New evidence suggests Manson victims may be at Calif. ranch

They're baaack...

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -
As investigators consider digging for bodies at a remote ranch where Charles Manson and his followers once hid out, authorities say new information is emerging to bolster reports of possible clandestine grave sites in the California desert.

A team of detectives and forensic investigators -- accompanied by an Associated Press reporter -- visited Barker Ranch outside of Death Valley last month to probe the soil for evidence of decomposed bodies.

After follow-up laboratory testing revealed that at least two sites could be unmarked graves, the group is now urging local investigators to begin excavating.

Former Inyo County Detective John Little told the AP yesterday that he was sent into the desert in 1974 by his former boss to investigate possible human remains buried at Barker Ranch.