Matthew Dale provided additional information to authorities, telling them that on August 8, 1978, his mother’s new husband, Gerald Coleman, had dropped him off at an acquaintance’s home in Massachusetts. Tragically, Dale never saw his mother again after that day and was never able to make contact with Coleman again, according to Gagne’s statement.
Authorities believe she was killed shortly after that time, Gagne said.
“We do not yet formally have probable cause to charge anyone with Patricia’s murder,” Gagne said. Authorities said they hope Monday’s news conference will “trigger some additional leads.”
Coleman is “certainly, at a minimum, a person of strong interest in Patricia’s disappearance and death,” Gagne said.
