A teenager who was visiting the home 's caretaker in his cottage on the property also was killed . Decision puts her in parole board 's hands , spokeswoman says . Susan Atkins is serving life sentence for involvement in Atkins family scandal of late 1960s . Web site quotes Atkins ' husband as saying she has terminal brain cancer .
Decision puts her in parole board 's hands , spokeswoman says . Susan Atkins is serving life sentence for involvement in Atkins family scandal of late 1960s . Web site quotes Atkins ' husband as saying she has terminal brain cancer .