Human remains at ranch where Charles Manson hid?
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7:47 a.m. PT May 9, 2008
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. (AP) -- National Park Service officials say the Death Valley ranch where Charles Manson was arrested will be closed for a second time this year to search for possible human remains.
A press release Thursday said that Barker Ranch will be closed for up to 4 days later this month.
A team of forensic researchers found possible unmarked graves at the site in February that they believe could be the bodies of additional Manson victims.
The park was briefly closed in April, but a decision to dig was put off because a piece of high-tech soil testing equipment was damaged en route to the site. Authorities said they wanted to conduct tests using lasers before disturbing the soil.
Manson and his followers hid out in the park after the 1969 killing spree that set Los Angeles on edge.
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