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Murdered in The Woods: The Complex Case of Attorney Ronald Hughes | True Crime Documentary

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Ronald W Hughes, an American attorney hailing from The Golden State, was a free spirit and open-minded lawyer from Los Angeles, California. His dedication to public defense and interest in the counterculture movement were cut short by an unsolved death in the autumn of 1970, leaving all who knew him across the city of stars, and the entirety of his hometown in Southern California at large, grasping for answers.
 
As a hope to provide more substantial reasoning built upon observable evidence and situational analysis, this is an examination of the mysterious death of Ronald Hughes in Ventura County, California and the suspicious circumstances surrounding the trials of Charles Manson and the Manson family in general.