Patrick Sorenson

"At eleven."

Patrick Sorenson is a delusional serial killer and family annihilator who appeared in The Sandman.

Background
When he was still a child, Patrick was abducted from his bed by a pedophile while his alcoholic mother Betty was asleep in her car. He was sexually abused by the man for the entire night, being forced to watch an hourglass pour sand for the duration of the abuse. Patrick was eventually rescued, only for Betty to run away and leave behind a goodbye note. Since then, he lived on his life feeling hatred towards his mother for abandoning him twice. Six weeks prior to "The Sandman", Betty (who had taken on another name) died, and Patrick was called in to identify him. This caused him to have a psychotic breakdown, steal Betty's body from the coroner's office, and use its bones and teeth to make sand for his own hourglasses. Then, in an attempt to create a scenario where Betty apologizes to him and admits her weakness, he began targeting mothers and their children in a crime spree.

Modus Operandi
Though Patrick attacked families, he was specifically targeting the mothers and children, with the fathers being killed to eliminate immediate threats. He would slash the fathers' throats with a blade while they were sleeping, then glue their eyes shut post-mortem. Then, he would glue the mothers' eyes shut while they were sleeping as well, then sprinkle sand all over their faces. Afterwards, Patrick would abduct the children, taking the time to let the mothers wake up at the sound of the children screaming and stumble around blindly first. When Lyla Brewer was accidentally killed as a result of being blinded, Patrick killed her son Ronnie by asphyxiating him, then dumped his body in a different location.

Known Victims

 * 2016:
 * The Brewer family
 * Jim Brewer
 * Lyla Brewer
 * Ronnie Brewer
 * The Zumwalt family
 * Luke Zumwalt
 * Ellie Zumwalt
 * Josie Zumwalt
 * David Rossi

Appearances

 * Season Eleven
 * The Sandman