Las Vegas attorney and former executive director of WE CAN (Working to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect), a chapter of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
Pat Pitts was the sister-in-law of Emery Volpe, a long-time friend of Sands Hotel and Casino's Manager Harry Goodheart. Pitts once appeared in a promotional photograph for the Sands, reading a copy of the Hughes Nevada Preview.