KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) - A man accused of killing a woman and a man in separate locations on the same night has waived preliminary examinations in both cases.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports 32-year-old Zachary Patten of Portage waived a preliminary exam in Kalamazoo County on Wednesday. He previously waived a preliminary exam in St. Joseph County. He has been bound over to stand trial in both cases.
Authorities say Patten fatally shot 31-year-old Graciela Portillo-Esparzher on July 20 during an argument involving someone else in Kalamazoo before driving about 30 miles (50 kilometers) and fatally shooting 29-year-old Shane Richardson - the husband of Patten’s ex-wife - in St. Joseph County’s Florence Township.
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Patten was arrested the next day after he approached officers in South Bend, Indiana, and told them he “needed to be arrested.”
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Information from: Kalamazoo Gazette, https://www.mlive.com/kalamazoo
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