But why would he have been murdered? Did he do something to the "cartel" to anger them? He was just a tourist. I don't know, there is something really wrong here. I still wonder about the "desk man."
It’s reported that he was killed on October 28. That’s the day he was missing. If he’s been deceased all this time then the searching wouldn’t have been the cause of his death. Jmo
Wrong place wrong time. Definitely wrong place. Who is desk man? I missed that.
Sorry, it was the hotel owner. He seemed to be aware of Patrick's movements that fateful day.
I could see this happening even if they didn't kill him.I am sure they didn't want that attention and unless they suspected him of being some drug agent or robbery the killing don't make sense.
I didn't imply that the searching was the cause of his death. Unfortunately his parents are at the mercy of having to accept whatever is told to them, true or not. Mexican police are "solving" the case most likely because they have been told to make it go away.
I can see why the criminal element there wouldn't want the searches going on. Makes sense they informed LE about the death to stop the searches. Just weird that they probably killed him, for whatever reason, and then advised the Law of killing him. It's so sad. What could he have done to get himself killed - murdered, in fact? I was looking for some partially reasonable reason why he was killed, if that makes sense.
I understand. I actually was thinking of a possible reason that he would have been killed, and making the searching stop would have been somewhat of a rational (poor word) conclusion. To think that the criminals who likely killed him would tell the Law that they killed him in order to stop the searching is even more upsetting. Trying to make some sense of what he may have done to get himself killed...not that it was in any way his fault. Very sad.
So back to being in a very wrong place at a very wrong time. Perhaps he shouldn't have been walking where he was walking and at the time he was walking, but not a reason to be killed. jmo
I don’t think he did anything to get himself killed. His killer known as ”El Chueco” is not your average criminal who needs a good reason to kill. Being in the Sinaloa territory may have been enough. Maybe because of his looks, Patrick was not recognizable as a tourist. Being a Spanish teacher, he may have even tried to communicate with his killer in Spanish when he got ”caught“ doing nothing but being at the wrong place at the wrong time. This may have sealed his faith.
Oh I know. I didn't mean that he flagrantly did something outrageous to end up being murdered for. Your reasons make sense. He blended in and didn't appear to be an American tourist. Who knows, though, if that would have changed anything. I wrote the above post before I read about the actual person responsible for his death. Sounds like if you cross paths with this monster, death is inevitable. My brain is having a difficult time dealing with the untimely death of this innocent man who just happened to be somewhere he was noticed and this murderer thought he shouldn't be there.
I agree. I'm struggling with this too. I wonder if police will truly try to find this murderer or will they just leave well enough alone.
