Editing Leslie Van Houten (section)

===Murders===
One night after the murder of Sharon Tate, Manson lead a group of Family members to the home of Leno and Rosemary La-Bianca. She and Krenwinkel held Rosemary in place while Tex stabbed her several times, but he couldn't continue after he bent the blade of his knife. Van Houten took a knife and stabbed Rosemary's lower back and buttocks over a dozen times.

On August 16, Van Houten was one of those booked after a raid on the Spahn Ranch in Chats-worth by police investigating auto thefts. Manson suspected ranch hand Donald Shea had blown the whistle and had him tortured and murdered. The Family then moved to Barker Ranch, two hundred miles away in Death Valley. Manson was arrested there on October 12, 1969. Meanwhile, Van Houten and another woman stayed at Barker ranch, searching for the 'hole in the ground, before being arrested in December 1969. Unlike other members of the Family, Van Houten provided a great deal of information. Using the Manson family nicknames during interviews with police, Van Houten helped identify who had actively participated in the Tate and La-Bianca murders, and who had been there but not killed anyone, thereby indicating that Kasabian was a crucial witness. Van Houten implicitly admitted to direct knowledge of the La-Bianca murders in police interviews.