The Misery Machine - The Case of Patrick Benway
Episode Date: November 3, 2025🥀 Do you know Patrick Benway? Please reach out to Steele's Funeral Home with any information: (863) 324-1475 This week, Drewby and Yergy head to Florida to discuss the case of Patrick Benway, and 8...1-year-old mean living in a group home with 3 other roommates. One of those roommates was 18-year-old Moses Ojeda, who had been placed in the facility after being Baker Acted 6 times. However, within 5 hours of his arrival at the group home, Moses took a knife and stabbed Patrick 113 times in cold blood. Support Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/themiserymachinePayPal: https://www.paypal.me/themiserymachineJoin Our Facebook Group: https://t.co/DeSZIIMgXs?amp=1Instagram: miserymachinepodcastTwitter: misery_podcastDiscord: https://discord.gg/kCCzjZM#themiserymachine #podcast #truecrimeSource Materials:https://www.altogetherfuneral.com/obituaries/d-20424016/winter-haven-florida/patrick-james-benway/may-2025https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/polkcounty/group-home-murder-polk-sheriff-grady-judd/67-38fa3d6a-146c-4497-8f96-c63c9159082bhttps://www.myflfamilies.com/crisis-services/baker-acthttps://www.cityofbartow.net/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/232https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/crime/81-year-old-man-killed-at-group-home-in-polk-county-sheriff-says/67-2176e1b4-be11-4366-a26f-294d467ed6c2https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/florida-stabbing-assisted-living-murder-b2754546.htmlhttps://www.facebook.com/10TampaBay/posts/senseless-and-tragic-sheriff-grady-judd-said-that-when-deputies-asked-moses-ojed/1111654267659091/https://www.facebook.com/reel/671141379020134https://www.wesh.com/article/81-year-old-murdered-florida-group-home/64815928https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJEx8ipT88https://www.facebook.com/bartow.police/posts/18-year-old-bartow-man-charged-with-first-degree-murder-polk-county-sheriffs-off/1116742597165169/https://www.fox13news.com/news/bartow-group-home-where-man-was-murdered-was-not-licensed-state-being-shut-downhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnJEx8ipT88https://www.polksheriff.org/news-investigations/2025/05/19/18-year-old-bartow-man-charged-with-first-degree-murderhttps://www.polksheriff.org/news-investigations/2025/05/19/18-year-old-bartow-man-charged-with-first-degree-murderhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PIQjy50j8Qhttps://www.polksheriff.org/inmate-profile/2513516
Transcript
Discussion (0)
Patrick James Benway was born on July 23, 1943.
Not much is known about Patrick's early life, but at the time of our story, he was 81 years old and living in a group home in bar.
Introducing Taco Bell's new jalapino citrus salsa with bright citrus, real red jalapinos, guahillo chilis.
Usually, you add sauce to the food, but when the sauce is this good, the food is just there to get the sauce to your mouth.
That rolled cassidia, not a rolled cassidia anymore.
Now it's a sauce shovel.
Taco Bell's halapino citrus salsa.
Get it with any item on the canteen of chicken menu while it's here.
The participating U.S. Taco Bell locations for a limited time only,
while supplies last.
Contact store for availability.
As the Krispy Chicken sandwich from 7-Eleven, people always call me loud.
And I'm like, yeah, I know.
I'm crispy.
Did you expect me to whisper?
If you want quiet, go eat some soup and reflect.
Like, I know I'm a handful.
I'm bold, I'm juicy.
Throw some pickles and barbecue sauce on me, and baby I'm all.
whole meal. And with seven rewards, I'm just $4. Quiet. No. Krispy, saucy, and $4? Very. Only at 711.
Valley through 62326 participating stores only while supplies last the app for full terms.
Hey, sweetie. Your mother showed me this Carvana thing for selling the car. I'm going to give it a try. Wish me luck.
Me again, I put in the license plate. It gave me an offer. Unbelievable. Okay, I accepted the offer.
