This was one of. Seven leaky buckets hold no more water than one: that several stratums of the evidence against her MIGHT be interpreted otherwise doesnt add up to sufficient doubt (that works the other way too, of course!) Charles Robert Gabard died of natural causes, according to the death certificate.Eggers said Rorrer's marriage to Charles Gabard ended soon afterward.Davidson County, N.C., Sheriff Gerald Hege describes Rorrer as a "brute of a woman," who seemed to taunt law enforcement officers as they built a case against her.Hege had seen Rorrer a few times over the past two years, and his department was watching her closely. Patricia Rorrer: Guilty Or Not? - Medium It all gave jurors a lot to think about but only for six hours. Yet, Joanns husbands ex girlfriend, who lived 500 miles away and had never met the victims, was convicted of the crime on a flimsy theory and highly questionable hair evidence. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. They married in 1992. That may be true, in that Alex may have died of exposure, not intentional killing. It was, and is, perfectly reasonable to convict without forensic evidence. Barry Grube, one of the few, if not only, police officers sympathetic to Patricias cause, noted that Andrew didnt seem particularly frantic while authorities searched desperately for his wife and son. (Media sources vary as to whether she actually worked at the stable or just rented a stall there for her own horse.). I was like OK, maybe she was tired, you know with a new baby. Defense requests new hearing in 1994 homicide case Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. That same year Limerick was hit by a night tornado which killed a mother, father and baby. She attended Point Park University as a graduate student from 2005-07 and still is working on her masters degree. Shes just extremely happy with Andy, her brother, Michael OConnor, told the media. An ex-boyfriend of Patricia knew she owned a distinct .22 caliber pistol and knew of its tendency to jam, but Rorrer could only deny owning such a weapon. Her husband, Andrew, was surprised to not find his wife and child at home after arriving there after work. During Rorrers 18-day trial in February1998, prosecutors pushed the circumstantialmotive of a fatal-attractionmurder. I find THAT to be incredible. To commit the murders, Rorrer took her victims out to a location that was familiar and significant. 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. On Alexs diaper bag, police found strands of the same type of hair from the car. The organization purports that if there were awards for distorted reporting, the Morning Callwould win high honors.. Its doors were locked, but the keys were inside the vehicle. Traupman died in 2016. Meanwhile, the case of the missing mother and baby turned into colossal news across the U.S. and internationally. The guy was banging at the door and yelling open this door. And then, he yelled something like What do you mean its not my kid? Traupman said in a sworn statement. There was a piece of a fingernail found attached to Joanns chest. Today, more than two years later, that woman awaited extradition from North Carolina to face charges she kidnapped and killed her ex-boyfriend's family in December 1994.Authorities said Tuesday it took two years to build a tight forensic case against Patricia L. Rorrer, 33, partly through blond hairs found in Mrs. Katrinak's car a day after she disappeared.``We wanted to make sure that the hairs found at the scene were also consistent with the hairs found at the car,'' said Lehigh County District Attorney Robert Steinberg. As for an update on Lisas widower, Jimmy Manderach, it appears he still lives in the same part of Pennsylvania. Watch enough true crime shows and you're bound to hear one of these gems. Region. Even though he committed the double murder at age 21,a persons biological process is typically incomplete until the person reaches his or her mid-twenties.. It'd be plausible to reason some deniability in Patricia's role if there weren't so many indicators of her involvement. It was conceivable that Andrew believed they were still out. Catasauqua is only about 54 minutes away from where Fairley lived in Gulph Mills. 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 . The guy was banging at the door and yelling open this door. And then, he yelled something like What do you mean its not my kid? Traupman said in a sworn statement.A neighbor of the Katrinaks told police she saw Joann Katrinak that afternoon, clad in a black, furry jacket that matched Traupmans description. Also, Rorrer was interviewed by police within a week of Joann and Alex going missing. How could I explain to my daughter years later that I took a plea for something I didnt do? she said. ''FBI examiners concluded there was a DNA match.Ms. She is petitioning for DNA testing on the nail fragment that was found on the victims body. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. Testimony from Walter Blalock contradicted Patricias claim that she never had a gun. I really never thought of it again.. Im certainly aware police lie but this would require a conspiracy. Despite the troubling evidence from Joann's car, detectives considered whether or not Joann had taken baby Alex and simply left. Joann Katrinaks Killer Still Has Innocence Advocates(A Woman Scorned, Forensic Files). She wasn't aware she had left behind small clues in the woods and in the car, which police believe was used to take the victims to the woods, the prosecutor said..Burke highlighted the prosecution's failure to test another hair -- one found in Joann Katrinak's hand. 