The trial of Patricia MacCallum, 26, who is accused of first-degree murder, is scheduled to start on August 1. Patricia, a Medford resident, was given a 50-year to life term on Tuesday for killing her husband Chris. Following a two-week trial, Patricia was found guilty in 2013 of shooting Chris to death in Siskiyou County.
Her former stepsister Amber Lubbers testified that while on a camping holiday, she and Patricia planned to murder Chris. His remains was found in the Applegate recreation area in 2012, near the bottom of a cliff. He’d taken multiple gunshot wounds. The families of Patricia and Chris were both in court on Tuesday. Chris’s father, Mike, and several family members read letters to the judge.
While reading his letter, Mike asked the judge to sentence Patricia to life in prison on the family’s behalf. Patricia also spoke in court, accusing Amber Lubbers of misleading everyone by saying she didn’t kill her husband. She went so far as to call herself a victim of the offense.
In order to face murder charges, MacCallum and Lubbers are currently being held at the Jackson County Jail and will soon be transferred to Siskiyou County. MacCallum’s sister Tricia is presently looking after his two tiny children, but his mother Sarah Ramirez has set up a trust fund account for them.
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