Found Deceased TX-Peggy Merimon, 53, Lubbock

santos1014 · #1 02-08-2007, 11:46 AM

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/category.asp?C=89051

2/7/07
Lubbock Medical Examiner Says It Was Homicide

No other DNA was found on the body, but the Lubbock Medical Examiner is now confirming that Kay Harrelson's death was a homicide.

It's something investigators have suspected ever since Harrelson's body was found in a Shallowater ditch, 11 days after she and co-worker Peggy Merimon disappeared. Both were last seen August 9 leaving the Lubbock State School, where they worked. Even after Wednesday's official ruling that the death was a homicide, it is still not known exactly how Harrelson died.

"We're not rushing. For us it's better to be right than to be fast." That's the word from, Thomas Beaver, Lubbock's Medical Examiner on why's its taken six months to determine the cause of death for Kay Harrelson.

Beaver said, "Because of the circumstances of death, I'm going to call it homicidal violence of an undetermined ideology because I don't have a finding for that but I think the circumstances are suspicious enough that this should be ruled a homicide."

Because of the state of the remains, there is no way to tell how Kay Harrelson died. Apparently, in the summer heat of 2006, the body decayed quickly and began to mummify. Beaver says those reasons, in combination with animal activity, most likely took away any evidence of how the murder occurred.

Beaver added, "This is an ongoing investigation and I think that there will be new information over time. When, I don't know. So I will be prepared to amend the death certificate in light of any new information we're able to acquire."

Beaver says any new information would have to come from the person responsible for the crime.

Lubbock County District Attorney, Matt Powell said, "If we were at a point where I felt that there was sufficient evidence to charge somebody with this it would be done."

When the investigation started, the person of interest in the crime was put on administrative leave from the Lubbock State School. We inquired about his status and representatives at the State School told us he is still employed there but has not shown up to work.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=6055558

LisainWV · #2 02-08-2007, 08:58 PM

So, Peggy Merimon is still missing? There was no mention of what may have happened to her in that article.

I couldn't find her on the charleyproject?

Bobbisangel · #3 02-08-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by LisainWV

So, Peggy Merimon is still missing? There was no mention of what may have happened to her in that article.

I couldn't find her on the charleyproject?

I wish Peggy would be found. I can't even imagine what her family is going through. I believe that they are still looking for her. I wonder what LE is doing on the case. That man could have at least put Peggy where she would be found. I wonder if he is even still around? I wish LE could follow him around all day and night and park across from his house when he is home. Maybe he would get so nervous that he would turn himself in.

txsvicki · #4 02-08-2007, 10:01 PM

I wonder if the medical examiner is not telling everything. Mrs. Harrellson had been missing for 11 days when her body was found and surely the ME could at least still rule out some causes of death from examination of the body. Someone said on the court tv forum that the person of interest goes and sits in his car in the area where the dogs alerted awhile back, and it was also said that he is living with relatives. Too bad he is still running around free and a danger to women. I'd like to know if he has murdered others here or around the state and hasn't been linked to the crimes.

santos1014 · #5 02-09-2007, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by txsvicki

I wonder if the medical examiner is not telling everything. Mrs. Harrellson had been missing for 11 days when her body was found and surely the ME could at least still rule out some causes of death from examination of the body. Someone said on the court tv forum that the person of interest goes and sits in his car in the area where the dogs alerted awhile back, and it was also said that he is living with relatives. Too bad he is still running around free and a danger to women. I'd like to know if he has murdered others here or around the state and hasn't been linked to the crimes.

He is still employed at the state school, but officials say he hasn't shown up since he was put on leave. Peggy's family is still looking for her, the weather in Jan. held that all up some. There was a heartbreaking article in the Lubbock paper last week. The front page had a picture of her daughter, holding the grandson that Peggy has never seen. He was born during the time she has been missing. Her daughter stated that she just wants her mom back. If she is alive, then there will be lots of questions...but that doesnt matter, they want her back in any way. It's so sad. It just makes no sense to me that they cannot find a single trace of her anywhere!!

Bobbisangel · #6 02-10-2007, 03:34 AM

Oh that is so sad. Just heartbreaking isn't it. I can't believe that LE haven't found Peggy either. I wonder how well that area where that creep sits in his car was searched? Maybe they should go back and search it again only expand it out further. There must be a reason that man keeps going back there. Maybe he sits there and relives what he did to her and to Kay.

