The fiancée of Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb’s son Cooper, Caroline Patten, passed away on Friday night. Sheriff Lamb and his wife announced her passing in a Facebook post on Saturday afternoon.
“Thank you everybody for the amazing support, the love and the prayers! We feel so blessed as a Family! Please keep Caroline’s Family in your prayers as Caroline passed last night and is in Heaven with Cooper and our sweet Elaine,” wrote Sheriff Lamb. “God Bless all of you!”
Caroline was driving near Elliot Road and Cole Drive, just west of Recker Road around 3:45 p.m. when her car was hit by a suspected DUI driver while trying to make a left turn. Sheriff Lamb’s son Cooper and one-year-old granddaughter died at the scene.
Brian Torres, age 21, was arrested at the crash scene and was not injured.
The investigation is ongoing. Investigators were still waiting for Torres’ BAC lab analysis results.