S10:E5: The Senseless Murder of Latricia Green (40) "Deadly Delay"

Detroit, Michigan—Latricia Green was more than just a dedicated employee at Henry Ford Hospital; she was a cherished friend, a reliable co-worker, and a deeply loved presence in the lives of those who knew her.

On the morning of August 22, 2025, she followed her usual routine and prepared for another day of work, but Latricia had no way of knowing it would be her last day on earth.

Latricia Green did what women are often told to do.

She asked for help.

She documented the danger.

She sought protection.

She tried to survive.

But protection on paper is not the same as protection in real life.

Before her life was taken, Latricia had already raised the alarm. She had already tried to get the system to see the threat in front of her. A personal protection order was granted — but it was never served.

And that delay was deadly. 

In this episode of Senseless True Crime, we look at the murder of Latricia Green, a woman whose life was taken after warning signs had already surfaced and after the system had already been alerted.

Her story raises painful questions about domestic violence, protective orders, and what happens when urgent threats are not treated with the urgency they deserve. This is a case about fear, delay, and a woman who should have had more time.

Rest in Peace- Latricia Green 🕯️🕊️🙏

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Transcript

SPEAKER_12 0:00

This podcast contains graphic details which may be disturbing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. Now, today's case takes us to Detroit, Michigan, to a horrifying active shooter workplace domestic violence case that shook a Detroit community to its absolute core. The 40-year-old Latricia Green was a hospital worker at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The same building where Latricia worked for 20 years. It was the same place where a man pulled the trigger and ended her life. Letricia sought out a protection order from her ex-husband, 53-year-old Mario Green. That protection order was meant to stop him from ever harming her. But that protection order was never served. This case is just not only about how a woman lost her life so violently. But this case is about a system that failed at every possible turn, and a woman who did everything right, but still lost her life. This is the heartbreaking story of Latricia Green. A woman who asked for help before it was too late, and the gaps in the law that left her exposed. On August 22nd, 2025, the Henry Ford Hospital was bustling with patients, with baby births, and no one who worked there has ever forgotten the tragedy of that day. One that would reach all the way to the Michigan Senate floor and would change the law in the state forever. What really happened that morning and how did one woman's death expose a legal gap that had been quietly failing victims for years? But before we get into the gruesome details of the case, we must first honor the victim. Letricia Green was born in 1985 in Detroit. She was exactly the kind of person you could count on, formerly known as Latricia Brown before her marriage. She had spent the last 20 years of her life showing up to the same place of work, doing the same job, but with the same dedication. Patricia was a housekeeper at Henry Ford Hospital, not a glamorous title, but one that she carried with dignity. Two decades in the same building, the same hallways, the same faces. But in a city where stability is hard won, Patricia had built hers from the ground up. She never had children of her own, but that didn't mean she lacked that quality. Her coworkers gravitated towards her, and she was the one that people brought their problems to. The one who listened without judgment and still showed up the next morning to do it all over again. That kind of dependability is rare. What made her more remarkable was that she maintained that quality even when her own life was unraveling. And not only was her life unraveling, but Patricia carried around a fear. The person who was supposed to be her life partner had become the source of everything that she feared. That person was 53-year-old Mario Dwayne Green. No stranger to the criminal justice system. Back in 2001, Mario was convicted of aggravated stalking. Five years later, in 2006, he was charged with arson and sentenced to prison. Now Mario only served six years in prison when he was released back in 2012. That same year, he and Latricia made their relationship official. They married in 2012. The same year Mario walked out of that correctional facility. Whether Latricia knew the full weight of Mario's history at the time that she married him, no one could fully answer. Only she knew the answer to that question. Now the marriage lasted on paper until 2018, when Mario filed for divorce. But filing and leaving a marriage are two different things. For seven years after that divorce, the two of them continued living under the same roof. There were no children tying them together, no clear financial arrangement keeping them in the same place. Just two people legally separated, sharing a home in a situation that had long stopped making sense. Then in March 2025, Mario ended things on his terms. He removed Latricia from the home and left her with nothing to fall back on. No apartment, no backup plan, no spare room where Latricia could live. The only thing she had was her job at Henry Ford Hospital. So she stayed close to it. And for a period of time, Patricia Green had given 20 years to that hospital. She was