What would you do if a guy you were friends with got arrested for a brutal double homicide?

 

Well that happened to me the other day. you always see this stuff on the news but this really hit close to home. Also before anyone jumps all over me. I do not support this type of behavior and if he is guilty I think he deserves whatever he gets.

 

 

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/officials-seek-cellphone-belonging-to-hammonton-stabbing-victim/article_9befc1c2-1c50-11e1-944b-0019bb2963f4.html

 

 

And of course they take a pic from my wedding and slap it on the front page of the paper

 

Not sure what to say but it is a reality check..

Sorry to hear the bad news.

Did you know the people that were murdered too? It says that Latko and Patterson were close friends.

 

I don't see any reports of a motive. Do you know the motive?

 

Sometimes you just don't know someone as good as you think you do.

I wasn't friends with the victim but a road quads with him before. Before I got in the union pat and I worked together. We would hang out after work and on w/e's riding quads or bar hopping. The last couple years being married and living in Salem county I haven't hung out with pat as often but I still talked to him a lot and hung out a couple times a year. I'm sure they know the motive they just haven't released it.

Hmmmmm............someone sure snapped.

I'm a true believer that ALL humans are capable of "snapping". It's just a matter to what extent and the triggers that make us reach that point. We can all sit here and say we'd never kill or murder, but I'd imagine there's an extreme circumstance for everyone that would be enough to put us over the edge.

 

Thoughts?

Honestly I agree

DAMN!! -luckily it wasnt YOU!

Did he ever seem a little "off" to you? Looking bad were there any signs?

Yeah I'd say so. His nickname around my group of friends was crazy pat. Homicidal pat I guess it should be now. He was always crazy but this is another level. I have a lot of crazy stories from hanging out with him.

I'd quickly distance myself from him if I were you.

We'll - there's "crazy" and there's "sane crazy".

 

I have some friends that we call "crazy" but they are the "sane crazy" type of people. Steady jobs, steady relationships, etc.

 

I hope I made sense....

 

Once again, sorry to hear about your friends trouble.

I'd quickly distance myself from him if I were you.

 

 

I don't think I'm gonna have to worry about that. He is in jail on $2,000,000 bail.

I don't think I'm gonna have to worry about that. He is in jail on $2,000,000 bail.

 

Unless you have the 2M..

Ha!!!

I'm a true believer that ALL humans are capable of "snapping". It's just a matter to what extent and the triggers that make us reach that point. We can all sit here and say we'd never kill or murder, but I'd imagine there's an extreme circumstance for everyone that would be enough to put us over the edge.

 

Thoughts?

 

Definitely. Unfortunately I had a very similar case to the OP. The valedictorian from my high school class "snapped" a few years after graduation.

He killed his mother, brother and a friend. I felt like the proverbial "he was such a nice boy" kind of person. Never saw it coming.

Hate to see these type of things happen, especially when is someone you may know. I had that with a person I knew who offed his wife and kids and I think a neighbor woman down in Florida earlier this year, thing about it, sometime there are just no warning signs, I know there wasn't in that case.

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOUdakrP52E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not for nothing, but I am truly sorry that the person you knew did not get a big a** hole blown in him by the mother or the son...that truly is the tragedy here.

Will all due respect, which is very little due to the nature of the crime that was allegedly committed by this person.

 

I am sorry you had to experience this news.

He is innocent until proven guilty. If it were a close friend of mine, I would give all the benefits of a doubt that I had in me until you have all the evidence laid out in front of you.. as in during the trial. Just in case this is all a screw up, and they pinned the wrong guy. It happens.

I hope he didn't do it. But if he did they should cage em like an animal. Whatever problems he had the the son should have been handled differently. They were friends, they could have went out back and scrapped it out and had a beer later. The mom I'm guessing was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Even if the son attacked him he wouldn't have had to stab the mom 10 times. She was an old lady. At this point if they link him to the scene and the weapon he is at least guilty of 1 murder charge. My guess is things got heated and got out of hand real quick. Now 3 lives are gone.

Wow I'm sorry man..

 

I had a friend "snap" and although nobody got hurt, it was a really weird experience.. almost like someone died.

 

But seeing here that there are very real fatalities and legal proceedings here, I would think that it might be best to delete this thread. Can you get called in as a character witness for this guy?

 

Looks like you want to distance yourself as far as you can...

Their are pic of me on his facebook and phone records from before and after the murders. If I get called in its already going to happen

must be odd to know that you carried on a conversation with some after he (hypothetically) committed such a dark act.. I have had people in my life make bad choices.. to the point where they ended up in prison.. dead.. etc.. I would try as hard as you can to just let it go.. people make bad choices all the time and there is not a dam thing you can do about it.. my NJ home is not that far from where this happened.. and I have friends on FB who knew the victims because they were all talking about it when it happened..

My buddy at work went to school with the victim and kept somewhat contact with him over the years , from what he said it was over a girlfriend , ashame , 3 wasted lives ,2 dead and 1 gonna rot in jail all over a girl !!! Sad !!!!!

The girl ain't doing so hot either. She is justifiably very upset

wow, tough spot to be in. I don't envy you and wouldn't worry about the calls. If they ask you questions, it will be as a result of their investigation with him. Since you have no involvement, I wouldn't be too worried although I would consult a lawyer before talking to the police for anything.

Their are pic of me on his facebook and phone records from before and after the murders. If I get called in its already going to happen

 

One of the reasons why I stay away from facebook, twitter, etc.

 

People post things, get fired from work, lose friends, lose spouses - nothing but trouble......

One of the reasons why I stay away from facebook, twitter, etc.

 

People post things, get fired from work, lose friends, lose spouses - nothing but trouble......

 

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