They're picking it up Tuesday from the driveway. I haven't even left my chance.
chair. It's done. The car is gone. I'm holding a check. Anyway, Carvana. Give it a whirl. Love you.
So good, you'll want to leave a voicemail about it. So your car today on Carvana. Pick up these may apply.
Arto, Florida. According to his friend and fellow group home resident Janice Pepin,
we had such wonderful conversations together. I really got to know the man. He was a very
gentle, quiet, loving man. Having moved into the home just one week prior to the event,
of today's story and 10 days after the death of her husband, she said that Patrick made her feel
welcome and also shared that, I just thank God that I got to know him, even if it was only one week.
Janice and Patrick lived in a small single-story home located at 2226 Bluebird Avenue and Bartow,
along with two other roommates. One of those roommates was an 18-year-old young man named Moses
Oheda, who had just moved in the day prior. He'd recently. He'd recently,
recently been released from a mental health facility after he assaulted his mother and had
been Baker acted six different times in the past. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd,
his mother was protective of him and she wanted to get him help. And she really meant well and
went above and beyond to help him. But what is the Baker Act? According to the Florida Department
of Children and Families, the Florida Mental Health Act focuses on crisis services for individuals
with mental illness, much like an emergency department is for individuals experiencing a medical
emergency. It is commonly called the Baker Act after former Florida State Representative Maxine Baker
who sponsored it. An individual may be taken to a receiving facility for involuntary examination
under the Baker Act if there is reason to believe he or she has a mental illness and due to the
mental illness the individual has refused or is unable to determine if examination is necessary
and either, without care or treatment, the individual is unlikely to care for themselves which
can result in substantial harm to their well-being, and it is not evident that harm can be avoided
through familial intervention or other services, or it is likely based on recent behavior that without
treatment, the individual will pose a serious threat to themselves or others.
At around 6.45 on Saturday, May 17, 2025, Moses' mother dropped him
off at the group home. Just five hours later, he did the unthinkable. Good afternoon, everyone.
Thank you for being with me. I have also with me today, Captain Bill Stevens from the Bartow Police
Department. And let me recap what we went over yesterday afternoon, and then I will give you the
update today. We are working with the Bartow Police Department on this murder investigation.
Barter Police Department got a 911 call Sunday afternoon,
and they arrived about 1 o'clock to, and it wasn't to a murder,
but it was to a person that was injured and needed help.
When they went in, they immediately noticed that this person had died a violent death.
The victim was 81 years of age, and he was obviously deceased.
And as they were taken off his shirt to do immediate care, it was obvious to the police officers on the scene that this guy had been stabbed and he had been stabbed to death.
He died of violent death.
This was on Bluebird Avenue.
He was staying in a group home and it's E.T. Home Care and the owner is Adrenna Thornton.
It's an independent living care facility.
our victim was in bed asleep when this occurred.
Our suspect is Moses Ohita. He's 18 years of age. And here's what we know. In 2025, he's been Baker acted six different times.
And on this occasion, he was sent once he was released. Once he was released, he was,
police from the Baker Act and he was in the Baker Act facility about two weeks, he was sent to this
this care facility. Now, I want you to understand that this is independent living so there's no
direct supervision of this person. It really makes you wonder, if someone was Baker acted six
different times, why would they be released to an independent care facility with no supervision?
The last time Moses was picked up was somewhat recent. Did they really? Did they really?
really think he'd magically get better once he turned.
Own it all.
Pay off your home, travel for life, drive a Ferrari.
In celebration of the world premiere of the Monopoly,
big board buck slot machine by aristocrat gaming,
Yamava Resort and Casino at San Manuel is giving one person a $1.6 million dream package.
The biggest prize in Yamava's history.
Club Serrano members can earn daily instant prizes and secure a spot in the finale May 29th.
Don't pass go and own it all.
Only at Yamava, celebrating its 40th anniversary.
You win?
Details at Yamava.com must be 21-20.
please gamble responsibly. Monopoly is a trademark of Hasbro. Hasbro is not a sponsor of this promotion.
