Susan Atkins at her Sept. 2nd parole hearing, which was denied.
Susan Atkins, one of the notorious Charles Manson cult murderers, has died in prison at the age of 61.
Atkins died at the Central California Women’s facility in Chowchilla just before midnight Thursday. She had been fighting brain cancer. She was diagnosed in 2008. Soon after suffered partial paralysis and had to have a leg amputated.
Fourty-years ago Atkins savagely murdered actress Sharon Tate who was 8-months pregnant. Tate had been stabbed 16 times. Atkins also participated in the LaBianca murders the very next night. She was convicted of eight murders total.
Prosecutor Stephen Kay described Atkins as “the scariest of the Manson girls,” adding that “she was very violent.”
Former chief prosecutor and author of Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi, says that Atkins will be remembered as “obviously as a member of a group that committed among the most horrendous crimes in American history.
“She apparently made every effort to rehabilitate herself. It has to be said that she did pay substantially, though not completely, for her incredibly brutal crimes. And to her credit, she did renounce – and, I believe, sincerely – Charles Manson.”
He also told of the sad and tragic upbringing of Susan Atkins. Her mother died when she was 3 and her father sold their home and all furnishings to pay hospital bills. He eventually became an alcoholic and often left his children alone, until one day he just didn’t come back. he children were moved to their grandparents home but by the 11th grade Atkins left. She described herself at this time as, “extremely angry, extremely vulnerable and directionless.”
It was soon after that she met Manson and “the family”.
Atkins is survived by her husband and had found God years ago. At her parole hearing September 2nd she uttered her last public words: “My God is an amazing God.”
Even though she was a murderer, I still think this is a sad story. What a lonely life.
Trust me i know lots about the other side. This woman busted the gates of hell wide open when she crossed over.
It is very difficult to feel much empathy for this woman, but you do have to remember she was so young, so manipulated, on drugs and under the control of a maniac who had spent, by the she met Manson, over half his life in reform schools or penitentiaries. Also he was involved with Scientology and the Church of Satan so he had experience in controlling people. That said, free will has to used for accountability, you can’t blame anyone else for the fact you slaughtered a pregnant woman and killed her unborn child. I think she earned the death she got. There were no winners for anyone who was involved with Manson.
Fun fact: Sqeaky Fromme has been sighted in Henderson, the town near Cochoran Prison, she may be moving to the area in order to visit Manson. Let’s hope the Warden denies a convicted felon visitation rights. This is a mess that will never end until every single one of them is dead.
Let her burn in hell! Next….
I notice all these pieces of sh*t find God when no one else on Earth will talk to them! I don’t care if she renounced Manson, found God, or invented the electric car, the woman was a cold blooded murderer, and was lucky she wasn’t executed years ago, as she was originally sentenced to be. All the whining for compassion as she neared death, in an attempt to get this thing her undeserved parole. Maybe the familes of Sharon Tate, Voytek Frykowski, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Steven Parent, and the LaBiancas are resting a little easier now that this evil excuse for a human being is rotting six feet under, in a pine box. Good riddance to bad trash!