Seventeen-year-old Marina Habe was abducted from her mother’s driveway on December 30, 1968, and found dead in a ravine off Mulholland Drive, West Hollywood, on January 1, 1969. She had been stabbed multiple times and her throat was slit; the body was fully clothed. Investigators believed she may have been held for about a day before being killed, and some considered the possibility she had been sexually assaulted, though that point was debated.

The investigation produced numerous leads but no arrest. Questions circulated about whether Marina’s killing was connected to other brutal Mulholland Drive discoveries that era and about possible links to the Manson Family because members traveled routes past Marina’s neighborhood and some individuals have been named in speculation. Friends said Marina was unlikely to associate with that circle, and no conclusive evidence tying the Family to the crime has ever been reported. Have readers who knew Marina or her circle seen details or leads that deserve reexamination?