Him not going back to work sure says something to me. He probably knows that everyone believes he is guilty of two murders. He said that the two women had been in his home before. Was that ever proven? Wouldn't their husbands know if they had been to his house before and what would they have been their for anyway? I'll bet he is a liar and he just said that incase their hair or something was found there. I still wonder why they went with him that day during their lunch time. Did he say he needed their help with something? Maybe they thought they were going out for a hamburger or something and they were just being nice to the creep as he was a co-worker.

dale46 · #7 08-10-2007, 04:09 PM

Hi All,
I called KCBD - TV NewsChannel 11
5600 Ave. A Lubbock, TX 79404
Main: 806.744.1414
and ask them why they have not shown a picture of the suspect that worked with the women missing and the news lady told me they were doing what the police have ask at this time.
I told her that she should have a reporter accidentally on purpose take one and put it on the news and that maybe it would remind someone of something in the case.
She laughed and said she may do that.
I told them that I was a member of Websleuths and that they were very good at putting a story together.

meggilyweggily · #8 08-10-2007, 08:33 PM

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/...mon_peggy.html

Bobbisangel · #9 08-11-2007, 01:42 AM

Pretty smart of that guy to say that the two women had been at his house before. That way if any kind of DNA like hair would have been found at his house LE couldn't prove when it got there. It's doubtful that either Kay or Peggy where ever at his house. I hope he doesn't get away with murder.

txsvicki · #10 09-04-2007, 12:58 AM

The suspect has finally lost his job after a state representative became concerned and contacted the state telling them that they need to put him to work or fire him. The suspect has been paid around $48,000 this past year on his leave. Now if they will just arrest the guy.

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/090...90107062.shtml

hoppyfrog · #11 10-11-2007, 12:52 AM

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp...0&nav=menu69_3

9/11/07

The suspect in the disappearance of Peggy Merimon is now being called upon to take a lie detector test.

"I'm offering to foot the expenses of whatever it takes to get to the bottom of the truth and find out where Peggy Merimon is," said Gary Pringle, a bounty hunter heading up the search for Peggy Merimon.
Pringle issued that challenge Tuesday morning at the Lubbock County Courthouse. After searching for more than a year, he says it's time to bring Peggy home. Pringle says he'll pay for a polygraph, or anything else, that is needed to find Peggy.

much more at link

sassy_texasbelle2 · #12 04-15-2008, 03:35 PM

I have not seen anything at all lately in the newspaper or on the news.

*02 · #13 04-15-2008, 03:58 PM

It was on so much there for a while Sassy. I thought about all of the cases from Lubbock last night and decided I would be a googling fool today to see if there was any new info. Sad to see we are still waiting and hoping.

txsvicki · #14 06-18-2008, 03:21 AM

The reward for Peggy Merrimon has been increased to $100,000 in hopes that someone may know something and speak up or tell what they might know on the suspect who was in risk management at the school where Peggy worked and was last seen leaving with this man.

http://newsradio1420.com/newsradio/n...?storyID=13377

txsvicki · #15 08-05-2008, 04:08 AM

A wrongful death suit has been filed against Mickey Patterson by families of Peggy Merrimon and Kay Harrellson. Charges have not been filed and Peggy Merrimon is still missing.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp...7&nav=CcXHeD2B

Bobbisangel · #16 08-06-2008, 06:52 PM

Good for the families. Maybe they can learn something through the depos. That is possibly their goal. He will have to answer any questions put to him through the families attorney. His attorney can protest but the creep will still have to answer. Depos aren't fun and can last for days! People can also sit there and lie and look you right in the eyes! I hope the Wrongful Death suit really puts this creep on edge and he makes a few mistakes. I hope the families got a tough attorney.

I wonder if LE has anything? Did they ever go over his vehicles for evidence? He would have had to transport the bodies in something. Seems like they would have found a hair or something in the trunk. How good at foresics is that LE?

Kat · #17 01-21-2009, 12:32 AM

Patterson A No Show in Court article dated NOV 08.

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/myfox/pa...d=1.1.1&sflg=1

"Attorneys for the families of Kay Harrelson and Peggy Merrimon were stood up for the second time by the man they believe is responsible for Harrelson's murder and Merrimon's disappearance."

http://www.myfoxlubbock.com/myfox/pa...d=1.1.1&sflg=1

"12/09/08 -- The no-show defendant in a pending wrongful death civil lawsuit faces criminal retribution.

Mickey Patterson has not complied with an order to give a deposition in the civil suit against him; filed by the families of two women who went missing - reportedly while in his company.

Local attorney Will Boyles explains an order of attachment, issued for Patterson Friday, authorizes lawmen to arrest him.

Patterson is also ordered to appear before the court December 19th to explain why he should not be held in contempt. "

txsvicki · #18 01-21-2009, 12:38 AM

I haven't read all the links lately but I believe that Mickey P. is in the Seattle, Washington area? Hope he hasn't fled, disappeared, and changed his name.

