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Ronald William Hughes

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Ronald William Hughes

Birth
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death
29 Mar 1971 (aged 36)
Ventura County, California, USA
Burial
Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot
Section D
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Attorney who represented Leslie Van Houten during the Manson murder trials. He refused to go along with Manson's ploy to have his three "girls" (Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel) take all of the blame for the murders. He mysteriously disappeared in the last weekend of November 1970, just days after the defense rested its case. His badly decomposed body was found four months later near the Sespe Hot Springs. A couple of Manson's followers later confessed that the Manson Family had murdered Hughes.
Attorney who represented Leslie Van Houten during the Manson murder trials. He refused to go along with Manson's ploy to have his three "girls" (Van Houten, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel) take all of the blame for the murders. He mysteriously disappeared in the last weekend of November 1970, just days after the defense rested its case. His badly decomposed body was found four months later near the Sespe Hot Springs. A couple of Manson's followers later confessed that the Manson Family had murdered Hughes.

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  • Added: May 30, 1999
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5552/ronald_william-hughes: accessed ), memorial page for Ronald William Hughes (16 Mar 1935–29 Mar 1971), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5552, citing Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.