sleeping in her car in its parking lot. This was a familiar place for her where she felt safe from the unknown. March was also the point where Mario's behavior began to escalate in a way that could no longer be ignored. He started calling Henry Ford Hospital constantly with a persistence that alarmed the people who worked there who answered the phone. Now some of those calls reached Latricia directly, but there were other calls that were routed to her co-workers, with Mario asking specific questions about Latricia's schedule, her location, when she would be in and what time. Some of those calls would contain direct threats. By July of 2025, Latricia managed to secure a small apartment and rented under a friend's name deliberately, and this was done as a safety measure. She was furnishing her apartment slowly, cooking her own meals, and starting to piece her life together with something that resembled normalcy for her life. But Mario Green was not done with Electricia. Despite everything she had done to protect herself, which was to inform her employer that she was being harassed by her ex-husband. On April eighteenth, 2025, Mario Green showed up at Henry Ford Hospital that morning, not to seek treatment, not to speak with staff. He was there before Patricia. He made his way towards the basement of her work area before hospital security removed him from the property. It would not be the last time. By July, things had moved beyond phone calls and threats. On July first, Mario broke into Patricia's car. He took her belongings and cut up her clothing. This wasn't a random destruction. This was a message. This was deliberate, calculated, and personal. He was sending a message to Latricia to say, I can get you anytime I want. But eighteen days later on July nineteenth, Mario followed her. Latricia had reported him to her employer, and his photo was on file with the hospital. He had already been banned from the property, but none of this stopped him. The calls kept coming, and he kept finding ways to get close to Latricia. Letricia was not sitting still. And on June 13th, 2025, she walked into Wayne County Circuit Court and filed a personal protection order. She came prepared. She documented every phone call. She documented every threat and every incidence of him showing up at her workplace. But the judge denied the PPO, ruling that her filing lacked sufficient detail. So Latricia tried again. And seven days later on July twentieth, she filed a second PPO request. And in her own words, written on those documents, she described constantly having to look over her shoulder to make sure that Mario Green wasn't following her. She wasn't asking for sympathy. She was simply asking for help before things went too far. The judge approved it the very next day on the second request, july twenty first, and a PPO order was granted in Patricia Green's name, signed by the Wayne County Judge, but that order was never served on Mario Green. The one legal barrier standing between Latricia and the man who had been threatening her for months never reached his hands. And the clock kept moving. On August 22nd, 2025 at 9:55 a.m., Mario Green walked into Henry Ford Hospital. Now he had been previously banned from the property for stalking and harassing his ex-wife Latricia Green. Now his photo was on file with security and a personal protection order had already been granted against him just weeks prior. But none of it mattered. Mario made his way through the building, located the area where Latricia was working, and opened fire. By the time officers arrived on the scene, Latricia Green was pronounced dead, and Mario Green had fled to the scene. What followed was immediate chaos, fear, and sheer panic. The building was placed on lockdown and active shooter protocols were put into place. Staff members barricaded themselves behind the closed doors. Visitors were told that they could not leave the hospital. People sat in rooms behind closed doors that they hoped would not open to a possible threat. Staff members, patients, all wondering whether they would be next. The sounds of gunshots echoed through the hallways of Henry Ford Hospital, and the lockdown stretched for roughly an hour. But in that silence, people hid, waited, and prayed. The word began to spread that there was a shooting in the basement of the hospital. But the word also started to spread quickly about who the victim was. Co-workers who had stood beside Latricia in those same hallways for years learned that she was gone. One colleague spoke about Latricia, how she loved God, that she was focused on providing for her family, that she was without question an amazing woman. There was nothing complicated about how people remembered her. She was a good person. Letricia deserved to go home that day. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_08 13:52

Now we want to turn our focus to the victim. As you can imagine, Latricia Green's family, friends, and coworkers are simply devastated. Her family sharing photos with us tonight.

SPEAKER_19 14:02

Our team coverage continues now with Seven News Detroit reporter Ruda Alsenum, live with more from employees who hid in fear and co-workers who say they'll never forget their friends.

SPEAKER_20 14:14

It's clearly just an emotional day for those that knew and loved Patricia Green. But also for the employees that were inside the hospital when those shots break out, who had to run, hide, and pray.

SPEAKER_04 14:29

It was horrible because when you're in a room and you think you can't leave. And it's somebody shooting.

