A simmering cauldron of familial discord tragically boiled over on New Year's Eve of 1969 in Charleston, South Carolina, ending in the death of 23-year-old Charles Edward Atkins. An evening that should have been filled with the promise of a new year descended into violence when an argument erupted between Charles and his half-brother, Joseph Ernest Atkins, while they were at a friend's house.
The dispute escalated to a fatal point when Joseph, reportedly angered by the confrontation, left
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