Excema is unpredictable, but you can flare less with ebbglis. A once-monthly treatment for moderate to severe eczema.
After an initial four-month or longer dosing phase, about four and ten people taking ebbglis, achieved itch relief and clear or almost clear skin at 16 weeks.
And most of those people maintain skin that's still more clear at one year with monthly dosing.
Emglis, LBKZ. A 250 milligram per two-millimeter injection is a prescription medicine used to treat it.
adults and children 12 years of age and older who weigh at least 88 pounds or 40 kilograms with
moderate to severe eczema. Also called atopic dermatitis that is not well controlled with
prescription therapies used on the skin or topicals or who cannot use topical therapies.
Ebglis can be used with or without topical corticosteroids. Don't use if you're allergic to
Epglis. Allergic reactions can occur that can be severe. Eye problems can occur. Tell your
doctor if you have new or worsening eye problems. You should not receive a live vaccine when treated
with Epgless. Before starting Epgless, tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection.
Ask your doctor about Epglus and visit Epiglis.
at lily.com or call 1-800 LilyRX or 100 545-5979.
You thought this was your run club era.
Turns out it was more of a thinking about run club era.
The good news?
Someone's marathon training is about to start.
Sell your workout gear on Deepop.
Just snap a few photos and we'll take care of the rest.
They get their race day fit and you get a payout for trying.
Someone on Deepop wants what you've got.
Start selling now.
Deepop, where taste recognizes taste.
It's daredevil.
I'm right here.
Don't miss the return of Marvel Television's Daredevil, born again.
So what's next?
I'm going to take this city back.
New season, now streaming only on Disney Plus.
They're hunting us.
It's time we started hunting them.
I can work with them.
This should be tons of fun.
Marvel Television's Daredevil, Born Again, now streaming only on
Disney Plus. I knew about investing, but I really didn't know how to go about it.
Meet Corey, a Walthfront client. With Wealthfront, it could put money in, and it would
automatically distribute it into a diversified portfolio. Then it starts to compound. The compounding
compounds on the compounding. Just let it wrong, and it's great. Over one million clients trust
wealthfront. Get started at Wealthfront.com. Client was paid $1,000 for their testimonial,
creating a conflict of interest. Outcomes vary. Investment management and advisory services provided
by Wealthfront Advisors LLC and SEC registered investment advisor. Investing involves risk to
principle regardless of the strategy used.
Test performance does not guarantee future results.
So he arrived there at about 6.45 in the evening.
At about 11.45 in the evening or about five hours later, he stabbed our victim to death.
He stabbed our victim 113 times.
And when we asked him during the interview, he confessed, why,
he stabbed him 113 times. He said the knife wasn't very sharp. We saw there were four or five
deep wounds, and then as you can imagine just dozens and dozens of wounds that weren't so deep.
We also notice that our victim had defense of wounds on him. So during the confession, we said,
Moses, why did you stab this victim? He said, well, voices.
in my head told me to kill him. And so you stabbed him. What was he doing at the time? Oh, he was
sleeping, but he woke up. And he, when he woke up, our victim said, why do you want to stab me?
And he said, I just do. When we ask our suspect, Moses, do you regret stabbing the victim? He said,
I live my life with no regrets.
So let me focus on this minute.
When he was dropped off at this facility by his mother,
his mother told the people who owned the care facility,
you've got to hide the knives.
And they did.
They put the knives in an undisclosed location,
but Moses found them.
We'll never know what the exact conversation was
between the mother and the workers at the care facility,
but instead of hiding the knives, it sounds like they should have been locked up.
Or maybe, this wasn't an appropriate facility for Moses, period.
And within five hours of arriving at the facility, stabbed and killed our 81-year-old victim.
Now, here's what's important to understand that upon further questioning,
Moses said, oh, our victim was a good guy.
He said, I just had to do what I had to do.
We asked, did he fight with you?
Did you have an argument during the evening before the suspect or the victim went to sleep?
And he said, no, not at all.
I just heard voices that told me to kill him.
So he stabbed him ultimately 113 times.