SPEAKER_20 14:35

You just don't know. And then your mind just starts flashing up in front of your eyes. To say Toshina Stevens was shaken up after the deadly shooting inside her workplace Friday morning would be an understatement. Was your shift already over? Are you leaving early? I'm leaving early. I need to get out of here. No, this scare me too bad. It just traumatized me too much. No. 53-year-old Mario Green allegedly shot and killed his ex-wife in the basement of Henry Ford Hospital just off West Grand Boulevard before taking off. Letricia worked at the hospital and was on shift that day. Those that knew and worked side by side with her are absolutely devastated by the news. She loved God. She's focused on getting money and taking care of her family. Lord Jesus Christ, she was an amazing person. Henry Ford Hospital was on lockdown for about an hour after the shots rang out before opening backup to patients and visitors. Streets were closed as the manhunt continued for the suspect throughout the afternoon. But staff inside the building say there was a lot of fear and confusion.

SPEAKER_16 15:36

They were walking with their guns like their hands on it, looking for this person. And we didn't know if he was still hiding, so we didn't know anything.

SPEAKER_20 15:42

The disbelief still there, too, knowing a life was taken far too soon in such a violent way.

SPEAKER_05 15:48

She never did nothing to nobody. She was a nice too person. She was magnificent. She was more than a friend. She was a mother.

SPEAKER_20 15:55

She was a wife. She did her job. These employees now just hoping to heal and recover from such a terrifying day at work. I cannot believe it. I cannot believe it.

SPEAKER_02 16:06

Just to hear that a woman lost her life at the hospital where she works. It's just so bad to hear something like that happen because, like, I mean, I mean, it's so late, something like this is one of the safest hospitals in Detroit and Michigan to have kids. And we even have a baby, and it's just to hear something like this happen at the hospital. It's like it was just overwhelming.

SPEAKER_08 16:38

Powerful reporting, our hearts go out to all those affected there.

SPEAKER_19 16:41

All of us feeling their shock and fear.

SPEAKER_12 16:52

Questions were already forming in the minds of everyone who knew the history of Mario and Latricia Green. How does a man who was banned from the building, whose photo was at the front desk, and who was known to authorities and the subject of a protection order walk into a hospital and do this? But that investigation would have to wait. In the immediate hours after the shooting, the priority was finding Mario Green, and he had fled to the scene. Deputy Chief Williams held a press conference at the scene. He confirmed the identity of the suspect, 53-year-old Mario Green. And he made it clear that a manhunt was already underway. The Detroit police, Michigan State Police, the FBI, the ATF, and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office all had immobilized on the manhunt for Mario Green. Every available resource was pointed in one direction. Mario Green was out there and they were coming for him. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_03 18:22

We were able to go into the building, uh, locate a female who was shot fatally, and then we were able to build out the story from there. Um currently we're still clearing the hospital to make sure there are no other uh victims possibly located anywhere else in the hospital. And uh from all the information, the suspect has deployed the location prior to this. When the officers got here, you can see we still have the area pretty much corned off. We are putting out information that our suspect is in its 50s. His name is uh Mario Green. He played at this location in a white chart. So that's pretty much where we are right now. So we're looking for we know who he is, we have his identity, and uh we'll be probably really sensitive to very soft.

SPEAKER_01 19:06

Yeah, and I I do believe we we have that picture I know described as a six foot four wearing black, a gold chain, a pink backpack. Obviously, that's a that is someone who would definitely stand out in the crowd if he's still wearing that, and also uh because he is so tall.

SPEAKER_03 19:20

Yes, um, that's 100% correct.

SPEAKER_01 19:22

And obviously you guys have cleared uh you know that he's not here, but I'm imagine using all your assets trying to find him throughout the entire metro Detroit area and beyond.

SPEAKER_03 19:31

Um that's exactly correct. Um, here we have a lot of federal partners. We have uh the ATF, we have state police, um, we have Southfield police, we have police from all agencies here as well as the fire department here at this location, but we're also actively looking for him in a little a couple of different locations as well.

SPEAKER_01 19:48

What should people do if they see him, if they know him, anything? What is your advice to the public right now?

SPEAKER_03 19:55

So if you see him, if you see Mario Breen, if you see his vehicle call 911, uh let him know where you saw him, what's he what he's doing, and that's all we get.

SPEAKER_01 20:04

And I have to say too that you know the level of obviously the level of commitment, but how quickly you guys have worked on this case. I mean, it's impressive. At the end of the day, I said uh, you know, earlier in our last show that it's horrible that this woman was killed, but the fact that you guys deter figured out who he was, got a picture out to the media, got the plate out to the media, got the description, uh, you know, that says a lot for your department.

