Attorney Richard A. Walton was appointed yesterday to defend cult leader Charles Manson against murder and conspiracy charges stemming from the fatal stabbing of musician Gary Hinman. Superior Judge George M. Dell appointed the lawyer, […]
Tate Trial To Exclude 1 Defendant
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 22 – The attorney for Linda Kasabian, a young mother charged with murder-conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others, said yesterday she will not go to trial with five other defendants June 15. […]
Manson’s Pal Sentenced to Gas Chamber
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – The first member of the Manson family to stand trial for murder was sentenced today to death by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury. Robert Beausoleil, 22, registered no emotion as the seven-woman, five-man jury […]
Beausoleil Must Die In Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – Robert Kenneth Beausoleil, convicted murderer of musician Gary Hinman, was condemned to die in the gas chamber today. The verdict was returned by seven woman, five-man jury which last Saturday found the 22-year-old Beausoleil guilty […]
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 Ponders Penalty in Murder Case
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 21 – A Superior Court jury was locked up in a downtown hotel late today after deliberating briefly in the penalty phase of the murder retrial of Robert Kenneth Beausoleil. The seven-woman, five-man jury deliberated 45 minutes […]
Tate Murder Trials Face Legal Tangles
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – A maze of legal tangles may conflict with a judges announced resolve that the Sharon Tate murders trial begin June 15. A clutter of courtroom complexities surrounding the six persons charged in the slayings has […]
Death Asked For Killer Of Musician
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – The prosecution will seek the death penalty Monday for Robert Beausoleil, the 22-year-old “Manson Family” member convicted of the 1969 torture slaying of bagpipe musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, his parents looking on, slumped in his […]
Death for L.A. Slayer Sought
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 20 – The prosecution said it would seek the death penalty as Robert Beausoleil’s trial went into the penalty phase today following his first degree murder conviction in the knife slaying of musician Gary Hinman. Beausoleil, 22, […]
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 […]
Beausoleil Found Guilty Of Murder
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 19 – Robert K. Beausoleil, a former roommate of Charles Manson, was found guilty of first-degree murder Saturday by a Superior Court jury in the stabbing of Malibu musician Gary Hinman. Judge William Keene ordered jurors to […]
6 Lawyers, 4 Judges, Defendants: Manson ‘Circus’ in Court
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 – The three-ring circus featuring the Manson Family previewed in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday with a cast of characters that included six attorneys, four judges and an equal amount of defendants. When the dust cleared […]
Manson, “Family” Due For Another Trial Date
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 18 – Charles Manson and five members of his hippie-style “family” have a new date with a new judge for their trial on charges of murder-conspiracy in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others The […]
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 […]
Postponement Seen For Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – The Sharon Tate murder trial is set to begin Monday but there is virtually no chance of it starling on schedule because of the almost daily legal maneuverings. Court attaches said the trial could be […]
Manson, Atkins Arraigned
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 17 – Hippie leader Charles Manson and Susan Denise Atkins were arraigned yesterday in Los Angeles County Superior Court in the slaying of musician Gary Hinman. In an adjoining courtroom, a jury began deliberations in the trial […]
