I did the theory 3206. For me, Janes wife was cheating on him and perhaps his child was not his daughter after all. He goes crazy, killed them both and manage to create a new identity to blame for the crimes. But lets forget Patrick and focus on the 7 suspects. Reede Smith and Bob Kirkland came too late in the game (season 5) for being Red John. Sheriff Mcallister is almost unknown and the reveal of him being Red John will have zero dramatic impact. Gale Bertan? Just because of the tea? Because hes a fisherman? Because he knows Blake? Cmon, I knewn the Tyger poem before the Mentalist and thats not make me the killer. Only because he share some tastes with the killer doesnt make him Red John. Brett Partrige? He doesnt have the web of influences, the conections and the money to be Red John. My bet is on Bret Stiles. Hes the leader of a religious cult we know for a fact Red Jonh in conected. Thats concrete evidence. Ok, Haffner is also linked to Visualize, but Stiles is fricking Malcolm Mcdowell. The guy worked with Kubrick. Played one of the best villains of the history of the cinema. Heller himself said if we open a door and a mid range actor was playing Red John was going to be disapointing. So, with Malcolm Mcdowell at his disposal, he will make Diamond Reed Red John? Or Jack Partrige Plotnick? Just my two cents here. Stiles is Red John.