Name Benjamin Atkins | Victims 11 | |
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Span of killings December 14, 1991–August 21, 1992 Similar Terry Blair (serial killer) , Richard Angelo, Dallen BoundsDied September 17, 1997 (aged 29) Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center, Jackson, Michigan, U.S. Motive Misogyny Conviction(s) First degree murder (x11), First degree criminal sexual conduct Nationality American |
Benjamin Atkins Documentary
Benjamin (Tony) Atkins (August 26, 1968 – September 17, 1997), also known as the Woodward Corridor Killer, was an American serial killer who murdered 11 women in Detroit, Michigan, during a period of nine months between December 1991 and August 1992.
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All the victims were found in vacant buildings, all had been raped and strangled. Most of them had been murdered in Highland Park. Many of the victims were working as prostitutes, and Atkins said he was motivated by a hatred of prostitution.

During his trial, it was revealed that Atkins himself was raped at age 10 and had witnessed his mother engage in prostitution.

He was sentenced to eleven life sentences. On September 17, 1997, he died of an infection caused by HIV at Duane Waters Hospital, which is connected with the Egeler Correctional Facility in Jackson.

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