SPEAKER_03 20:30

Yes, um, and again, our our department put a lot into it, but we had a lot of help with the state police on the HTF. We had a lot of assistance with this. Um, we all know how important it is to secure our local infrastructure hospitals being one of the most important. So uh we want to make sure everybody knows that they are safe and that we will respond quickly to any issue that we have.

SPEAKER_01 20:51

Anything else that you want to update us on? Obviously, right now uh this scene has been cleared, and that's why we're seeing uh police, I you know, we're seeing people behind us right now hugging. I don't know if those are family members of the victims, but you have to imagine such a tragedy for a lot of people who knew this woman who was really who were related to this woman. I mean, this is a very, very sad day for a lot of people.

SPEAKER_03 21:13

Very much so. Our heart goes out to the family that lost one of their loved ones. Um, and again, everything we're doing right now, we're still in the process of clearing the hospital. So um once the hospital cleared and we're we're ensuring that there are no other victims, we'll be opening the hospital back to upload again our heart go out.

SPEAKER_01 21:30

Okay, thank you so much, Mrs. Inchief Williams. I know that you guys will keep us updated all day.

SPEAKER_00 21:35

All right, so let's uh let's detail what we know so far. His name is Mario Green. Shots were fired at the in the basement of Henry Ford's main campus, and he was targeting his ex-wife, who is now dead. This happened in the basement of the hospital. He left out the front door by way of a 2011 Dodge Charger. Uh it is white. He is 6'4, he's wearing black and Gold cane as well as a black shirt. He is a resident of West Clinton. So you see the uh license plate number right there on your screen.

SPEAKER_16 22:09

That's right. He was in the white Dodge Charger. Uh so police are looking for this vehicle. It's unknown if he's still in this vehicle, but this is when he left the hospital, just presumably uh walked out. Uh there was a lockdown in the area that has now been lifted. We again at least thankful that police know who they're looking for.

SPEAKER_12 22:26

They are confident that they will be able to find him. Within hours of the shooting, law enforcement had a direction. Police located Mario's white 2011 Dodge Charger abandoned on the city's east side. A neighbor's security camera had captured someone running away from the vehicle on foot. The surrounding neighborhood was searched thoroughly, but Mario could not be found. Officers then traced a second abandoned vehicle that was connected to Mario Green on Lasher Street near Eight Mile Road. There was also a security footage from a nearby home that showed someone fleeing on foot for the second time that neighborhood was also searched. But Mario Green was not found. But the manhunt did not slow down. Michigan State Police and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office kept working throughout the night to locate Mario Green. And at 2 55 in the morning on August 23rd, less than 24 hours after Latricia Green was killed, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office traced Mario to a home on Lane Street near Eastbourne Avenue. Now he surrendered without incident and was taken into custody. Standing right alongside him was the homeowner, 54-year-old Anthony Barnett. Now, Barnett was not an innocent bystander in this case. According to prosecutors, Mario Green's first phone call after shooting Patricia went directly into Barnett. Now he told Barnett what he had done that day. And rather than contacting police, Barnett advised Mario to get rid of his cell phone, knowing that law enforcement would use it to track his location. Barnett then drove to a Walmart in Roseville and purchased a burner phone for Mario. When police came to his door asking about Mario's whereabouts, Barnett lied to them. He told them that he did not know where Mario was. Now that burner phone was recovered inside the same house where both men were arrested. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_17 25:50

So we know it showed up around that time, but again, we're still trying to figure out uh exactly uh how the car was found. We don't know if it was police that found the car or neighbor that had reported it, but many neighbors were shocked when that police presence obviously showed up in search of Mario just to see the entire presence and knowing that his car made it here about 20 minutes away from the hospital.

SPEAKER_22 26:08

The police presence was so overwhelming until you know we just it was just like, my goodness, what you know what's going on. So I'm thinking it was an active shooter in this area, but apparently they were able to track him from the hospital just with his car, he got.

SPEAKER_17 26:26

And again, this is the last known location that we are aware of of where Mario was last seen, or at least his car was last seen. Again, it was towed away uh from the scene here not very long ago.

SPEAKER_07 26:34

Not one, but two men linked to last Friday's deadly shooting at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Mario Green on your left is charged with first-degree premeditated murder. He's accused of walking into the basement of the hospital and shooting his ex-wife, Latricia Green Brown, before driving away in his white Dodge charger. The second man you see on your screen on the right is Anthony Barnett. He's accused of helping Mario Green get away from the scene. And he's charged with accessory after the fact and lying to a police officer. The manhunt for Mario Green lasted nearly 17 hours. You saw that here on Local 4. Green was arrested early Saturday morning on Detroit's east side, and this is truly tragic. Latricia Green Brown had sought a personal protection order against Mario Green, but we've now learned that order had not been served yet.