Moses has been diagnosed with ADHD, bipolar, paranoid schizophrenic, autism, anxiety.
and sudden outburst of rage.
And guess what?
He doesn't have any criminal history.
Now, he was Baker Acted six times this year,
and he has committed what appears to be
domestic battery violence against his mother.
But his mother was protective of him,
and she wanted to get him help.
and she really went well and went above and beyond to help him.
But at the end of the night, he was violent and he was dangerous, and he murdered this person.
Okay, so what happened after the murder?
Well, Moses said that he went to the victim's bathroom, where he washed the knife and cleaned it up,
where he washed the blood off of himself.
He then replaced the knife in the butcher block where it was originally placed out of sight.
Then he went to his room and he took off a cover that he was wearing,
I believe it was like a hoodie, that had blood on it and put it in his hamper.
And then he changed his shoes, which had blood on them, and they were still in his room.
then he woke up the next morning, oh, excuse me, he turned off the light and closed the victim's door because that's normally how the victim was.
Now understand that the victim normally didn't eat breakfast, so they didn't become concerned about him until lunchtime.
And that's when they found him.
Well, in fact, he'd been dead about 12 hours by that time.
So our suspect wakes up the next morning after a good night's sleep,
after stabbing a victim to death, he eats breakfast, he watches a little television,
he hangs out, and he is still there when 9-1-1 is dialed, and the Bartow police officers arrive and detain everyone.
In fact, the owners of this facility, this care facility,
said that during the evening, apparently Moses was wandering around in the neighborhood and went to go back into the house but forgot the door code.
So they let him back into the home.
And they had made up their mind from their interaction just through the evening and the next morning that, hey, we're going to have to take him back to his mother that he needs far more attention than we can give him in this independent living.
facility. Next, Sheriff Judd addresses the elephant in the room. Was Moses violent? Well, after stabbing
poor Patrick 113 times, I think it's safe to assume that he might be. So I want to leave you with
this picture. This is the murder weapon. As you see, the tip of the knife is broken off. We're
still looking for the tip of the knife. We don't know if it was broken off before. But that was
one of the reasons he said he had a hard time stabbing him because the knife was.
wasn't very sharp.
But was he violent?
Yes.
Was he dangerous?
Yes.
I'm glad you agree.
Next, we learned a little bit more about Patrick.
Not that Sheriff Judd wanted to name him and a little bit more about the group home.
I know I had questions about this.
How did a violent 18-year-old end up in a facility with senior citizens?
And ultimately, he murdered an 81-year-old man who was simply sleeping in his bed.
Okay, any questions?
What don't you know about Patrick?
Was he a father or how long was he with the group home or anything like that?
Who was Patrick?
The 81?
Well, we're not releasing the name.
I'm not releasing the name of the victim because he is a victim.
So, but we, we know that the victim's been there for a period of months.
Can you speak to what this at home is for?
like how do people get there? Why was this man dropped off there?
Sure, people are referred there and this, understand this is independent living, okay?
Now, I'm told they have four homes in this neighborhood, and this is an upscale, beautiful neighborhood in Bartow.
And some of them are assisted living, but in this, they're independent living, but apparently they need a place to stay.
and they need a group setting or need someone that can help them.
They're all independent folks.
They're not married.
They don't have an immediate family there.
So they kind of depend on each other and they clean and wash and they are a, if you will, a family of sorts.
One of the four was not there.
He had left to be with his family for the weekend.
there was a senior lady there who obviously had nothing to do with it and was not aware that anything
occurred and then there was our victim and then there was Moses our suspect.
Sheriff, the owner of the Sosote, do they know his background before he entered and they gave
him shelter there?
You know, I'm not sure if they knew his background.
