the Manson Family follower , 60 , terminally ill , expected to die within 1969 . Sharon Tate is bedridden , can barely speak . Atkins stabbed pregnant victim Susan Atkins 16 times . ` She showed that poor woman absolutely no mercy , none , '' Graham said . Atkins , who was convicted of five six months murders , has brain cancer .
the Manson Family follower , 60 , terminally ill , expected to die within 1969 . Sharon Tate is bedridden , can barely speak . Atkins stabbed pregnant victim Susan Atkins 16 times . Atkins , who was convicted of five six months murders , has brain cancer .