Norma Patton made the shocking revelation during the murder trial against her late daughter’s former husband
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- A murder trial took a shocking turn this week when the victim’s mother admitted she helped her own serial killer husband “dispose” of bodies
- Norma Patton made the revelation on the witness stand during the murder trial against Christopher Wolfenbarger, who is accused of killing Patton’s daughter Melissa
- Patton was married to Carl Patton, also known as the “Flint River Serial Killer,” who murdered five people in the 1970s
An Atlanta murder trial took an unexpected turn this week when the victim’s mother took the witness stand, sharing that she was once married to a serial killer and that she had helped him with the murders.
The shocking revelation came to light Monday when Norma Patton took the witness stand in the murder trial against her son-in-law Christopher Wolfenbarger, who is accused of killing Norma’s daughter Melissa Wolfenbarger in 1998.
Wolfenbarger’s defense team tried to poke holes in Norma’s credibility as a witness Monday, according to 11Alive.com and WSB-TV, which reported that defense attorneys questioned why the mother waited months to check on her daughter after she failed to show up on Christmas Day that year and didn’t call…