Manson ordered Atkins and other "family" members to kill eight people, including Tate and wealthy store owners Leno and Rosemary La Bianca, in the Los Angeles area in August 1969.

On December 8, 1969, Manson, along with Charles "Tex" Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, was indicted for the murders at the Cielo Drive house and the La Bianca house.

When she died of brain cancer on Sept. 24 at 61, Susan Atkins was in a women's prison in California, serving a life sentence for eight of the most horrific murders in the annals of American crime.

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 ...

Susan Atkins, a leading member of Charles Manson's violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, has died in a California prison, state corrections officials said on Friday ...

CORONA, Calif. -- Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, could soon be released from prison because she is near death, authorities said.

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.

Susan Atkins, a follower of mass killer Charles Manson convicted nearly four decades ago in some of the most notorious murders in U.S. history, lost her 18th bid for release on Wednesday.

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.

Atkins, 61, becomes the first of the Charles Manson followers on life sentences to die while in California prisons. She died Thursday night as the longest-serving female inmate in the state. Atkins ...

Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, could soon be released from prison because she is near death, authorities said.