Appeals Court Blocks Release of Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif in In this Sept. 6, 2017 file photo. Stan Lim/The Orange County Register via AP, Pool, File

A woman who was convicted of killing a couple at the direction of Charles Manson will not be released from prison on parole.

Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she and three others stabbed Leno LaBianca, a grocer, and his wife Rosemary to death in 1969 on the orders of Manson.