LAPD Tate-LaBianca Murder Detective, Danny Galindo dies at 88
From a L.A. Times Staff Writer April 8, 2010 He was the first detective to arrive at the scene of the LaBianca slayings and conducted a detailed search, according to the book 'Helter Skelter.' Galindo "was an important member of the Manson murders investigative team," said Vincent Bugliosi, who was the chief prosecutor in the Tate-LaBianca slayings. (Frank Ockenfels) Danny Galindo, a retired Los Angeles police detective who helped investigate the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders, died of a heart ailment Tuesday at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, his family said. He was 88. "He was an important member of the Manson murders investigative team," said Vincent Bugliosi, who was the chief prosecutor in the case. Cult leader Charles Manson and several followers were sentenced to death (later reduced to life terms) in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and five others. Described by ...
