August 26, 1968 - Benjamin Atkins
Operating across Detroit and Highland Park over a concentrated eight-month span, Atkins targeted vulnerable women in what became one of Michigan's more disturbing serial crime sequences of the early 1990s. His capture depended critically on the courage of a single survivor, whose cooperation with investigators led directly to his identification. The case drew attention both to the communities affected and to how law enforcement ultimately closed it.
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Benjamin Thomas Atkins (August 26, 1968 – September 17, 1997), also known as The Woodward Corridor Killer, was an American serial killer and rapist who raped and tortured 12 women, murdering 11 of them in Highland Park and Detroit, Michigan, during a period of eight months between December 1991 and August 1992. Atkins was apprehended by police with the assistance the sole survior of an attack, who rode with officers around the area and was able to identify Atkins as her attacker. After he was arrested for rape charges connected to her case, Atkins confessed the crimes he has committed to officers. Atkins was found guilty and given several life sentences in April 1994. He died from AIDS in 1997.
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