After a seven-month trial that captivated the world, Charles Manson and three of his followers were convicted on January 26, 1971, of the murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon ...

LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and ...

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Charles Manson and the murders committed by his followers have been the topic of numerous movies, docuseries and TV shows over the years. In Touch takes a deep dive on the projects related to Manson ...

LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and ...

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson "family" murder case. Over the next ...

Linda Deutsch, a longtime Associated Press writer who covered the trials of Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, among others, has died at 80, according to the AP. In the middle of it all ...

Charles Manson, wild-eyed leader of a cult "family" who killed seven people in a bloody rampage in Los Angeles that shocked the nation in 1969, died of natural causes Sunday, according to the ...

Patricia Krenwinkel, 77, who was part of what was known as the Manson family, was convicted of seven counts of murder in 1971. A California panel said she posed little risk of reoffending. By Adeel ...

LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and ...

One of America’s best-known trial reporters, she covered a who’s who of criminal defendants — Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, Patty Hearst, Phil Spector, the Menendez Brothers, “Night ...

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