MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – A Collin County man who killed his wife and children was sentenced to prison this week.
Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis announced on Thursday that 39-year-old Michael Patrick Paton of Celina, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the capital murder of his wife, 36-year-old Tamara Jo Paton, and his two children 14-year-old Kyndle Paton, and 13-year-old Evan Paton.
“Some things really should go without saying, but husbands and fathers should bravely protect their families, not use their special access to permanently eliminate them,” Willis’ office said in a statement. “Our deepest condolences are with those who loved Tamara Jo, Kyndle and Evan.”
On February 19, 2021, Celina officers were dispatched to a shots-fired call. According to the Collin County District Attorney’s Office, the caller was Michael Paton, who advised to dispatch that he had shot his wife and there was a fire in the master bedroom. He told dispatch that his children were in the house and that he was standing outside with a gun in his hand.
When Officers arrived Paton placed his gun in the bed of his truck and was detained by Sergeant Jeremiah Phillips. The Celina Fire Department entered the home for lifesaving measures but the mother and two teenagers were deceased due to gunshot wounds.
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