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 four 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 digging 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 their 1969
killing spree.
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