Kody Patten
Kody cree patten listens during a hearing , in elko district court, in elko, nev. Patten, one of two convicted in the march 2011 murder of a nevada classmate. He was sentenced friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. District attorney mark torvinen sought the death penalty for both defendants after they pleaded not guilty to the charges. 26, fratto changed her plea.
He killed west wendover high student micaela costanzo. They interviewed her classmates and friends, including her childhood pal kody patten, who gave police the same story as her other friends: The last time he saw mickey, he said, was outside the school around 5 p. m. On , micaela costanzos body was found in a shallow grave inside the barren region, just outdoors of elko. She had been said missing through her own family the day before, and her vehicle was observed abandoned on the side of the street. Toni fratto, 19, and kody patten, 18, are accused of hitting micaela costanzo over the head with a shovel, cutting her throat and then burying her body in a shallow grave just outside west wendover, nevada. After an extensive search by residents following micaela's disappearance, schoolmate and longtime acquaintance kody cree patten, then 18, was arrested and charged with her murder. Then, two months after patten's arrest, a bombshell was dropped by patten's attorney.
