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.

SACRAMENTO, June 5 (UPI) -- Former Manson family member Susan Atkins, who has spent 38 years in a California prison, may be released before she dies of cancer.

NEW YORK, March 20 (UPI) -- Convicted U.S. killer Charles Manson says in his first released recording in 15 years that a true human being feels compassion for incarcerated animals.

LOS ANGELES, March 19 (UPI) -- California prison officials say the release of a new photo of Charles Manson was part of a program that routinely updates images of its inmates.

CORONA, Calif., June 13 (UPI) -- California prison authorities said they may release one-time Charles Manson cult member and convicted killer Susan Atkins because she is terminally ill.

PANAMINT SPRINGS, Calif., May 22 (UPI) -- California officials say they have closed a search for body parts at a Death Valley National Park ranch used by Charles Manson and his murderous clan in 1969.

PANAMINT, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- Researchers searched the California ranch where Charles Manson and his followers holed up in 1969 after killing actress Sharon Tate and six others.

PANAMINT SPRINGS, Calif., May 20 (UPI) -- Sheriff's detectives are excavating parts of a Southern California ranch that was once a hideout for the murderous Charles Manson clan, officials said Tuesday.

INDEPENDENCE, Calif., May 10 (UPI) -- Authorities say they will dig at a desert ranch in California once used by 1960s convicted killer and cult leader Charles Manson in search of bodies.