https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4438028/com-v-rorrer-p/. Her attorney persuaded her to have the hair re-tested. Detective Barry Grube found it odd that Andrew fixed the severed phone line before police examined it in essence tampering with evidence. . BETHLEHEM, PA. BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) _ A woman was arrested in North Carolina on Tuesday and charged in the 1994 slaying of her ex-boyfriend's wife and infant son in Pennsylvania.Patricia L. Rorrer was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of kidnapping in the deaths of Joann Katrinak, 26, and her 3 1/2-month-old son, Alex.Pennsylvania police, with the help of authorities in North Carolina, arrested Ms. Rorrer, 33, in Linwood, N.C. She was jailed without bail pending a court hearing Wednesday to face extradition.Mrs. Dedication. (McIntyre said that Egan ignored Traupman because he was a nut who said that the man he saw arguing with the woman in a car was Hispanic but wearing a fake mustache and a toupee. Not gender neutral. If I knew I was going to get caught, I never would have brought you into this world, the arresting officers testified they heard her say to Nicole. Everything about that statement rings false, but it sure worked out for Officer Suzanne Pearson; she was promoted to Sergeant after sharing this bombshell confession with her superiors. When Rorrer was granted the right to do post conviction DNA testing on the nail, it was discovered that the nail had been cleaned of the blood and tissue, rendering it essentially useless for further testing. On Alexs diaper bag, police found strands of the same type of hair from the car. During Rorrers 18-day trial in February1998, prosecutors pushed the circumstantialmotive of a fatal-attractionmurder. Her defense was essentially that she and Andrew Katrinak had remained friendly, so she wouldn't want to hurt him. Both were deceased. Rorrer offered her attendance at a private club in North Carolina as one of her alibies, but the club (per a state regulation) required members to sign in. So, this pointed to a theory that Joann had either left on her own or encountered foul play within her home. Family members found Joanns tan Toyota sitting vacant in the parking lot of McCartys, a nearby bar. Hasty assumption. Patricia had won a prize at an out-of-state horse-riding competition less than two weeks before the murders, and she allowed herself to be photographed. Her car was soon located in a parking lot within walking distance of their home. Yes Marcus, Ive read all that. Its doors were locked, but the keys were inside the vehicle. Police identified the pair as Joann and Alex Katrinak. Meanwhile, interest in Patricias plight continues on social media. If Patricia drove it back from the murder scene after she shot Joann and then beat her to death, luminal would have lit up the interior. I used to shop at Redners. Well, that really caught our attention of course.". I find THAT to be incredible. Cover-up. She said she did not give the hang up by Joann Katrinak a second thought. Viz Andrews newer wife, he likely, to me, believed absolutely that she could not possibly be the perp, as endorsed by the fact that he married her. Phone calls played a significant role in the case overall. ~~~~~~~POLICE ARREST WOMAN IN 3-YEAR-OLD CASE OF SLAIN MOTHER AND CHILDAssociated PressJun. The article also notes that most inmates earn around 19 cent an hour at their jobs and must pay $5 each time they need medical attention or medicine. Joann was fun, likable, beautiful, always happy, said her sister-in-law Cindy Wiard. 24, 1997. Of course, its not if such forensic evidence that is or may have been exculpatory has been maladministered by accident or design. The charges were later dismissed.In early 1995, Rorrer was arrested for shoplifting at a Linwood Wal-Mart, according to police records. . Love your phrases: seething with thoughts of criminal perversion. Andrew Katrinak, was the husband of Joann Katrinak and Alex's father. She claimed to have been home during this period how did her defense team justify such a departure from Patricia's norm? That day I was at the Dunkin Donuts too. Shes just extremely happy with Andy, her brother, Michael OConnor, told the media. ''FBI examiners concluded there was a DNA match.Ms. Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem.He was born in Bethlehem son of the late Martin and . Despite previous testimony that said all of the hair was destroyed or untestable, the latest test results revealed a hair discovered on the drivers side seatback of the car matched Rorrer. Joann Katrinak, and her baby, had planned to go Christmas shopping with her mother-in-law but she never arrived to pick her up despite calling to say that she was on her way there. Ideally we would achieve certainty; practically we must settle for the exclusion of all reasonable doubt: problematic cos its circular. The prosecution painted apicture of a woman so angry after herformer boyfriends wife hung up thephone on her that she drove to Pennsylvania,forced Joann Katrinak and herbaby at gunpoint into the car, then tookthem outside of town and killed them.Witnesses said Rorrer bought a.22-caliber handgun at a yard sale just beforethe murder. At 17, Patricia dropped out of high school and married landscaper Gary Gabard. What you suggest is that law enforcement officers had to lie (about what she allegedly said, for example), AND that DNA was not just poorly/mistakenly administered but corruptly. She said she sought shelter at Katrinak's home, before Katrinak met his future wife, because she knew no one else in the area.After Rorrer's father died when she was 15, she dropped out of school to get a job and help pay bills. If you subscribe to Hulu and upgrade to Starz (theres a free one-week trial offer), you can stream the Wrong Man episodes about Patricia Rorrer. The missing items included Joann's purse, car, both her and Alex's winter jackets, and the diaper bag. (To me, its not a spreeunless it starts in the morning and doesnt end until its too dark to find your car.). In TV clips, Andrew didnt come off as anguished. Lisa had long flowing hair, pale skin, and a pretty face. As for the words exchanged on the call between the two big-haired women, Joann told Andrew that Patricia had used profanity; Patricia said it was the other way around. While not promising to allow the tests, a judge says he will allow