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Jan. 9, 2018

LA court opens probate case over Manson’s estate, body

A superior court judge on Monday said Los Angeles County can decide where the estate hearing of Charles Manson will take place, but who gets his frozen body is a whole other legal matter.

LA court opens probate case over Manson’s estate, body
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Cowan is presiding over the opening hearings regarding where Charles Manson's estate will be probated and who will get custody of his frozen body.

LOS ANGELES — A superior court judge on Monday said Los Angeles County can decide where the estate hearing of Charles Manson will take place, but who gets his frozen body is another legal matter.

The notorious cult leader who orchestrated a string of murders that rattled the city 48 years ago lived in Los Angeles before being imprisoned in Kings County, and then died at a hospital in Kern County last year, where petitions for probat...

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