I can't help but think if they did know it that they would not have accepted his.
because they were able to determine between that evening and the next morning, not knowing that
he had stabbed one of the residents overnight, that he needed more care than they were capable
of providing. So they had planned on later on Sunday to call his mother to come get him to try
to put him in a facility that provided more care. But I want you to understand that Moses had clear
intent and he had the wherewithal to go back and hide try to hide the evidence put the knife back
the reality is does he have mental health issues that's abundantly clear but his criminal intent was
clear do you know Moses was on any medication or taking them I don't know if he was on any medication
you know what an 18-year-old would be in a setting with older people it seems like a mismatch
Yeah, the mother was afraid of him.
She actually had him living in a separate motel six, if you will,
when they would stay at a motel, she would rent him a separate room.
She was afraid of him.
He had been violent toward her and the family in the past.
So she needed some place to put him.
They kept him about two weeks under a baker,
and certainly as you can well imagine they gave him medicine at that particular time
now there is documentation where he said and it's captured in our report that he was
not well and not homicidal man man he's homicidal
should he been sent to that house here of the owner of the home says he was
reassured by the placement people had his mom that he was fine and doing better
Well, somebody didn't tell somebody the truth.
This young man, 18 years of age, had no business being around other people.
He clearly had problems with sudden outburst of anger.
And he admitted to us.
He never had a conflict, a crossword with this 81-year-old gentleman who was in bed asleep when our suspect.
Ryan Reynolds here for MintMobil,
with a message for everyone paying big wireless way too much.
Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop.
With Mint, you can get premium wireless for just $15 a month.
Of course, if you enjoy overpaying, no judgments, but that's weird.
Okay, one judgment.
Anyway, give it a try at mintmobile.com slash switch.
Upfront payment of $45 for three-month plan, equivalent to $15 per month required.
Intro rate first three months only, then full price plan options available.
Taxes and fees extra.
See full terms at Mintmobile.com.
Moses started stabbing him and he woke up and asked, you know, why?
Why do you want to stab me?
Can you even imagine that?
It's almost midnight and you wake up because some kid found kitchen knives and now you're
going to die.
So when asked about all of this, Janice shared with reporters.
That night I didn't sleep well.
I kept hearing doors opening, closing, open and closing, but I didn't get out.
I left my door locked and I stayed in the bedroom.
The only thing that scares me is the thought that I was alone with him and there was a dead man, my dear friend, on the floor, blood everywhere.
Do you know it goes into a big rack case and is it normal to have that many in just five months?
Do you know it's not uncommon when people are having significant mental health issues?
Whenever we found out he stayed almost two weeks in a facility under the last Baker Act, what that tells.
us is the mental health providers saw that he has substantial need for help because
normally Baker acts are in and out and he stayed there a substantial amount of
time and quite frankly as we can see now he needed he needed even more time
Sharon when you say that he was referred there do you mean that he was referred
there by the hospital or the he was he was turned back over
to his mother and his mother and I'm not sure how she made the contacts came up with this facility
and this facility was this this facility ensured that he had a place to stay but they I suspect were under
the impression that he could live independently they certainly had no idea he was violent or they
wouldn't have allowed that to occur and they figured out your
of ignorance about the murder that he was much more than they could keep at that facility
by the mere fact that he locked himself out of the house and was wandering around in the neighborhood.
Now, I can tell you, the neighbors are going to be incensed because of the kind of person
that was certainly in the neighborhood with all kinds of children and families.
and if you've been to Bluebird Avenue, it is a beautiful, you know, upscale neighborhood.
You said that, I can't recall exactly who you said, but someone said to hide the knives.
I mean, isn't that a red flag right there?
His mother told them, you have to hide the knives.
And we also received information that the mother knew that or told another facility that as well.
So he had a history of being violent.
He was violent with his mother.
And at the end of the day, we saw just how violent he was capable of being.
In my estimation, he was a ticking time bomb.
And now guess where he is?
Now he's in the jail and we're having to deal with.
Have no fear.
Chosen Foods is here to defend your favorite foods from the forces of seedy oils and sketchy ingredients.
with cooking oils, salad dressings, and mayo, all powered by the good fats from 100% pure avocado oil and simple delicious ingredients.
Chosen foods.
Could you probably be facing any violations or anything like that?
