Susan Atkins, convicted mass murderer
A photo taken of Miss Susan Atkins, convicted mass murderer, and once a member of the Charles Manson 'family'. She stands behind the fenced-in women's prison on August 20, 1981. She got married to self-described millionaire Donald Lee Baisure on September 2, 1981 in Frontera, CA. He turned out not be a millionaire at all and had been married 35 times already. She had the marriage annuled. (UPI Photo/Rich Lipski/Files)
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CHOWCHILLA, Calif., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Susan Atkins, who confessed to one of history's most notorious crimes as a member of the 1969 Charles Manson gang, has died in a California prison. She was 61.
MARCY, N.Y., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, paroled from a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford, plans to live in New York, officials said Tuesday.
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CHOWCHILLA, Calif., Sept. 3 (UPI) -- One of the women convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago and now terminally ill has been denied parole for a 13th time, officials said.
CHOWCHILLA, Calif., Sept. 2 (UPI) -- One of the women convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate 40 years ago and now terminally ill has a date with the California parole board for the 13th time.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The would-be assassin of President Gerald Ford, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, walked out of a federal prison in Texas Friday, a prison spokesman said.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Charles Manson, one of the most notorious killers in U.S. and California history, remains behind bars 40 years later with almost no prospect of release.
FORTH WORTH, Texas, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme, who pointed a pistol at U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975, is due to be released from prison soon, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons said.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Phil Spector, the celebrity music producer now in a California prison, has received a fan letter from the notorious Charles Manson, Spector's wife says.
