Barker Ranch

Barker Ranch was the last hideout of Charles Manson and his crew before they were captured in 1969. Barker Ranch is making headlines because some people expect more undiscovered bodies are buried on its grounds.

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More Manson Murders?

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"People" magazine

BURIED TRUTH?

A police officer with a specially trained dog believes there may be more
victims of the Manson Family

Nearly 40 years have passed since actress Sharon Tate and eight others were
savagely murdered by Charles Manson's "Family" -a cult of hippies-but the case
is far from closed. While Manson, now 73, serves out his life sentence at
Corcoran State Prison in California for the killings, authorities will begin
excavating at the Barker Ranch in Death Valley on May 20 in an effort to see·
if there are more victims of the Family buried there. "There are people missing
who were last seen there," says Emmett Harder, 76, a gold prospector in the
area who got to know Manson and his followers when they
hung out at the ranch in the '60s.

Ten years ago another dig at the Barker ranch, where Manson was captured in
1969, yielded no results. The current excavation, at different sites, stems
mostly from the efforts of police Sgt. Paul Dostie, of Mammoth Lakes, Calif.,
and his cadaver-sniffing black Labrador, Buster. Intrigued with the case and
the rumors that have swirled about possible other victims, Dostie trained
4-year-old Buster to detect decomposing bone, not just flesh -a relatively new
canine science. A February 2007 search of the ranch by Bllsrer and other dogs
highlighted several potential graves. Says Debra Tate, the sister of Sharon:
"Buster is outrageously talented."

Aside from curiosity, is there any practical benefit to the excavation? Manson
prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi

points out that if Manson could be convicted of new murders, he could face the
death penalty. "I hate to say it," says Bugliosi, but until now, "in a way
Manson has beaten the rap."

Champ Clark in Los Angeles and Jeff Truesdell in St. Louis

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