Brett Partridge was killed by Red John.  However, it happened at the
Elliston Barn in 1988.  Red John's bloody hobby was just beginning.  He
knew that he liked it and knew that he wouldn't want to stop.  As John
Stiles, son of Bret Stiles, he would be under more scrutiny during his
lifetime than the average individual.  Brett Partridge had little-to-no
family to miss him.  So, Red John assumed his identity when he left the farm.