Debra Tate has publicly pleaded for years to keep members of the Manson family cult behind bars.

Van Houten, 73, was released from prison Tuesday, many years after California's parole board first recommended her release.

A California appeals court panel voted Tuesday to reinstate a grant of parole for Leslie Van Houten.

Charles Manson's followers brutally killed seven people in August 1969.

Leslie Van Houten has served more than 40 years in prison for murder. The Charles Manson follower was denied parole for the third time.

She wasn't relieved on Sunday when she heard Charles Manson had died.

In her new memoir, "Member of the Family," Dianne Lake, now 64, says she had sex with Manson as a teen and describes life inside his cult.

The four friends went to a restaurant to get food before returning to Tate's home in Benedict Canyon, California.

Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring were killed by Charles Manson's followers in 1969.

It was an KABC News TV crew -- not police -- that found the killers' clothes.

"He said, 'You can't leave the group,'" recalled Mike Love.

Manson sent his followers to the house on Cielo drive and ordered them to kill everyone there.

Charles Manson incited the August 1969 murderous rampage that left seven people dead, including actress Sharon Tate.

As followers joined Manson, they left San Francisco and drove to Los Angeles, where they settled at Spahn Ranch.

By the time Manson was 13, he was involved in auto theft and armed robbery and was sent to Boys Town.

"We were invited by Dennis to come to dinner to meet Charlie and the family," Mike Love recalled.

Linda Kasabian was a star witness for the prosecution and the driver on both nights of the murders.

One of his followers, Susan Atkins, tried to impress a fellow inmate by admitting to her role in the murders.

It was an KABC News TV crew that found the discarded clothes of the killers involved in the Tate murders.

Following his orders to leave a message, the words "Helter Skelter" were written on the LaBiancas' refrigerator.

Tate married Roman Polanski, one of Hollywood's top filmmakers, and the two were expecting a baby before her death.

Manson and some of his followers continue to serve life sentences in prison.

It was only after one of Manson's followers revealed details to a fellow inmate that police connect Manson to the Tate murders.

Evidence found in 1969 was used to help solve the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others.

The words "Helter Skelter" became a key aspect in Manson's trial.

The Beach Boys recorded the song, "Never Learn Not to Love," a song originally written by Manson under a different title.

Charles Manson was introduced to drummer Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.

ABC News' Chris Connelly looks back at the chilling Charles Manson case.

1969: A KABC News TV crew found the bloody clothes Charles Manson and his followers left on the side of a highway after the Tate murders.

Watch the two-hour documentary on the gruesome crime sprees committed by Charles Manson and his cult of devoted followers. "Truth and Lies: The Family Manson" - Inside the Eyes of Madness' airs Friday, March 17 at 9/8c