The Manson Family: Where are the Family members now? (Ā½)
As members of Charles Mansonās messianic cult, several of the so-called Family committed murders at his request.
Mostly young women from middle-class backgrounds, they were convinced to join his Californian desert commune.
Radicalised by his obsession with an imagined upcoming race war, Family members would kill nine people in the summer of 1969.
His vision did not materialise, and he and his followers were tried for their crimes. But where are they now following their cult leaderās death?
Atkins was convicted and sentenced to death for her part in the killings known collectively as the Tate-LaBianca murders. Like Manson himself, her sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972 when Californiaās Supreme Court abolished the death penalty.
During the trial she admitted stabbing Sharon Tate to death, saying she did not know why she did it. At the time she said she had no guilt, but later showed remorse for her actions.
Atkins died in 2009 from brain cancer, weeks after having a request for parole because of her illness denied.
Krenwinkel, now 71, has become Californiaās longest-serving female prisoner, after admitting her part in the killings aged just 21.
She testified that she joined the group and left her past life behind just three days after meeting Manson in the 1960s.
In her testimony she admitted direct involvement, including stabbing victim Abigail Folger 28 times.
She has been denied parole 14 times, most recently after her lawyer claimed Manson had abused her before she committed the crimes.
Van Houten, who took part in the LaBianca murders, was recommended for parole earlier this year. At just 19 at the time, she was the youngest to participate in the killings.
On January 30, 2019, during her 22nd parole hearing, Van Houten was, for the third time, recommended for parole. On June 3, 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom overruled the parole boardās recommendation, and a previous decision was overturned in 2016 by California Governor Jerry Brown.
He insisted the 68-year-old still posed āan unreasonable danger to societyā.
Sharon Tateās sister has regularly spoken out against possible paroling of members of the Family.
Responding to news of Mansonās death, she told US news channel ABC that she was not relieved because she considered the others āmuch more dangerous individualsā.
Originally from Dallas, he left college and moved to California, where he lived with other Family members at the Spahn ranch.
He was said to be the leader of the women at the Tate-LaBianca murders, declaring: āI am the devil. I am here to do the devilās businessā.
He fled to Texas, where he resisted extradition for trial for nine months, so was not tried alongside Manson and the three women.
He was also sentenced to death but had his sentence revised to life imprisonment. He remains in Mule Creek prison near Sacramento after repeatedly being denied parole.
He fathered four children with his ex-wife during conjugal visits in prison. According to the LA Times, behind bars he has become a minister and earned a degree in business management.
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