charles mansons body battle heats up as 3 men vie for his corpse charles manson 3 finalists vying for body judge to sort it out 1242018 charles mansons still on ice but the battles heating up for his body and the 3 lucky finalists in line for the corpse all have some issues which have now fallen in a judges lap according to docs obtained by tmz and filed by the kern county coroner 3 men are claiming mansons bod the first is michael channels who submitted the first will from manson but its only partially legible plus channels is listed as a witness which casts doubt on the wills validity contestant 2 is matthew robert lentz who claims to be mansons son and also filed a will but his only has 1 witness at least 2 are required so its incomplete last up jason freeman who says hes mansons grandson filed legal docs to prove hes charles manson jrs son seemingly making him the murderers next of kin the problem here is before his death manson told prison officials he had no family in other words its legal helter skelter good luck sorting it out your honor