MCALLEN – A hospice worker convicted in the death of a 96-year-old man is asking an appeals court to review her case.

Monica Melissa Patterson is serving a life sentence for the 2015 capital murder of Martine Knell while she was employed at Casa De Consuelo Comfort House in McAllen.

Patterson was listed as a beneficiary for the Knell’s estate.

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