“I doubt we would have convicted Manson without her," the prosecutor said, referring to cult leader Charles Manson.

California’s governor has blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims.

The "Murder, She Wrote" actor, who died this week at 96, confronted intense real-life drama when her family lived in Los Angeles.

Bruce Davis, 79, was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors.