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| Search for bodies at Manson ranch | Search for bodies at Manson ranch |
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| Californian officials are searching for bodies at a ranch used by cult leader Charles Manson, nearly 40 years after his followers went on a killing spree. | Californian officials are searching for bodies at a ranch used by cult leader Charles Manson, nearly 40 years after his followers went on a killing spree. |
| Manson and several members of his gang are serving life for the murders, which included that of actress Sharon Tate. | Manson and several members of his gang are serving life for the murders, which included that of actress Sharon Tate. |
| New tests at the remote hideout in Death Valley prompted the search for more victims. | New tests at the remote hideout in Death Valley prompted the search for more victims. |
| Initial results found at least two potential grave sites, and prompted the local sheriff to allow new digging. | Initial results found at least two potential grave sites, and prompted the local sheriff to allow new digging. |
| New technology | New technology |
| The time: 1969. The place: California, where a social revolution was under way, fuelled by sex, drugs and rock'n roll. | The time: 1969. The place: California, where a social revolution was under way, fuelled by sex, drugs and rock'n roll. |
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| Manson and several members of his gang are serving life | |
| Charles Manson was a career criminal who believed a race war was coming. He called it Helter Skelter, after a song by The Beatles. | Charles Manson was a career criminal who believed a race war was coming. He called it Helter Skelter, after a song by The Beatles. |
| To kick-start this war Manson ordered his followers - known as The Family - to murder. | To kick-start this war Manson ordered his followers - known as The Family - to murder. |
| Over two nights in Los Angeles they killed seven people, including Sharon Tate, who was pregnant. | Over two nights in Los Angeles they killed seven people, including Sharon Tate, who was pregnant. |
| Their hideout was a remote ranch 300 miles (500km) away - in Death Valley. | Their hideout was a remote ranch 300 miles (500km) away - in Death Valley. |
| Manson was found there hiding under a sink. He and four others are still serving life in jail. | Manson was found there hiding under a sink. He and four others are still serving life in jail. |
| Rumours have persisted of bodies at the ranch, of hikers gone missing, followers who fell out of favour. | Rumours have persisted of bodies at the ranch, of hikers gone missing, followers who fell out of favour. |
| Some 20 officials are working with shovels, and instruments not available in the 1960s, which can detect human remains and that may add a new twist to the macabre story of the Manson Family. | Some 20 officials are working with shovels, and instruments not available in the 1960s, which can detect human remains and that may add a new twist to the macabre story of the Manson Family. |