Posted on 09/26/2009 5:37:34 PM PDT by Steelfish
Susan Atkins Dies at 61; Imprisoned Charles Manson Follower
California's longest-serving female inmate, she was involved in one of modern history's most shocking crimes -- the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders that terrorized Los Angeles.
Susan Atkins looks back as Charles Manson arrives in court in 1970. She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in the Tate-LaBianca killings, including the death of pregnant actress Sharon Tate. (Associated Press)
By Elaine Woo September 26, 2009
Susan Atkins, who committed one of modern history's most notorious crimes when she joined Charles Manson and his gang for a string of killings in 1969 that terrorized Los Angeles and put her in prison for the rest of her life, has died. She was 61.
Atkins was diagnosed in 2008 with brain cancer and was receiving medical treatment at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, where she died at 11:46 p.m. Thursday, said Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Thornton attributed the death to natural causes, but an official cause of death will be determined by the Madera County coroner's office after a review of Atkins' medical history
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“[S]he grew up in San Jose, the middle child of three. When she was 15, her mother died of cancer. Her father sold the family home and all their furnishings to pay the hospital bills. Atkins began failing school and her father became an alcoholic who frequently left Susan and her younger brother, Steven, to fend for themselves.”
Early intervention may have helped.
Will Elton sing “Good Bye Sadie Mae”?
Gee I hope it wasn’t excruciatingly painful or anything.
Well that does not speak well for the Atkins diet.
Susan Atkins, who committed one of modern history’s most notorious crimes when she joined Charles Manson and his gang for a string of killings in 1969. ................................ I’ll be harsh, her death was 40 years too late.
I do !
Buh bye!
Early intervention may have helped.
most woman with this scenario just wouldn't stab an 8 months pregnant woman in the fetus with a bayonet just for $h!ts and Giggles.
No mercy Susy...go directly to Hell, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
May Sadie Mae Glutz burn in hell.
Hello, Scotland! Are you watching?! This is what you do with murderers that get cancer. You keep them in prison!
For some reason I just can’t bring myself to feel sorry for her death.
I came way too late!!!
What she did was horrible and there’s simply no excuse, but let’s face it, losing her mother, her house and all her belongings certainly had a traumatic effect on her as a human being.
She must have been a monster to do that to Sharon Tate and her baby.
Let's call her what she really was: Convicted Mass Murderer and Psychopath
Yep. I am not sure how one ‘recovers’ from being a mass murderer. I will leave it all in God’s hands.....
She murdered in the Sharon Tate case, the LaBiancas and Gary Hinman.
Here is what I have been thinking: It has been said that Susan Atkins accepted Christ as her Savior. I do not claim to know the condition of her heart, but if there was true repentence, she is with the Lord. I also don’t know if Sharon Tate was saved or the condition of her heart before the Lord. What if she wasn’t saved? Any thoughts?
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