ERIC ALLEN PATTON | Stabbed His Victim To Death With A Set Of Knives, A Barbecue Fork And A Pair Of Kitchen Scissors And Made Off With $24 | Executed August 29, 2006 | UNOPENED ALS

Eric Allen Patton. ALS. Pmk: August 15, 2006. SEALED. Contents unknown. Pristine.

• Classification: Murderer

• Characteristics: Robbery

• Number of victims: 1

• Date of murder: December 16, 1994

• Date of arrest: December 29, 1994

• Date of birth: April 7, 1957

• Victim profile: Charlene Kauer (female, 56)

• Method of murder: Stabbing with several knives, a barbecue fork and a pair of scissors

• Location: Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA

• Status: Executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on August 29, 2006

At the time of the murder, Patton was employed as a brick mason. He left the job site to buy electrical boxes at a local hardware store. When he returned 4 hours later, he was wearing different clothes and did not have the electrical boxes.

During that time, Patton went to the home of Charlene Kauer and asked to borrow money. He then forced his way into the home, grabbed Charlene by the throat and dragged her through the house looking for money and valuables. He took Charlene to the bedroom and stabbed her numerous times.

Then, he dragged her down the hallway into the kitchen, stabbing her several more times with a variety of knives and breaking several of them. Finally, he stabbed Charlene in the chest with a pair of scissors.

Patton was found guilty of First-Degree Murder and First-Degree Burglary and was sentenced to death plus 1,120 years imprisonment.

Final Meal:

Patton received his last meal on Tuesday afternoon – a large pepperoni pizza with sausage and extra mushrooms and a large grape soda. The cost of the meal is limited to $15.

Final Words:

While strapped to a gurney in the execution chamber, Patton thanked his family, his legal team, and prison officials. “I want to thank the guards here on death row who have been like family to me, and their lives have been a blessing to me. I’ve had a good life here on Earth. It’s been a blessing. It’s been a blast. I want to thank my savior Jesus Christ for all he’s done for me. I look forward to being with him now and for eternity.”ⁱ No word of the victim. No acknowledgment, no apologies. Nothing.

Patton was the first Oklahoma inmate executed under a new protocol that requires a larger dose of anesthesia to be given to an inmate during execution.

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i Blanco, J. (2023) Eric Allen Patton | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers, Murderpedia.org. Available at: https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p1/patton-eric-allen.htm (Accessed: 19 March 2023).