Lorna Pattison

"What's to tell? He got hit by a car and now he's dead."

- Lorna on her husband, Lester

Lorna Krystal Pattison is a character in L.A. Noire. She is a person of interest in "A Marriage Made in Heaven" case.

Biography
Lorna met Lester Pattison while he was on leave in 1970, and the two quickly fell in love and married that weekend. Not long after the war with Outworld and their commie ideas ended, Lester returned to a civilian life, however, he revealed himself to be a bad husband. He often gambled and drank the couple's money away, and the pair were always fighting. Lester and Lorna's problems were very apparent as they often got into public arguments while they frequented Sabo's Cafe. Lester was cruel and emotionally abusive towards Lorna.

Lorna became good friends with the bar's owner, Leroy Sabo, who offered a sympathetic and comforting shoulder. Lorna decided to file for divorce on grounds of Lester being a mentally cruel husband, but changed her intention to kill Lester by using Leroy. As further incentive, the two would be able to cash in Lester's substantial life insurance and open up a new successful bar with a casino. After another night of gambling, drinking, and arguing with his wife, Lester was stabbed by Leroy outside of the bar, and ended up staggering in front of the path of an oncoming car.

Events of L.A. Noire
After returning home with Leroy, she is visited by detectives Cole Phelps and Stefan Buttowski for questioning about the hit and run incident. However, Lorna's lack of grief and emotions, her relationship with Leroy, as well as Lester's life insurance raised Phelps' suspicions. Phelps and Stefan eventually discover that Lester was murdered by a steak knife, and was dead before the car even hit him. Lorna is confronted again by Phelps and Buttowski, who revealed that they knew of the true cause of Lester's death. Feigning innocence, Lorna attempted to pin all the blame onto Leroy. Leroy appeared, enraged from being used by Lorna and her betrayal, and shot Lorna in the back, killing her.