Benjamin Frank Atkins

Death by Force

Benjamin Frank Atkins, aged 75, died on October 27, 1985, in North Charleston, South Carolina. His death was the result of a violent incident involving his adoptive son, Joseph Ernest Atkins. On that fateful day, Joseph, armed with a machete and a sawed-off shotgun, attacked his father and a 13-year-old neighbor, Karen Patterson. The incident began early in the morning when a neighbor, Aaron Polite, noticed Joseph walking towards his father's side of their duplex carrying the weapons. Polite's w ...Read More

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Newspapers.com: Death Penalty Upheld (Benjamin Frank Atkins and Karen Patterson 1985) 1990 - Newspapers.com

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