SPEAKER_12 27:21

Now Anthony Barnett was a married man. He was a father, he was a grandfather. But he was also charged with accessory after the fact, lying to a peace officer during a violent criminal investigation. And due to his prior conviction for unlawfully driving an automobile, the choices he made in those hours after the shooting cost him significantly. He knew that Mario killed his ex-wife, Latricia Green, and he chose not to report where Mario Green was hiding out, which was at his home. But as for Mario Green, he was charged with first degree murder along with a related gun and stalking charges. Now the man who had spent months calling that hospital, breaking into Latricia's car, cutting up her clothing, following her, and ignoring every legal boundary placed between them had finally been charged. Latricia documented everything. She had filed twice before protection. She had done everything right, and now the case would move to the one place where all of that documentation would be laid out bare in the courtroom. Mario Green was subsequently remanded to the Wayne County Jail and was denied bond where he will remain till the trial date has been set. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_13 29:01

Hi, what's your name, sir? Mario Green. Thank you. That's a big case. 25059-589, state of Michigan versus Mario DeWayne Green, Council.

SPEAKER_10 29:12

Good afternoon, Your Honor. APA Larry King for the people, P78774.

SPEAKER_15 29:17

Let's celebrate on behalf of Mario Green. We can weigh the formal written stamp mute. He's been advised of his constitutional rights.

SPEAKER_10 29:28

Your Honor, the people request fine to this matter be set at remand. Um 6.106 permits rebanding cases where the defendant is charged with murder. In this case, it's alleged that the defendant entered a hospital full of workers, civilians, and people being treated for medical issues. And in that hospital, uh sought out his ex-wife at her office and fired a shot, killing her. Your Honor, this is a horrific charge. It's first degree premeditated murder. He is facing potential life in prison. Based on the nature of the charges, the potential threat to the safety and the fact that he ran, he hid, he had to be searched out by police over the course of several days with the assistance of several law enforcement agencies. I think he's an unreasonable risk of safety to the community and poses a flight risk. The people are requesting remand. Your Honor, if you, if the court is not inclined to remand the defendant, we would request a million-dollar cash bond with GPS tether house arrest. Thank you.

SPEAKER_13 30:52

And um and particularly the details of the allegations are just uh horrendous. Um court does find Mr. Green poses dangerous to the community as well as the seriousness of the offense. Court will remand Mr. Green to the custody of Wine County Sheriff's any further hearings in this matter. Next court dates are September 4th, Bible Cause Conference and September 11th, preliminary exam. Both of those are in front of Judge JK here in 36th District Court. Anything else for this record?

SPEAKER_10 31:27

No, Your Honor, nothing further from the people. Thank you.

SPEAKER_13 31:30

Nothing perfectly. All right, thank you. Thank you, uh, sir. You can step aside.

SPEAKER_12 31:36

Mario Green pleaded not guilty, and the case will go to trial. But Latricia's co-workers testified in open court recalling the day that Mario entered the basement of that hospital and gunned down his ex-wife. The officer who was in charge of the case also testified that he was already at the hospital a few hours prior. Now he started searching the hospital for Mario Green after the shooting. That same officer had previously worked on a domestic dispute involving the couple that had already been caught on body cam footage. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_19 32:21

Well, now to an update on that Henry Ford hospital shooting back in August. The Detroit man accused of killing his ex-wife inside the hospital will stand trial.

SPEAKER_08 32:31

The shooting leaving people across Metro Detroit fearing for the worst at what should be a place of healing.

SPEAKER_19 32:36

Police say Mario Green walked into the Detroit campus, shot his ex-wife, then left the scene. Green was arrested early the next morning.

SPEAKER_08 32:45

But today's testimony brought new light to the case through witness accounts and new surveillance videos. Seven news Detroit reporter Darren Cunningham talking with Brown's loved ones today outside the courtroom.

SPEAKER_09 33:07

Brown divorced Green in 2018. Detroit police say the 53-year-old killed his ex-wife when he showed up to her job at Henry Ford Hospital August 22nd. On the stand, one of her coworkers recalled Green's interaction with the victim seconds before the shooting.

SPEAKER_21 33:33

Um, can you come out to the hall? And she was working and answering his questions.

SPEAKER_20 33:40

What happens next after you hear their conversation?

