Case 69: Gary Patterson
Casefile True Crime | Dec 02 2017 | 00:58:11
On the morning of Saturday, May 3rd, 1997; 33-year-old, single father Gary Patterson woke up before dawn in his home in Waco, Texas.
He got dressed in black jeans and a white shirt and boots. He didn't need to wear a suit to his final job interview, he had already met with one of the business partners, and they had got to know each other pretty well over the previous three weeks.
That morning, the 7:30 am flight from Waco to El Paso was the last step in the process – he would meet the company's CEO, and would hopefully return home that night, the new head of a large housing development project.
After a tough few years, things were starting to look up.
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Researched and written by Anna Priestland
NARRATION:
Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host
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RESOURCES
Warning – Contains spoilers
BOOK:
Death in a Texas Desert: and other true crime stories from the Dallas Observer – Carlton Stowers (Chapter 1: Death in the desert)
ARTICLES:
Death in the Desert – Dallas Observer
ARCHIVES:
Assistant U.S Attorney Bill Johnston's Law office website
Collection of archive newspaper articles:
– Odessa American (Odessa Texas)
– The Facts: Clute, Texas
The Texas Ranger Dispatch – Issue 15, 2004
Crime and Development in Central America
VIDEOS:
Interview with the devil – The Investigators
(Same footage also shown) Crime Stories: Interview with the Devil
OTHER:
Chihuahuan Desert – WWF
Chihuahuan Desert, US and Mexico – WWF
El Paso named safest large city in America for fourth straight year – KVIA.com
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