an expert to examine evidence from the deaths in 1994 of 26-year-old Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex. Rorrer said she was almost 500 miles away in North Carolina on the day of the disappearance. However, the only record of any call made from Rorrer to the Katrinak household was on Dec 7th. But was Andrew in on this plan? Wish me luck! memorial page for Joann Marie O'Connor Katrinak (11 Oct 1968-15 Dec 1994), Find a Grave . What would a crime show be without them? On closer inspection, he saw it was the body of a woman. After his wife disappeared, she made no attempt to be with him or to see him. Whether she suffocated him or left him to die of exposure, there's a special place in hell for someone who's able to live with themselves after such a heinous crime. (We didnt get into the specifics.). Cop defends accused. The Worldwide Womens Criminal Justice Networks website also points to a bombshell: In 2015, the Justice Department acknowledged that most of the team members from an FBI microscopic hair comparison unit gave prosecutors flawed data from 1980 to 2000 that could have unjustly contributed to a number convictions including Patricia Rorrers. And there were dirty blond hairs, approximately 8 inches long, found at the scene. http://articles.mcall.com/1998-03-06/news/3183202_1_mcintyre-defense-lawyer-killed/2, Motive Made Focus Of Rorrer Case Closing Prosecution, Defense Agree It Doesn't Make Sense. http://articles.mcall.com/1998-03-06/news/3183202_1_mcintyre-defense-lawyer-killed/2, Unreliable Chain: Questionable Hair Evidence Condemns Woman to Prison, FBI admits flaws in hair analysis over decades - The Washington Post. We found out that he was a real pervert, all kinds of sexual devices and various perverted stuff, District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr. told Forensic Files rather triumphantly. She said she had no animosity toward the Katrinaks and she had never met the dead woman. Rorrer said she purchased grain for her horses that day, brought it home and then later went to a bar for western dance lessons with her fianc and another man. And she would just call out of the blue., According to the Free Patricia Rorrer page on Facebook:I called him to let him know that I was going to the USA finals for a horse show. Frankly, Im neither surprised nor impressed by their decision. Patricia seemed like the girl next door but all of a sudden, something snapped, Katrinak later told Wrong Man investigators. Murder Suspect Breaks Down As Detectives Tell Of Her Arrest: `I'm Sorry For Doing This To You,' Patricia Rorrer Allegedly Told Her Infant Daughter.February 18, 1998by DEBBIE GARLICKI The Morning Call. After Joann Katrinak, the wife of Patricias former flame, turned up dead along with her infant son, prosecutors suspected Patricia. It wasnt until post-conviction DNA testing that those hairs suddenly, inexplicably had roots. Had a father the slightest inkling that a g/friend he would marry had murdered his child, unless a psycho he couldnt possibly be with her. Required fields are marked *. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. His favorite rattle, shaped like a phone, lay near the crime scene. This was one of. She said that shes no fan of Forensic Files and that the show had many misrepresentations about her case and that shed heard ForensicFilesNow.com mixed up some facts as well. No show. Coble later told Rorrer that her mother was on the way and that she could get dressed. An autopsy revealed Joann Katrinak was shot in the face with a small-caliber handgun and suffered 19 blows to the head. Jaime: Thanks for your thoughts. December 15th, 1994. She had a suitcase packed, Devine said. Even though no gun wasever tied to the killing, a firearms experttestified that Joann Katrinaks injuriescould have come from such a weapon.Andrew Katrinak testified that he hadan amicable breakup with Rorrer, but healso told a jury she had knowledge of thelayout of his home. For nine hours on the witness stand, Rorrer denied having anything to do with the killing. Hecame from an affluent family, is white, and was young when he committed his crimes all factors that can favorably tip the scales of justice. . "I would never of dreamed it in a million years," said Joy Deal, manager of the dealership.After leaving the car dealership, Rorrer worked sparingly as a photographer and lived with her mother and 1-1/2-year-old son in a remote home outside of Linwood. There were no love letters, cards, gifts, or any other indication that she still had a romantic interest in him. Three of them were mountedon slides and sealed in adhesive. Walmart woe. There were no love letters, cards, gifts, or any other indication that she still had a romantic interest in him. To answer your question re the testing of the cigarette butt: it was never tested prior to the trial, and one can only speculate as to why it wasnt. By all accounts, Rorrer has never been a smoker. Despite previous testimony that said all of the hair was destroyed or untestable, the latest test results revealed a hair discovered on the drivers side seatback of the car matched Rorrer.The results are disappointing, Neely said. An infant was lying face down on her stomach. Her mother, Patricia Chambers, provided day care for their baby son, Charles. . She is petitioning for DNA testing on the nail fragment that was found on the victims body. The baby had been smothered or left to freeze to death. And James Pfeiffer and Jim Burke have remained on her side. People . Facebook gives people the power. Angry that Joann hung up on her, she stalked her for three days, then broke into her basement and cut the phone line, put a gun to Joanns head as she was placing Alex in the car, and forced her to drive to the rural area. Her name is not on a Dec. 15, 1994, sign-in sheet for the private club..Police never found the murder weapon, a .22-caliber gun.."Where's the gun, Patty?" He claims she was incensed in December 1994 when she called the Katrinak home at 740 Front St. and Joann Katrinak told her not to call anymore.In his opening statement, McIntyre told jurors he would prove several adages: "Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction" and "you can't always tell a book by its cover. She was a 23-year-old beauty just coming out of a bad marriage, and he a handsome and successful business owner 14 years her senior.
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