3 cases tagged “cult”
Convicted: Lynette Alice 'Squeaky' Fromme
Lynette Alice 'Squeaky' Fromme was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Although she was not directly involved in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders, her criminal legacy stems from a separate incident. In 1975, Fromme attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford. The assassination attempt was unsuccessful, and she was consequently sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled in 2009 after serving approximately 34 years. She also published a book about her life in 2018.
Convicted: Leslie Louise Van Houten
Leslie Van Houten is an American convicted murderer who was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Van Houten was involved in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, a crime for which she was convicted. During her time with Manson's group, she was known by various aliases, including Louella Alexandria, Leslie Marie Sankston, Linda Sue Owens and Lulu.
Convicted: Susan Denise Atkins
Susan Denise Atkins was a member of the 'Manson Family', the cult led by Charles Manson that committed a series of nine murders at four locations in California over a period of five weeks in the summer of 1969. Known within the Manson family as Sadie, Sadie Glutz, Sadie Mae Glutz or Sexy Sadie, Atkins was convicted for her participation in eight of these killings, most notably the Tate murders. She was originally sentenced to death, but her sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment after the California Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences issued prior to 1972. She was incarcerated until her death in 2009, at the time being California's longest-serving female inmate.
