Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins dies

[XanaDUer]

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. She was 61.

Atkins died at the Central California Women's facility in Chowchilla on Thursday night, said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Atkins, who had been receiving medical care at the prison's nursing facility over the past year, died of natural causes, Thornton said. Sources told The Times she had been battling brain cancer. She was pronounced dead at 11:46 p.m.

http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-mew-susan-atkins26-2009sep26,0,4942953.story

[BlueIris]

1. I actually feel (kinda) bad for the Manson cult victims, because I think they were brainwashed,

and Atkins was one of those whose apologies for the crimes seemed sincere.