Our card this week is Patricia Allen, the Queen of Hearts from Washington.

On an October night in 1995, Patricia Allen was asleep on her couch when she was stabbed once so precisely that it nearly cut her heart in half.

And so began one of the most mysterious,

downright bizarre homicide cases in the Pacific Northwest's history.

With no shortage of suspects,

including a woman who some believe wanted to become Patty,

this case is truly stranger than fiction.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. Thank you. This case is truly stranger than fiction.

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is the deck. Renbills had been living. Renbills had been living in Yakima for about six months after following his girlfriend Patty out to Washington's high desert from their lush hometown in California.

He got a job in a sawmill working the second shift.

That's what he was doing on the night of October 3rd into the early morning hours of the 4th of 1995.

He was on the sawline until about 1 a.m.

When they were let out, he offered his co-worker Wayne a lift home.

They made a stop at his girlfriend's father's house to see if he had finished a new paint job on Ren's truck.

He hadn't. And from there, Ren dropped off Wayne and swung over to Taco Bell for a late-night

dinner. By 2 a.m., he pulled into the Glenmore Green apartments on the west side of Yakima

and parked in front of apartment U-92, where he hoped Patty was still up.

He juggled a few things in his hands as he went to unlock the door, a piece of wood from work,

his bag of takeout and his keys.

But weirdly, he noticed that the deadbolt wasn't locked like it usually was.

When he walked in, the living room was dark, except for the TV which flickered with static,

and the kitchen light at the far end of the living room cast a yellow glow.

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