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MarkPryor · 02-12-2005, 03:36 AM

Is anyone familiar with a relatively recent case (around 1996) that used to air pretty frequently on Lifetime about a USC film student named Patrick who went down to Tijuana without telling his mother?

Several days later he was trying to cross the busy street (Avenida Internacional) that runs between Tijuana and the U.S. at night and was hit by traffic. It was later thought by some that he was trying to get away from abductors in Mexico. He was badly injured and in a coma when they published his hospital bed picture in the local paper and that's when his mother found out where he had been for those several days.

During the time he was missing there was activity on his ATM card at a bank in Tijuana and his car was seemingly parked in a lot in the U.S. by a stranger (they knew this because the radio was tuned to a Spanish station and there were cigarette butts on the floorboard). The guy died and his mother was having a difficult time dealing with Mexican authorities in the investigation.

Brent88 · 02-12-2005, 10:10 AM

Is this the same one that they believe the police tried to cover up? If so... it was on Lifetime this past week(Wednesday or Thursday I believe).

Kane · 02-12-2005, 07:45 PM

I am familiar with the case. The victim's full name was Patrick Sean Kelly. He is listed at the Parents Against Corruption and Cover-up web site.

http://www.thepacc.org/Patrick.html

toddjharp · 02-13-2005, 08:02 PM

Ironically, the people who started the organization are the parents of Tommy Burkett, another case profiled on UM.

02-12-2005, 03:36 AM	#1
MarkPryor Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Feb 12, 2005 Posts: 6	Film student killed in Tijuana Is anyone familiar with a relatively recent case (around 1996) that used to air pretty frequently on Lifetime about a USC film student named Patrick who went down to Tijuana without telling his mother? Several days later he was trying to cross the busy street (Avenida Internacional) that runs between Tijuana and the U.S. at night and was hit by traffic. It was later thought by some that he was trying to get away from abductors in Mexico. He was badly injured and in a coma when they published his hospital bed picture in the local paper and that's when his mother found out where he had been for those several days. During the time he was missing there was activity on his ATM card at a bank in Tijuana and his car was seemingly parked in a lot in the U.S. by a stranger (they knew this because the radio was tuned to a Spanish station and there were cigarette butts on the floorboard). The guy died and his mother was having a difficult time dealing with Mexican authorities in the investigation.

02-12-2005, 10:10 AM	#2
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	Is this the same one that they believe the police tried to cover up? If so... it was on Lifetime this past week(Wednesday or Thursday I believe).
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02-12-2005, 07:45 PM	#3
Kane Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 07, 2001 Location: MA, United States Posts: 3,367	Patrick Sean Kelly I am familiar with the case. The victim's full name was Patrick Sean Kelly. He is listed at the Parents Against Corruption and Cover-up web site. http://www.thepacc.org/Patrick.html

02-13-2005, 08:02 PM	#4
toddjharp Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jan 27, 2005 Posts: 35	Ironically, the people who started the organization are the parents of Tommy Burkett, another case profiled on UM.