In season 11, episode 4, the murder of
William Jennings by Patricia Wells is shown. The show is titled The
Dark Side and Discovery ID's Deadly Women describes as Nurse Patricia
Wells Jennings' facade hides a deadly truth; Martha "Patty"
Cannon is a slave trader whose temper leads to murder; when Megan
Haines' nursing license is suspended for mistreating patients, she
turns violent..
Patricia Wells was Convicted of 1st
Degree Murder and sentenced to Death,which was commuted to life without parole.
She is not eligible for release. Since being incarcerated, she
has had 11 infractions.
When her husband's health failed, she grew tired of caring for him.
Her appeal (see link) includes:
Defendant was tried capitally on an indictment charging her with the first-degree *192 murder of her eighty-year-old husband, William Henry Jennings (hereinafter "Jennings"). The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty upon the theories of (1) premeditation and deliberation and (2) torture. Following a sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that the jury selection, guilt and sentencing phases of defendant's trial were free from prejudicial error, and that the sentence of death is not disproportionate.
The State presented evidence that Jennings was beaten and tortured to death in a hotel room in Wilson, North Carolina on 19 September 1989. Defendant's evidence suggested that Jennings suffered from dementia and died from accidental or self-inflicted wounds.
Defendant was a nurse working at Westwood Manor Nursing Home in Wilson when she first met Jennings in June 1983. Jennings, a retired businessman living in Wilson, was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and was called to the nursing home for a consultation about an alcoholic patient. Four years later, in February 1987, defendant and Jennings were married. She was forty-four years old; he was seventy-seven.
Her appeal (see link) includes:
Defendant was tried capitally on an indictment charging her with the first-degree *192 murder of her eighty-year-old husband, William Henry Jennings (hereinafter "Jennings"). The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty upon the theories of (1) premeditation and deliberation and (2) torture. Following a sentencing proceeding pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 15A-2000, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to death. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that the jury selection, guilt and sentencing phases of defendant's trial were free from prejudicial error, and that the sentence of death is not disproportionate.
The State presented evidence that Jennings was beaten and tortured to death in a hotel room in Wilson, North Carolina on 19 September 1989. Defendant's evidence suggested that Jennings suffered from dementia and died from accidental or self-inflicted wounds.
Defendant was a nurse working at Westwood Manor Nursing Home in Wilson when she first met Jennings in June 1983. Jennings, a retired businessman living in Wilson, was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous and was called to the nursing home for a consultation about an alcoholic patient. Four years later, in February 1987, defendant and Jennings were married. She was forty-four years old; he was seventy-seven.
You can write to Patricia Wells at:
Patricia Wells 207779
NCCI WOMEN
1034 Bragg St
NCCI WOMEN
1034 Bragg St
Raleigh, NC 27610
At the end of the day, if you do not
learn SOMETHING from this, you never will.
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