Benjamin Atkins

Benjamin Thomas Atkins, 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 survivor 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 had committed to officers. Atkins was found guilty and given several life sentences in April 1994. He died from AIDS in 1997.