Susan Atkins
Author
1948 – 2009
Who was Susan Atkins?
Susan Denise Atkins was a convicted American murderer who was a member of the "Manson family", led by Charles Manson. Manson and his followers committed a series of nine murders at four locations in California, over a period of five weeks in the summer of 1969. Known within the Manson family as Sadie Mae Glutz or Sexy Sadie, Atkins was convicted for her participation in eight of these killings, including the most notorious, the "Tate/LaBianca" murders. She was sentenced to death, which was subsequently commuted to life in prison. Incarcerated from October 1, 1969 until her death – a period exactly one week short of 40 years – Atkins was the longest-incarcerated female inmate in the California penal system, having been denied parole 18 times.
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- Born
- May 7, 1948
San Gabriel - Also known as
- Sadie Mae Glutz
- Susan Denise Atkins
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- James W. Whitehouse
(1987 - ) - Donald Lee Laisure
(1981/09/09 - 1981/12)
- James W. Whitehouse
- Children
- Religion
- Born again
- Ethnicity
- Caucasian race
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Leigh High School
- Los Banos High School
- Lived in
- Cambrian Park
- Los Banos
- San Francisco
- Chowchilla
- Died
- Sep 24, 2009
Central California Women's Facility
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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