April 18, 2022 | By Mariana Mejia This story is part of a collaborative project between Project: Cold Case and a University of North Florida Journalism class. Patrick Elliot Manuel loved spending time with his mother Grace and helping her raise the cattle at the family ranch. “He would round up the cattle for me,” Grace said. “He would do this for me so that I wouldn’t have to deal with it.” Life as they knew it suddenly came to an end in 2005 when the Manuel family was told by police that their son had been killed. His body was found at his Tucson, Arizona, apartment. His murder has never been solved. Patrick grew up on the Tohono O’odham Nation Native American Reservation in Arizona, where the Manuel family had lived for over five generations. It was there that Patrick fell in love with rodeos. “I would take him to enter in the amateur bull riding rodeos,” Grace recalled. “He really loved the sport and sometimes would... Read More