SPEAKER_09 33:43

I heard a gunshot. Brown's coworker, who said she didn't see where the shot came from, called 911. Where was trash? In the room with me on the floor dead. Coincidentally, the officer in charge of the case, Isaac Lamas, testified that he happened to be at the hospital already. I was investigating a homicide that happened a couple hours prior. Lamas says he started searching the building for the suspect, but by then Green had already left. Green shouldn't have been there in the first place. The 40-year-old victim had filed multiple personal protection orders against him for stalking and vandalism. Take a look. This officer worn body camera footage shows Green at her job in April. A judge denied her PPO request in June, but a PPO was approved in July. However, it was never served. After Brown's murder, Green was on the run, sparking a large-scale manhunt. His car was spotted in northwest Detroit hours after the shooting, but it wasn't until early the next morning that he was arrested on the city's east side. Green's defense attorney maintains his client's innocence, calling it a shoddy investigation.

SPEAKER_11 34:55

I don't see how we get to uh Mr. Green as being the shooter. Um, or that he was stalking, or that he was there without consent.

SPEAKER_04 35:04

Letricia didn't deserve what happened to her at all. And our prayer is that no one else, no other family has to go through what we went through, and that Latricia's words will be received and heard, and justice will be served.

SPEAKER_09 35:18

Green's next court date is December 26th.

SPEAKER_12 35:21

Mario Green had an extensive criminal history of stalking women. And when Latricia Green was murdered, Mario Green's ex-girlfriend spoke to reporters. Now Katina talks about how she wanted out of the relationship. But Mario began following her, stalking her, and leaving notes on her car. She said that Mario eventually chased her down and put a gun to her head. Mario told her that if she wasn't going to be with him, then she wasn't going to be with anyone. That same day, Katina was granted a protection order. Something that Latricia was unable to secure on her own before it was too late. Advocates of domestic violence spoke out about Mario Green being a repeat domestic violence offender. Let's take a listen.

SPEAKER_06 36:21

We begin tonight with a woman opening up about her experience with the man accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife at the hospital where she worked.

SPEAKER_18 36:29

Welcome to Seven News Detroit is six. I'm Carolyn Clifford.

SPEAKER_06 36:32

And I'm Mike Duffy. Thank you for joining us.

SPEAKER_18 36:34

Mario Green is accused of killing his ex-wife, Latricia Green, at Henry Ford Hospital, where she worked.

SPEAKER_06 36:40

While the suspect went into hiding, we're now learning that his ex-girlfriend feared for her safety, thinking she could be his next target.

SPEAKER_18 36:47

Tonight she is talking to Seven News Detroit reporter Rudolph tonight about her violent encounters with the suspect and raising awareness about domestic violence in her honor.

SPEAKER_20 36:57

That ex-girlfriend is Katina McLenny. She says her and Mario Green dated back in 2001 when she was just 20 years old. She says she wasn't brave enough to speak up back then, but she is now, and she's doing it for Latricia Green. What would you want to tell her if she was sitting here today?

SPEAKER_05 37:16

I'll fight for you.

SPEAKER_20 37:17

Katina McKinley has found her voice and is using it to stand up for someone who lost theirs, Latricia Green. Mario Green is accused of shooting and killing his ex-wife at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit last Friday. That's a name and face Katina hadn't heard in decades until she saw his photo on the news.

SPEAKER_05 37:36

My heart just felt like it dropped into my feet because I hadn't seen him since 2001.

SPEAKER_20 37:42

Katina says her and Mario met through work when she was young, and they had a brief relationship. She eventually wanted out, and that's when he allegedly began following her, stalking her, even leaving notes on her car. Then it all came to a dramatic peak.

SPEAKER_05 37:57

And followed me to a friend's house one day. And because it was a man, I guess that upset him. And that's what led to him chasing me down and making me get out of my car and putting a gun to my head because, as he said, if I wasn't gonna be with him, I wouldn't be with anybody.

SPEAKER_20 38:17

Katina says she filed a police report that day and got a restraining order against Mario. He then never contacted her again. But Latricia wasn't so lucky. She was granted a personal protection order back in July, but it was never served. This never should happen to me, her, or anybody else.

SPEAKER_05 38:35

If a person wants to leave, they have their right to leave.

SPEAKER_20 38:38

Jenny Hooper is the interim executive director over at First Step, a domestic violence and sexual assault agency in Wayne County. She says she's not surprised Mario is allegedly a repeat offender. That is a pattern behavior. That is what we know about abuse. Green was arraigned on Monday along with an accomplice that was allegedly helping him hide out during that manhunt. Green pleaded not guilty.