CONNIEHU · #19 03-25-2010, 10:16 AM

3/9/10
Trial scheduled for man accused of murdering Peggy Merimon and Kay Harrelson
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 4:32 PM CST
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 4:43 PM CST
By Ann Wyatt Little - bio | email

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – The man accused of murdering two Lubbock State School employees will have his day in court.

Three and a half years ago Kay Harrelson and Peggy Merimon disappeared from work. A search party discovered Harrelson's body 13 days later in a field near Shallowater, and Merimon is still missing. The court set the trial for June 1st. Judge Jim Bob Darnell will hear the case in the 140th district court.

Deputies escorted Mickey Patterson back to Lubbock from Bend, Oregon after a Lubbock grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder. There are still a lot of questions surrounding what new evidence led to Patterson's arrest and what attorneys will present during trial.

Sources say Patterson took a polygraph test before any criminal charges were filed, but the results of his test cannot be confirmed. Results of a polygraph cannot be used as evidence in a criminal trial. Whether or not the test is mentioned during testimony is still in question.

NewsChannel 11 contacted the families and because a trial date has been set they were asked not to comment. Patterson's attorney filed a motion with the court asking for a speedy trial to take place before the end of March, but the court set the date for June 1st. This will be a jury trial. As of right now this trial will be in Lubbock County, there has not been a motion filed to have this case moved out of town.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12111926

txsvicki · #20 09-24-2009, 10:53 AM

Mickey Patterson was finally arrested in Oregon, brought back to Lubbock, and charged with the deaths of Peggy Merrimon and Kay Harrelson. Peggy has not been found though.

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092...l#mdw-comments

Kat · #21 01-21-2009, 01:06 AM

I'm not sure txsvicki, I didn't see where he lives now, in the articles

CONNIEHU · #22 03-16-2009, 12:54 AM

Just found this dated 2/12/09...

New information has been released relating to the main suspect in the Peggy Merimon/Kay Harrelson kidnapping and murder case. Court documents show the sisters of Mickey Patterson gave oral depositions to attorneys concerning the case. The depositions state that Mickey Patterson was given an independent polygraph by his attorney in which he passed, but that polygraph has never been turned over to police. Documents also state that Patterson was involved in the abduction of a woman during the 1980s, but was never charged.___(KLBK/Joe Griffin copy)
_______

Apparently Patterson's sisters have given interesting information that this fella was involved in a previous disappearance in another woman in the 80's but was never charged. It's not clear what ever become of that case.
VERY INTERESTING!!!!

http://lubbockcountyregister.blogspo...-interest.html

kaelee2 · #23 09-24-2009, 08:41 AM

A man suspected of killing two Lubbock State School employees last seen in August 2006 was arrested Wednesday in Oregon.
Mickey Weldon Patterson, 59, is charged with two counts of capital murder in Lubbock County in the deaths of Peggy Merimon, 61, and Kay Harrelson, 51. The women were last seen leaving the school with an unidentified man around noon Aug. 9, 2006. Searchers found Harrelson's remains 11 days later near Shallowater; Merimon was never found. More at links:
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw...1ad2a8ef3.html

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/092...96751910.shtml

Kaelee

CONNIEHU · #24 03-25-2010, 10:24 AM

3/9/10
Trial scheduled for man accused of murdering Peggy Merimon and Kay Harrelson
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 4:32 PM CST
Updated: Mar 11, 2010 4:43 PM CST
By Ann Wyatt Little - bio | email

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – The man accused of murdering two Lubbock State School employees will have his day in court.

Three and a half years ago Kay Harrelson and Peggy Merimon disappeared from work. A search party discovered Harrelson's body 13 days later in a field near Shallowater, and Merimon is still missing. The court set the trial for June 1st. Judge Jim Bob Darnell will hear the case in the 140th district court.

Deputies escorted Mickey Patterson back to Lubbock from Bend, Oregon after a Lubbock grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder. There are still a lot of questions surrounding what new evidence led to Patterson's arrest and what attorneys will present during trial.

Sources say Patterson took a polygraph test before any criminal charges were filed, but the results of his test cannot be confirmed. Results of a polygraph cannot be used as evidence in a criminal trial. Whether or not the test is mentioned during testimony is still in question.

NewsChannel 11 contacted the families and because a trial date has been set they were asked not to comment. Patterson's attorney filed a motion with the court asking for a speedy trial to take place before the end of March, but the court set the date for June 1st. This will be a jury trial. As of right now this trial will be in Lubbock County, there has not been a motion filed to have this case moved out of town.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=12111926

summer_breeze · #25 05-09-2010, 08:12 AM

http://lubbockonline.com/stories/050...36782424.shtml

Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Story last updated at 5/9/2010 - 12:30 am

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Investigators found the skeletal remains of a unknown person after a skull was reported Saturday in a Lubbock County field.