![]() ![]() While incarcerated, Atkins told two inmates of the Tate/LaBianca murders. With information supplied by another family member, Atkins was subsequently charged with involvement in the murder of Gary Hinman, who had been killed in July by Manson associate Bobby Beausoleil. At an even more remote ranch, Atkins and several other Manson followers were arrested on suspicion of auto theft. An unrelated raid led to Spahn Ranch's abandonment. ![]() ![]() It was Atkins who tasted Tate's blood and smeared the word "PIG" on a wall with it. Watson murdered the pregnant Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, and three others. On 8 August 1969, Manson sent Tex Watson and other family members including Atkins to the home of film director Roman Polanski and actress Sharon Tate. He renamed her "Sadie Mae Glutz", and the "Manson Family" relocated to the Spahn Ranch near Chatsworth, California. In the 1967 Haight-Ashbury, Atkins had the misfortune to meet the charismatic Charles Manson. She took odd jobs, making ends meet waitressing and as a topless dancer. He abandoned the family, and Susan dropped out of high school as a junior. ![]() Susan Atkins' mother died from cancer in 1962, and her father was an alcoholic unable to find permanent work. ![]()
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