Members of the Manson "family" shown at pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles. Charles Manson and his “family” of followers were the perpetrators of one of the most infamous murder sprees in U.S.
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.