ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — When police raided the home of alleged serial rapist Darryl Patterson in May of 2015, a woman who worked for him off and on since 2009 started to wonder if she might have been one of his victims.
Patterson is accused of raping the victim on two occasions while she was unconscious, or semi-conscious, and recording it.
The woman met with Windermere police in May of 2016 and told them when she first learned about the allegations against Patterson, she “got a feeling” that something might have happened, but could not remember details.
In a nine-page court document obtained by Channel 9’s Kathi Belich on Friday, police interviews with the victim were written out in detail.
The victim told police she woke up naked in bed at Patterson's home twice, without remembering how she got there or how long she was there. It happened once after boating with him and other people and once after work when she went out for dinner and drinks, according to the report.
The arrest affidavit said at one point she is heard mumbling "no" in the video, and then she put “her right hand behind her in what appears to be an attempt to push Patterson away."
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She told investigators that she vaguely remembered moments of lost time in 2009 and 2011 when around Patterson, but did not remember ever having sex with him. She also stated she told Patterson on previous conversations she did not want to engage in any sexual relationship with him.
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“No, no, no,” she told Windermere Detective John Allen. “I would never have sex with this man … in my life … knowingly or willingly.”
After the second time she woke up naked, she said she stayed away from Patterson.
But she recognized herself in the recordings, and she was shocked by how she looked and acted.
“I look like a dead corpse,” she told detectives.
Police have numerous other recordings they say are of Patterson having sex with women who appear to be unresponsive.
They have identified some of the women in the recordings, but believe there are other victims who have not come forward in the case.
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Windermere police have been working on the case for more than a year, restarting a shelved investigation of allegations against Patterson from 2012.
At that time, detectives at the department tabled the case because they said they were unable to identify the victims.
The detectives involved no longer work for the Windermere Police Department.
The evidence from that case, which included photos, video cassettes and DVDs, sat in a storage shed at the department, where it stayed until the case was reopened in 2014.
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The investigation was restarted in 2014 when Patterson went to the department to report a fraud case and a longtime officer recognized him as a suspect in a rape, Windermere police said.
Police raided Patterson’s home in 2015 and found an additional 27 videos that they believe show unconscious women being raped, prosecutors said.
On Wednesday, Patterson went before a judge who ordered him held without bond at the Orange County Jail.
Investigators worried that the failings of the department in 2012 would discourage other victims from coming forward.
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Windermere Police Chief David Ogden hoped that knowing Patterson would not get out of jail for the duration of his case would encourage potential victims to come forward.
During a news conference on the case Wednesday, he was adamant that things were different with the current investigation.
“Your case will be fully investigated,” he said to potential victims. “Every lead will be followed. Every source that we have will be used to help you in your case, and we’ll treat you with dignity and respect.”
State Attorney Jeff Ashton also appealed to potential victims and asked them to contact police.
“Please come forward and give us the chance to show you that we can protect you and take care of you,” he said.
Friends and acquaintances of Patterson may have also seen the videos, heard him talking about them or otherwise learned about the recordings, Ashton said.
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He encouraged those people to come forward, as well.
“If you were a friend of Mr. Patterson’s and he described to you some activities that seemed inappropriate, perhaps you didn't want to get involved, but come forward now,” he said.
Patterson is currently facing six counts of sexual battery in connection with the three recordings involving the victim.
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