Search for graves at Manson ranch

A RANCH where notorious US mass murderer Charles Manson hid after a 1969 killing spree is being revisited by scientists to hunt for undiscovered graves, decades after law enforcement officers first raided the site.

The dig was led yesterday by sheriff’s officials, with help from specialists in detecting disturbed soils and chemical markers that indicate likely grave sites.

The expedition to the secluded ranch in Ridgecrest, California, will take investigators into the Panamint Mountain range in Death Valley National Park.