1990-04-17

Van Alstyne and his co-defendant, Ricky Allen, allegedly ordered a late dinner to be delivered from Pizza Hut on the night of April 17, 1990. When Atkinson, working as a delivery man, arrived, Van Alstyne allegedly stabbed and beat him to death. Police investigators quickly learned that he had been bragging about the murder, and arrested him shortly thereafter. Van Alstyne confessed to the crime