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In the summer of 2017, the life of 47-year-old Donita Elliott was brought to a tragic end in her Lafayette, Indiana, home. On August 8, 2017, she died from a gunshot wound inflicted by her husband, Patrick Elliott, in what was initially portrayed as an act of self-defense but was later revealed to be a calculated murder. The events leading up to her death involved a heated domestic dispute, with Patrick claiming Donita, who had bipolar disorder, was behaving erratically. Law enforcement had been ...Read More
Victim Details

Donita Elliott

Female

White / Caucasian

Lafayette

IN

2017-08-08

47

Donita

Elliott

01/14/2026