Manson Family killer Leslie Van Houten on Wednesday was denied parole for the 20th time since she was sentenced to life in prison for her role in sensational cult murders nearly 44 years ago.
California prison officials declined to release Van Houten, 63, following a parole board hearing at the California Institution for Women in Chino, east of Los Angeles, where she is an inmate.
She is eligible to seek parole again in five years.
Van Houten was convicted of murder and conspiracy in connection with the Manson Family murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, who were stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home on August 9, 1969.
The killers used their blood to write “Rise,” “Death to Pigs” and “Healter-Skelter”, a misspelled reference to a Beatles song, on the walls and a refrigerator door.