Former Manson cult member Atkins dies in U.S. prison
Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:55am EDT
ReutersLOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Susan Atkins, one of the leading members of Charles Manson’s notorious violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, has died in a California prison, her husband said on Friday. She was 61.
Atkins, imprisoned since 1971 for her part in eight Manson-related murders, had been suffering from a brain tumor. Earlier this month, state corrections officials rejected her request to be freed so she would not have to die in prison.
“Susan passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and loved ones and the incredible staff at the Skilled Nursing Facility at the Central California Women’s Facility,” her husband, James Whitehouse, said by e-mail.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. May Susan Atkins rot in the worst layer of Hell with Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, 9/11 Terrorist, and Joseph Stalin.
