With so many parties vying for the body, Kern County lawyers filed paperwork in Los Angeles County Superior Court in hopes of determining who should receive the remains. The Kern County coroner doesn’t want to release the remains to the wrong person and end up getting sued, the county’s attorney said. “This is a really weird legal case,” said Bryan Walters, a deputy attorney in the Kern County counsel’s office. He would cremate Manson’s body, spread the ashes in a small, private service and not disclose the location to anyone. Manson lived in Los Angeles County before he was imprisoned and was arrested in Death Valley, in Inyo County.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 24, 2017 13:52 UTC