Atkins: A "life of horrors" from the foster system to the street and HIV

Benjamin ("Tony") Atkins died in 1997 with HIV / AIDS. Back when he was immersed in his crimes, targeting women on Woodward Avenue in Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan, AIDS was a big thing, in the news a lot. It was a lot like COVID was in 2020 -- much-discussed, much-feared. So how did the HIV angle factor into the case of Atkins? Was it a factor? That's one of the things I discuss with private investigator Ed Opperman in a new episode of his Opperman Report podcast. We also explore Atkins' troubled upbringing and some of the things that led him to a life at risk on the streets. The foster system is another aspect -- why is there the cliche of the bad foster home? And by the way, where did that moniker "the Crack City Strangler" come from?