A man who claims to have accidentally killed his girlfriend during sex has made a request in court to show his penis as proof.
Richard Henry Patterson, 65, who is accused of murdering 60-year-old Francisca Marquinez in her bedroom in October 2015, says she dies as a result of choking during oral sex.
Richard and Marquinez
Patterson, who hails from south coast near Fort Lauderdale, admitted to a friend: “I choked her. I choked Francisca.” However, his lawyer, Ken Padowitz, pointed out: “He said he choked her. He never said he strangled her.”
He texted the same friend, saying: “My meds are making me crazy and I can’t function thank you though.” Followed by another that read: “If I need to come to your house I will drive. I need time to think. I did something terrible.”
Padowitz wrote a motion on May 1 that included the words: “Dr. Ronald Wright, an expert witness and former Broward County medical examiner, will testify that … her death is consistent with being accidentally sexually asphyxiated during oral sex,
“It is material and relevant. The view by the jury is essential for them to fully understand Dr. Wright’s testimony and the defence in this case.”
He adds that her autopsy did not show any signs of trauma or bruises to her neck. However, her body was in the early stages of decomposition. This was because she had been dead ‘for about eight to 24 hours before detectives discovered her on a bed, her body covered by a sheet’ reports local paper, Sun Sentinel. Patterson had informed his lawyer, Padowitz, of Marquinez‘s death and his lawyer had contacted police.
Photo Credit: Broward County Sheriff’s Office
The medical examiner couldn’t reach a definitive conclusion regarding the cause and manner of Marquinez‘s death.
Apparently, after Marquinez’s death, Patterson text his daughter saying: “Your dad did something really bad last night and I’m so so sorry.”
According to his arrest warrant, a police-recorded conversation in his friend’s car heard him say: “I caused it, I’m gonna go to jail.”
He continued: “How do you think I feel, I’m here and she’s six feet under.”
Marquinez’s son, Omar Andrade, 41, who lives in New York, said: “It’s a desperate man trying a desperate tactic,
“He’s just trying to get off the hook.”
The Mirror reports that if his request to show his penis is allowed, it would be done in private with only the judge, lawyers, a bailiff, the jury and the defendant present.
Patterson is charged with second-degree murder and jury selection is expected to take place in around a week.
