Killer Comparisons: Benjamin ("Tony") Atkins and Stewart Weldon
Both are serial killers targeting prostitutes, drug addicts who lured females with the promise of drugs. Both are black men who suffered trauma in childhood. One is a more modern serial, however, taking his first life in 2017 and convicted in 2021, and while the other is from another era, having killed in 1991 and 1992. So in our study of serials in this continuing "Killer Comparisons" series, how else can we compare and contrast Benjamin Atkins and Stewart Weldon? Atkins, above, and Weldon, below. See copyright notes below. The two men were born nine years apart, Atkins in 1968 and Weldon in 1977. Atkins spent his life in Detroit and Highland Park, Michigan, while Weldon spent the earlier part of his childhood in the Jamaican area of Queens, New York, then moved with his mom to New Jersey, then later to western Massachusetts. Weldon lost his dad as a teen, while Atkins never really knew his dad. Weldon's childhood was reportedly marked by sexual abuse and an early intr...
