In the quiet, pre-dawn hours of a Sunday morning in North Charleston, South Carolina, a violent chain of events unfolded that would leave two people dead. On October 27, 1985, 75-year-old Benjamin Frank Atkins was killed in his home. His adoptive son, Joseph Ernest Atkins, would later be charged and convicted for his murder.
The incident began to unfold just before daybreak when a neighbor was awakened by a noise outside. The neighbor saw Joseph Atkins carrying a machete and a sawed-off s
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