Charlene Rene Atkinson, a 25-year-old Black woman, was found dead on April 26, 1986. Her death is believed to have been the result of strangulation, and investigators later linked her case to a series of killings in Florida from the late 1980s into the early 1990s.

The primary suspect associated with these killings is Alfred Lee Robinson, a Black male born in 1962, who was later identified as a serial killer responsible for at least five to six deaths between 1986 and 1991. Robinson’s known method was strangulation, and he was convicted of multiple counts of first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter; he is serving a life sentence at Apalachee Correctional Institution in Sneads, Florida. Atkinson’s name appears among Robinson’s suspected victims, though her death was not explicitly confirmed as part of his convictions; timeline and method closely align with his pattern.

Anyone who knew Charlene, her movements in April 1986, or who has information connecting her death to that series of crimes is asked to come forward.