Left to right: Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten march abreast along a corridor
toward the courtroom where Judge William Keene set April 20th as the date for their tiral with fellow
suspect, Charles Manson.

Susan Atkins testified before the Los Angeles Grand Jury in December 1969, which indicted five individuals
(including Atkins, and Charles Manson) for the Tate-LaBianca killings. (December 5, 1969)

Leslie Louis Van Houghten, (yellow dress), is taken by policewomen to a jail cell in the Hall of Justice, after
she and two other girls waive arraignment on murder charges in connection with the Tate-LaBianca slayings.
The three allegedly were members of a hippie cult led by Charles Manson. (December 10, 1969)

County Sheriffs take Susan Atkins (in pink dress) back to jail. She and two other female members of the
"Manson Family" waived arraignment on murder charges in connection with the Tate-LaBianca slayings.
(December 10, 1969)

Susan Susan Denise Atkins (L), and Patricia Krenwinkel; (2nd from right) arrives in court along with Charles
Manson, accused hippie leader, for a hearing at the request of Superior Court Judge William Keene to
determine if there would be a conflict of interest if attorney Daye Shinn, who has been retained by Miss
Atkins to defend her in the murder trial in which Manson and several other members of a hippie
"family" are accused of murder of actress Sharon Tate and five others last August. Miss Atkins
replaced attorney Richard Caballero, who had represented her since her arrest, with Daye Shinn.
(March 11, 1970)

The three female members of Charles Manson's "family" ham it up for photographers through the window
of the sheriff's van as they arrive at the courthouse to continue the murder trial in the Tate-LaBianca case.
Patricia Krenwinkle (left) makes a face as Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins (right) smile.
(August 5, 1970.)

The three female defendants in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial walk from the jail section to the courtroom
as their trial continues here August 6th. The girls are (left to right) Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins,
and Patricia Krenwinkel. (August 7, 1970)

Manson family members and murder suspects Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkle, and Leslie van Houten.
(August 11, 1970)

The three female defendants in the Tate-LaBianca murders, , (L-R) Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins,
and Patricia Krenwinkel, return to their cells. (November 19, 1970)

Susan Denise Atkins, (left), Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten,(right), laugh after receiving the death
sentence for their part in the Tate-LaBianca killing at the order of Charles Manson. (March 29, 1971)