SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A kidnapping trial has been delayed for the man serving life in prison without parole for killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in South Dakota.
Joseph Patterson is accused of kidnapping and assaulting the mother of Tyrese Ruffin in Sioux Falls in 2014 while awaiting trial in the boy’s death. Patterson was convicted last September of second-degree murder in the October 2013 death of the boy who was the son of Patterson’s girlfriend, Ashley Doohen, and Peterson.
Judge Brad Zell held a hearing Monday on whether police illegally entered Doohen’s home the night authorities say she was attacked.