Name: Patricia “Patty” Hocking.
Died: January 3, 2026.
Age at death: 86.
Cause of death: Gunshot.
Location: Fremont, California, USA.
Disability: Diabetes, chronic pain.
Details:
Patty’s husband called police and allegedly admitted to fatally shooting her; she had been struggling with health issues, he said, and killing her was “necessary.”
Patty was a retired preschool teacher and a member of the Red Hat Society, a social group for women over 50 dedicated to “growing older in a playful manner.”
Case Status:
Richard Hocking (Husband) is charged with murder.
Sources:
Fremont man, 93, remains jailed for now in wife’s killing
‘He broke’: 93-year-old Fremont man told police he spent month planning to kill wife, docs say