SPEAKER_05 39:08

What do we do? Because this is happening too often.

SPEAKER_18 39:11

In Detroit, I'm Rudolph Sinaida, Seven News Detroit. Certainly helps when people speak up so others learn lessons from it.

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Prosecutors began laying out the full picture of what happened on August 22nd. Now they presented the full record of Latricia's personal protection order filings. She was a 40-year-old woman who had gone to court not once but twice. She documented everything the stalking, the vandalism, and a pattern of threatening behavior that had been ongoing for months. But that protection order was never served on Mario Green. The one legal instrument that might have placed him under a court order had never reached him. Now Mario Green's defense attorney pushed back, calling the investigation shoddy and maintaining his innocence. Now that position would be tested weeks later because on December eighteenth, two tiny five, a judge reviewed the evidence and ruled that there was sufficient grounds to send the case forward to trial. Mario Green would stand trial. Meanwhile, the second defendant, Anthony Barnett, had been released under GPS monitoring, and he continued to report to work while his case moved through to the legal system. Two men who were connected by a cell phone call made in mere minutes after a woman was killed. One waiting for trial behind bars while the other was waiting for his day in court outside free. Patricia Green spent the last month of her life looking over her shoulder. She changed her address and hid her location and put into writing her fear to the judge. She reported her ex-husband to her employer, and she trusted that they would ensure her safety. She did everything that the system asked of people in her position. Patricia Green's death did not just leave behind Green, but it exposed something. A huge gap in Michigan's legal system that has existed quietly for decades until her case made it possible to ignore. At the time of her murder, Michigan was one of the only states in the country where the burden of ensuring a protection order fell entirely on the victim. Not on law enforcement, not on the court, on the person who was already living in fear. And even when a judge signed the order, and even when the danger was clear, it still did not heed Latricia from being hard. And yet, the responsibility of making sure that that order reached Mario Green was never fully taken from her hands. Her murder sparked an outrage across the state. And it forced legislators on both sides of the aisle to confront that system that failed. Democratic Senator Stephanie Chang of Detroit and Republican Senator Ruth Johnson of Holly came together to introduce a bipartisan legislation aimed at closing that gap permanently. Senate Bill 611 and 612 would require law enforcement to serve personal protection orders immediately once they have been approved and filed, which is no cost to the victims, no delays, no burden placed on the person who is seeking safety. On December 9th, 2025, the Michigan State Senate passed both bills unanimously. The legislation now awaits action in the State House. For the first time, the state has also set aside dedicated funding so that the cost of protection no longer falls on the people who need it. Latricia's family holds on to the hope that her murder will mean something. Beyond their grief, that the next woman who walks into a courthouse and puts her fear into writing will not be left to carry the weight of her own protection. Latricia Green was a forty-year-old woman living life on her own terms, living her life separate of the chaos that she came from in her marriage. When you look at what happened to Latricia, you see a woman who tried. Because here's the thing, Latricia Green did not ignore the warning signs. She did not pretend that everything was fine. She did not stay silent. She didn't simply hope that things would get better on their own. She tried to protect herself, she went through the system, and she was denied that protection the first time around. My mind goes to a place of what would have happened had the first PPO been granted and served. Maybe Latricia Green would still be here today. And that is the saddest part of this story. Not just the murder within itself, but the steps that was taken, steps that she took on her own free will to protect herself. And yet Latricia lost her life still. That small detail, the first PPL, that detail is haunting. Because a protection order is supposed to mean something. It is supposed to be a boundary backed by the law. It is supposed to be a line drawn in the sand between a person trying to survive and the person that they fear will harm them. It is supposed to say, this woman has asked for help. This woman documented her fear. This woman has gone through the proper channels. And this woman deserved protection before it was too late. But for Latricia, that piece of paper never became her protection because it was never served to Mario Green. That piece of paper was somewhere in the system, but it never reached the person that it was meant to restrain. And that systemic failure is where my problem lies. Because this isn't just a latricia problem. This is a problem for many women when they do what they have been taught to do, which is to seek out help. Because domestic violence does not wait for paperwork to catch up to the system. Stalking does not pause because she's waiting on the judge to grant her protection. The obsession or control doesn't slow down because a court has not stamped that order. A dangerous person does not become less dangerous because the system is moving at its own pace. This is horrifying. The terrifying truth in so many intimate partner violence cases is the period when a woman leaves, when she sets boundaries, files for protection, or even tries to reclaim her life. These are