Sep 25, 2009 · Susan Atkins, 61, had brain cancer, according to the Los Angeles Times, which adds that: Atkins confessed to killing actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski who was...

She was sentenced to death, which was subsequently commuted to life imprisonment when the California Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences issued prior to 1972. Atkins was incarcerated until her death in 2009.

Sep 1, 2009 · Susan Atkins, 61, dies of brain cancer after being denied parole. Sept. 25, 2009 -- Susan Atkins, the convicted murderer and onetime Charles Manson disciple, died late Thursday after being placed on hospice status earlier in the week.

Sep 26, 2009 · Convicted of eight murders, Atkins served more than 38 years of a life sentence at the California Institution for Women in Chino. She was the longest-serving prisoner among women currently held...

Sep 25, 2009 · Susan Atkins, convicted of eight killings in cult leader Charles Manson's murder spree, died Thursday night in a California prison less than a month after she was denied parole.

Sep 26, 2009 · She died of natural causes, said Gordon Hinkle, a spokesman for the California Department of Corrections. A year ago, Ms. Atkins received a diagnosis of brain cancer and had a leg amputated.

Sep 25, 2009 · LOS ANGELES — Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson, whose remorseless witness-stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died.

Sep 25, 2009 · LOS ANGELES – Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She...

Sep 26, 2009 · Susan Atkins, the Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer who lost her last chance at parole this month, died Thursday at the women's prison in Chowchilla (Madera County), state...

Susan Atkins, who committed one of modern history's most notorious crimes when she joined Charles Manson and his gang for a 1969 killing spree that terrorized Los Angeles and put her in prison for the rest of her life, has died.