A series of never-before-seen photos taken inside an Arkansas couple’s shed show the room where the devout 69-year-old wife shot and killed her husband for re-ordering a pornography channel and watching x-rated shows in his makeshift ‘man cave.’
Patricia Hill, a long-time nurse and Sunday school teacher, on Tuesday was sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing her husband, Frank Hill, in July 2018 after discovering that the 65-year-old man had added the adult channel to their Dish Network satellite television subscription against her wishes.
Both the prosecution and defense agreed on the sentence after Patricia was convicted of second-degree murder for her husband's shooting death inside the shed on their Pine Bluff property.
DailyMail.com on Thursday obtained exclusive photos that show Frank’s cluttered and filthy ‘man cave,' including a tall metal garbage bin filled to the brim with empty cans of Old Milwaukee beer.
Crime scene revealed: This photo shows Frank Hill's shed-turned-man cave where his wife, Patricia, shot and killed him in July 2018 during an argument over a pornography channel. All images were taken as evidence after the killing and provided by defense attorney Bill James who represented Patricia at trial
Patricia, 69, (left) was convicted of murder and sentenced to 16 years in prison for killing her husband, Frank, 65 (right)
Details: Photos taken inside the shed on the Hills' Pine Bluff, Arkansas, property depict Frank's stained recliner chair and a box of cigarette rolling paper resting on a small table
A tall metal garbage bin is seen filled to the brim with empty cans of Old Milwaukee beer, which supports the claim that Frank had been drinking all day before Patricia shot him
Frank Hill's dark and dirty abode is cluttered with various miscellaneous items, including plastic containers and mugs
The shed (pictured) stands behind the main home on the property in Arkansas where Patrica and Frank Hill had lived as a married couple for 17 years
The images show that the deceased man had set up two televisions for his viewing pleasure, including a small, old-fashioned TV set with a DVD player built in, and a newer model large flat-screen TV next to it.
The photos taken after the killing also show a white refrigerator and a stained recliner chair standing on a dirt floor littered with trash.
Also visible at the crime scene is a hodgepodge of miscellaneous items and household detritus, including various plastic spray bottles and gallon jugs, tools, a box of cigarette rolling paper and a bright-yellow flyswatter.
It is in those surroundings, according to testimony presented during Patrica's trial, that the elderly wife and mother 'flew into a rage' over her husband's porn habit and shot him twice, killing him.
Hill took the stand in her own defense on Tuesday, saying she shot at her husband's feet in July 2018 to get his attention
Patricia's daughter, Andrea Cheshier, broke down in tears talking about her mother's case
Prosecutors told a Jefferson County courtroom that Patricia had previously cancelled the X-rated channel on two previous occasions, and fatally shot Frank when she walked into his 'man cave' and found him watching pornography.
Patricia's defense lawyer Bill James said his client, whom he described as a devout Christian, 'felt like the devil was in that shed,' NBC reported.
Two months before the couple's quarrel, Patricia filed for divorce but changed her mind after Frank begged her to reconsider. He reportedly had promised his wife to stop watching pornography multiple times throughout their marriage.
On July 28, 2018, Patricia walked into her husband's shed in the back of their property to confront Frank after opening a cable bill and discovering that he had re-ordered the pornography channel.
Frank reportedly was watching the X-rated channel as his wife entered the 'man cave' and turned off the television. He had been drinking all day.
Frank was shot dead in a shed behind his Pine Bluff home (pictured)
A satellite photo of the Hills' property in Arkansas shows multiple buildings near the main house, one of them being Frank's 'man cave'
According to Patricia's defense lawyer, in that moment his client 'lost her mind.'
The wife knocked over a table in the shed, then went back into the house and grabbed a .22-caliber pistol.
Patricia returned to the shed and shot at her husband's feet as he bent forward to pick up something from the dirt floor, hitting him once in the right knee and one in the head.
The wife then called 911 to summon police and paramedics. Frank was pronounced dead in the hospital.
A subscription TV bill was discovered on the the couple's living room floor.
Patricia testified on Tuesday that she did know she had fatally shot her husband. She told the court she just wanted to get Frank's attention.
Her lawyer said a doctor who examined her after the killing found that he had a brief 'disassociative episode' during which she snapped, reported KATV.
'She's got a lot of remorse about what happened,' said James.
Prosecutor Kyle Hunter told the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette Hill will be eligible for parole in eight years, but with good behavior time, she might go before a parole board in 2022. She has been in jail for the past nine months and will receive credit for time served.
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