the most dangerous times of a woman's life. Not because she did something wrong, but because she finally did something right by standing up for herself. Leaving disrupts control. Leaving threatens entitlement. The moment that a woman says no more, the person who believed that they had ownership over her sees that boundary as a threat. Latricia was not wrong for wanting peace, stability, safety, protection. She was not wrong for trying to move forward with her life, and she should not have had to die for that. This is the part we need to sit in. Latricia was a working woman. She was a woman who was surrounded by people who loved her. She was a woman that had true friendships, memories, dreams, responsibilities. She was not just a victim of a senseless, violent headline. She was not just another name attached to another story of a tragic domestic violence incident. She was somebody's loved one, somebody's friend, somebody's coworker, somebody's safe space, someone who still had mornings that she was supposed to wake up to to prepare for her day, to show up for her future. And that future was stolen at her workplace. Think about that. A hospital is supposed to be a place where life is protected, where people are supposed to feel safe inside the walls that are built around care. And yet, Latricia's life was taken there. The horrific events of that day was when Mario Green decided to wake up that morning and enter that hospital with a firearm. Go down to the basement where Latricia worked in housekeeping and fire that weapon, killing her. He had no regard for her life or anyone else's life in that building. Just imagine the sheer horror. You're there to give birth to a child and you hear gunshots ring out. Or you are standing over the hospital bed of a loved one and you hear gunshots ring out. And then this man fled the hospital. The hospital is placed on lockdown, adding more fear to the already horrific events of that day. Just imagine security police officers storming the hospital hallways looking for an active shooter. Not even knowing if this man is still in the building. I can't even imagine the fear that went through everyone's mind that day. This case hurts in a specific way. Society tells women just leave. But when they do, they aren't protected. Society tells women, report it, but when they do, they aren't believed. The judge said it's not enough information. Society tells women get a protection order, but when they try to get one, it isn't enforced. Society tells women ask for help before it goes too far. But when they do ask, like Latricia, she tried, she took the appropriate steps, and still her loved ones are left to replay this situation in their minds and everything that might have made a difference. And that is a brutal kind of grief. Letricia's family should never have to carry the burden of what actually failed her. The burden belongs to the man who took a vow to love her, but has now been accused of taking her life. And the burden also belongs to every gap in a system that allows a woman to cry out for help and still leaves her unprotected and exposed. Letricia deserved urgency. She deserved protection. She deserved to be taken seriously while she was still here. We cannot keep honoring women after they are gone while failing to protect them while they are alive. We cannot keep saying she should have left. When leaving is exactly when so many women are hunted like prey. We cannot keep asking why didn't she get help? When help was requested but was denied the first time, and the second time it wasn't served and it still failed her. We cannot keep reducing these types of cases to relationship drama, marital problems, or even private conflict. This was not drama. This was danger. This was not just a breakup. This was not just an argument. This was not just two people who couldn't get along. This was a woman living in fear. This was a woman trying to move forward with her life, and that should have been her right. She had the right to feel safe at work. She had the right to rebuild her life. She had a right to peace. And it is senseless that she is not here. Senseless that a woman can do everything right and still be killed. Senseless that a granite order could sit unserved on someone's desk while danger was moving towards her second by second. Senseless that another family has to bury a woman who was trying to survive. I hope and pray that when this case goes to trial, that Mario Green and Anthony Barnett that they are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. What Mario Green did in that hospital that day was absolutely disgusting, horrific, horrible. Latricia Green should still be here today. And my heart goes out to her family, her friends, her co-workers, those who loved her. This isn't fair, and it never will be. And until these cases are taken seriously, there's a Latricia Green out there fearing for her own life. And Latricia's story could very well become your story. Letricia Green, may your sweet and beautiful soul forever rest in peace. If you or someone you love is experiencing domestic violence, or if you feel unsafe in your relationship, please know that help is available. You do not have to wait until things become physical or to reach out. Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 247-3685 at 1-800-799-SAFE. That is 1-800-799-72233. You can text the word start 288-788. Or you may also visit the hotline.org. Your safety matters, your fear is valid, and support is available when you're ready. Thank you guys for tuning in to another episode of Senseless True Crime. We appreciate every listen, every message, and every story you send our way. You can reach the show anytime at senseless true crime at gmail.com. And don't forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook at senseless true crime podcasts. And until next time, stay safe, stay informed, and please take care of yourselves.