I have no idea about the regulations.
There's different levels of regulations depending on whether this is independent living or assisted living.
We heard from one source that the independent living is not under state regulation because they don't super-executive.
the folks. They just provide a living environment for them. But I don't know that for a fact because obviously we don't conduct those investigations. I
certainly know that if the appropriate authorities have jurisdiction that they will do an administrative overview of that.
I don't know if there's any state or federal oversight of an independent living facility where people are supposed to be capable of attacking
care of themselves. I actually have some extra information about that. In the wake of Patrick's
murder, the group home on Bluebird Avenue actually got shut down for operating illegally. Apparently,
they weren't even licensed by the state to operate. This group home on Bluebird Avenue in Bartow,
81-year-old Patrick Benway suffered a violent death, stabbed over 100 times. Polk County deputies say his
19-year-old roommate, Moses Ohedda, confessed to killing him. After the homicide, the city's code
compliance discovered the renter of the home, Adreina Thornton, was operating the group home illegally and without a license.
She stated to me that this was kind of an independent living facility where the residents lived as a community versus being cared for like you would be cared for in, you know, an adult care facility.
Thornton admitted the four or five residents living there would come from hospitals, state agencies and would be referred by private mental health care entities.
She was also charging the residence rent.
The actual owner of the house, a real estate investment company based in Texas, had no idea
Thornton was using the home illegally and is in the process of evicting her.
My understanding, based on my conversation with her, that she didn't know that he had mental health issues
and that he was on medication for mental health.
But that she felt at that time that it was not to the extent that it would endanger the other residents staying at that
that location. Toll says Ohana had been referred to Thornton by a mental health organization,
and his mother made payment arrangements for him to stay at the house for at least a month.
He was a little unprepared for that statement. However, at the time wasn't enough really for her
to deny him access to the home. The city's case is currently open and will remain in a pending
status until there's evidence the illegal group home is fully closed down. News channel Tampa Bay,
actually spoke with Adrina Thornton, the woman running E.T. Home Care LLC.
And this is what she had to say.
Within three hours he had and then killed the man.
By the time I came home, the man was dead already.
And then some mixed versions.
The city says Adrina Thornton was operating an unlicensed group home,
renting the property, taking in residence with mental health needs,
and collecting rent without the proper permits.
Our ordinance requires that anybody who wants to open a group home in Bartow
must go through an application process.
that application must be reviewed by our planning and zoning board.
Thornton legally operates a licensed adult care home right across the street.
She says she opened the second location out of compassion,
and it was the first time that she had allowed a young person to stay there.
A decision she now deeply regrets.
I felt guilty for putting Patrick and my other residents in that position,
you know, with that boy in the house.
Thornton says, Ohedah's mother warned them to put away their knives.
knives, but described him as calm and artistic. Law enforcement later revealed he had been
Baker acted six times this year and was hearing voices at the time of the attack.
My mom says she got a, her antennas went up. She wish she would have acted on them, but she
knows me, I give people chances. Despite the tragedy, Thornton says she plans to open another
independent living home within a year, but she's learned the hard way that good intentions
aren't always enough.
As far as getting with cold enforcement,
I'll make sure I do that
so that I don't put people in position
to be misplaced, displaced again.
Situations like this always give me pause,
or as Adrena put it,
make my antennas go up.
Normally when folks live in an arrangement like this,
there's state funding involved.
Without proper oversight from state agencies,
this could cross the line into elder mistreatment
or a trafficking situation pretty quickly,
regardless of good intentions.
Anyway, back to Sheriff Judd.
Could the mother be held liable for anything related to this?
Well, do you know when it comes to lawyers, they can sue anybody for anything?
But certainly you have to believe that there is some couplability or liability mixed in with all of this.
But the largest amount of coupleability and liability is with Moses.
He knew better than to murder this man.
He stealthfully sought out the knife.
He picked this 81-year-old man who's in bed asleep and helpless.
Then he cleaned up the crime scene and replaced the knife so as not to be detected.
