We know most of the details about the Barker Ranch Raids but there haven’t been any documents on the specifics of the raids. The recently acquired documents will tell you who was taken into custody in which raid and what name they were arrested under. They also say what evidence was found on that day. It took weeks and even months to gather all of the evidence.
There were two raids on Barker Ranch in October
1969. The first one was October 10th. There were 13 people arrested at Barker.
Another person, Kitty Lutesinger, was also arrested that day though not at
Barker.
Kitty Lutesinger and Stephanie Schram left Barker
Ranch, walking out, to get away from all the craziness that was taking place.
The two made as far as Butte Valley before they finally happened upon two CHP
officers who were on patrol. Lutesinger and Schram asked the officers for a
ride. They were taken to Lone Pine where checks were run on them, they were
both found to be runaways.
In addition to being a runaway Lutesinger was
wanted for questioning in a 187 PC, the murder of Gary Hinman. The next day
Lutesinger was released to the Los Angeles Sheriff's Office.
Schram was released to her parents and suffered
no charges. Documents
The raid that took place October 10th at Barker
Ranch included five CHP arresting officers, four CHP witnesses, one Department
of Fish and Game witness, the Inyo District Attorney's Office sent an
investigator and a deputy district attorney as witnesses and not to be left out
the Death Valley National Monument Park Service also sent two witnesses.
Yes, you added that up correctly, nine witnesses
and five arresting officers. The Inyo County Sheriff's Office did not
participate in the raid.
Some of the evidence included the Ruger .22revolver that had been stolen the previous week. It was found in a US Mail bag
in the possession of Sandy Good, Ruth Ann Morehouse and Dianne VonAhn. The VW
belonging to Corinne Broskett with a VIN number of 2912188 was recovered that day. In Broskett’s VW
was a Bausch and Lomb spotting scope, a pricey item in those days.
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| A list of those arrested |
Williamson is Lynette Fromme
Tufts was Steve Grogan
Schwarm was Dianne VonAhn
Reeves was Patricia Krenwinkel
Perell was Nancy Pitman
Powell was Susan Atkins
Pugh was Sandy Good
Lutesinger
Lane was Scott Davis
Baldwin usually used the alias Madeline Cottage
Mourglea was Hugh Rocky Todd
Minette was Catherine Share
Morse was Ruth Ann Morehouse
Alexandria was Leslie Van Houten
All pictures are from Inyo County files and taken at or near the time of the raid.
