Like Father, Like Son

The night before Catherine Slatkins' boyfriend, Jason, went to jail, Jason's dad, Johnny Patton, told her he'd give her 'anything' she needed. They began an affair almost immediately.

When Richard Slatkin began an affair with a younger woman, he kept her name a secret. She was heir to a multi-million dollar pharmaceutical fortune, and friends warned both that they were getting in over their heads.

Debbie Patton-Bearden had a front-row seat for the drama that led to a private eye’s murder, featured Thursday on the premiere of Oxygen’s “Killer Affair” — and no one heeded her warnings.

Johnny Patton’s estranged wife testified that he told her he could kill her at any time.

When the jury deliberated Johnny Patton's sentence — eventually deciding on life — they were probably angry at what he did to his family. Johnny "could be an a--hole," his sister says.

Johnny Patton's affect and preparation made it clear to prosecutors that when he went to the house that fateful day, he had the "sole intention" of killing Richard Slatkin, one prosecutor says.

A prosecutor from the Johnny Patton case says Patton's actions — including 16 calls to police — before he killed Richard Slatkin helped their case that the murder was premeditated.