Do you know if the suspect and the victim had any interaction earlier that day, that was his first day?
Yes, the suspect, Moses said they had no negative interaction.
Now, did they have any interaction at all?
I don't know, but they had zero negative interaction according to the suspect.
In fact, he went so far as to say, yeah, he's a good guy.
He's a good person.
That's right.
Moses said the person he stabbed and killed was a good person.
But he was just told he heard voices in his head to kill the victim.
And that's what he did.
Do you feel like this man was failed to be protected?
Excuse me?
Did anybody fail to protect this victim?
This suspect is 18 years of aging is responsible for his conduct.
Obviously, the first thing someone wants to do is point fingers, and usually it's at the government.
It is up to this 18-year-old to be responsible for his own conduct.
Now, quite frankly, the government is now going to spend hundreds of thousands of
or millions of dollars on this guy because we're either going to house him forever,
we're going to house him for a long time, we're going to hire him defense attorneys.
You know, it's a no-brainer that the defense is going to be that of insanity,
but I'm telling you, he had clear criminal intent. He acted with malice of forethought.
And then he went to the effort to hide the weapon to clean up after himself. So why,
It's indisputable. He's got mental health issues. To me, it's not disputable either that he's coupleable and responsible for this.
So Moses is no longer a juvenile. And his mother, from everything we've seen, and this is still the early part of the investigation, we're just a few, what, 27, 28 hours into this investigation. His mother seemed to try and try and try.
but whose responsibility is that the 81 year old is dead?
There you go. Right there.
In the end, Moses was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
He is currently being held in the Polk County Jail without bond.
As with all cases that have yet to go to trial,
Moses is considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Soon after, local mental health experts began weighing in on the incident.
Charles Kinnif, president of Nami, Florida, and retired law enforcement officer shared that
what happened in Polk County is a tragedy, most certainly.
However, we must fight the urge to see all persons with mental health issues as potentially
violent.
The truth is, the majority of people suffering a mental health condition are not violent
and are more likely to be a victim of violence than committed.
We must push back on the stigma associated with mental health and acknowledge that it is
okay to not be okay. He continued, the Baker Act is designed to stabilize a person who is in crisis.
It is not a treatment for a mental health condition beyond addressing the first 72 hours of a
mental health crisis event. Sadly, there is limited funding for mental health and mental wellness,
and this is compounded by a lack of clinicians to service those who might struggle with mental
health. President and CEO of the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay, Clara Reynolds, spoke with reporters
from Tampa Bay 10 over Zoom and shared the following.
It's an absolute horrible tragedy.
This is a situation that I think just breaks everybody's heart because there's many victims.
There may have just been issues in implementing that discharge plan.
Maybe there were issues with medication or follow up with therapy.
This is a horrible, horrible, unbelievable event that happened.
But because that individual had a mental health condition, it doesn't mean that, you know,
everybody with a mental health condition, that this is an outcome for them.
Patrick's final arrangements were taken care of by cremation services of Polk County.
As of the date of this recording in October of 2025, even though the media, multiple media
outlets have released Patrick's name, it's unclear whether or not Patrick's relatives even know
what happened to him.
Per his obituaries, Steele's family funeral services were actively searching for his family members.
We're asking folks to reach out to them at 863.
324-1475 with any information.
We'll have that number up for you on the screen
as well as the pin comment and the description.
Patrick deserves to be put to rest with dignity
and to be known as much more than just a violent death.
And most importantly, his family and loved ones
deserve to know what happened to him.
All right, everyone.
Welcome to Arco Rewards Orientation.
I'm Hannah.
Whoa.
Is everything okay?
That's a code green.
Someone just earned at least five cents a gallon in rewards.
Wow.
Another one?
Well, that one's a code gold.
The customer just redeemed savings of up to a dollar a gallon.
Impressive.
What does that one mean?
Oh, that's just piggy.
He gets excited when we talk about rewards.
Savings of up to $1 per gallon redeemable with $20 rewards dollars in your loyalty account.
At participating locations, terms and conditions apply.
