About this episode

This episode explores the dark secret of Debra Patton following the mysterious disappearance and murder of her sister, Karen Pais.

A Florida woman seemingly vanished from the Carrollwood home she shared with her sister in May 2021. Karen Pais told her friends if anything ever happened to her, it was her sister, Debra Patton. Investigators would later find Karen dead, buried in her own backyard. Law&Crime’s Elizabeth Millner explores Debra Patton’s dark secret on this episode of Female Criminals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Host: Elizabeth Millner

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Places: Florida, Carrollwood

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