Susan Atkins was a member of a group.
Susan Denise Atkins -LRB- May 7 , 1948 September 24 , 2009 -RRB- was a convicted American murderer who was a member of Charles Manson 's `` Family ''.
In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people -LRB- Abigail Ann Folger , Wojciech Frykowski , Steven Earl Parent , Sharon Tate Polanski , Jay Sebring , and Leno and Rosemary La Bianca -RRB- -- most notably of the actress Sharon Tate -- all of which were carried out by members of the group at his instruction.
Group members were also responsible for a number of other murders and assaults , and the attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford.
