A 36 year-old Aptos man, thought to have killed his 61 year-old girlfriend in their Aptos home last week, has pleaded not guilty. Patrick Aaron Collins is accused of shooting and killing Victoria May Aless Seidlinger, and stabbing her ex-husband. Collins is now scheduled to return to a Santa Cruz county court room (for his preliminary hearing) March 11th. His bail has been set at $1-million.