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. But other things Patricia did also seemed strange, especially according to prosecutor Michael McIntyre. Her family moved to North Carolina in 1978 but returned to the area in 1984. She got 12 months of probation for shoplifting at a Walmart in Lexington, North Carolina. He would be alive today if it were not for Patricia Rorrer. The mild-mannered Sarah died in 2019 at the age of 83. Fairley has not found prison life agreeable. (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. They theorized might've simply started a new life with another man, but this seemed absurd to everyone who knew Joann. Christopher Coble and Sgt. They allege that she drove the victims to Heidelberg Township woods where they were murdered and abandoned. Detective Barry Grube found it odd that Andrew fixed the severed phone line before police examined it in essence tampering with evidence. Facebook gives people the power. The boy died either from suffocation or exposure.Although by 1994 she was living in North Carolina, Ms. Rorrer phoned Katrinak occasionally. Try to do some REAL digging into this case. The police report misspells his name (Troutman) and doesnt include his address, suggesting authorities didnt want anyone to track him down, according to Patricias side. The Murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak: FF ep A Woman Scorned. In Dec 94 in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, disappeared. All this culminated in Caleb Fairleys April 1996 conviction fortwo counts of murder, aggravated assault, theft, and abuse of a corpse. On Oct. 5, 2007, the District Attorney of Lehigh County agreed to allow the testing of the hair found in the Toyota at Orchid Cellmark Laboratories in Dallas. What IS reasonable doubt and what is it to be at or beyond that threshold? Under cross-examination, she said she didnt believe it was her hair in the Toyota.It took a jury of eight men and four women five hours to find her guilty on counts of kidnapping and first-degree murder. Andrew Katrinak Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information In December 1994, Andrew Katrinak arrives home to an empty house. Unlike Mr. Her husband, Andrew, was surprised to not find his wife and child at home after arriving there after work. The prosecution insists that Rorrer called the Katrinak household on Dec 13, 1994, two days before Katrinak went missing, and that Joann rudely told her not to call again and hung up on her. On closer inspection, he saw it was the body of a woman. Incriminating words. Prosecutor pounds away. Your email address will not be published. Patricia knew her gun tended to jam, but she used it anyway. The fixation with a goth ideal is a nice touch. Prior to the trial, a local man named Walter Traupman told Pennsylvania State Police he saw a couple matching the Katrinaks descriptions engaging in a heated argument near where the Toyota was found the day of the disappearance. Some lawyers call microscopic hair analysis junk science that today wouldnt qualify as evidence in a trial like Rorrers. The circumstances of Lisa Manderachs murder, the subject of todays post, seem even more improbable. 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. She said she had no animosity toward the Katrinaks and she had never met the dead woman. Why? Frank J. Hearn Michael J. Brady Antonio Verrelli B Stephen Zahornasky Hugh H. Taulty. Andrew Katrinak, was the husband of Joann Katrinak and Alex's father. She said she did not give the hang up by Joann Katrinak a second thought. Its not clear whether Fairleys interest in vampires was part of D&D or a separate pastime. After Joann Katrinak, the wife of Patricia's former flame, turned up dead along with her infant son, prosecutors suspected Patricia. 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. Andrew had a lady friend who lived less than 4 miles from those woods. No comments yet - start the conversation above. 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. At 17, Patricia dropped out of high school and married landscaper Gary Gabard. Rorrer, who had a five-year relationship with Katrinak that ended in 1989, testified that she and Katrinak remained good friends after the breakup, writing letters occasionally and calling each other. In short, I can guarantee you will encounter nothing but resistance. Random misfortune. Weak wages. Again, this vital piece of evidence was never tested prior to trial. 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. He washed off the foundation at their request, uncoveringscratch marks that looked as though they came from someonesfingernails. They released a poster of Joann and Alex, noting that the baby had almond-shaped blue eyes, weighed 18 pounds, and was circumcised. An exterior door to their basement had been wrenched open, the lock hasp's screws literally ripped from the wall. She claimed to have been home during this period how did her defense team justify such a departure from Patricia's norm? My two cents, just as the heavily stretched circumstantial evidence convicted Rorrer, new uncovered circumstantial and direct evidence should give Rorrer benefit of a doubt and allowed for a new hearing and trial. "I was happy he found somebody," said Rorrer, who sometimes turned in the witness chair to speak directly to the jury.Prosecutor Michael McIntyre contends that Rorrer isn't what she appears. Frank D. Anderson-Josephine Kiely bert H. Dabbs William M. Yale Andrew Katrinak. The autopsy indicated that Joann fought hard for her life. Shes attracted the help of writer Tammy Mal (full name Tammy Malinowski OReilly), author of Convenient Suspect, a book about the case. !) and detractors (This is another bs attempt to free a psycho). Family Secrets | FULL EPISODE | The FBI Files | The December 1994 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. My guiding principle if I were administering criminal law is what is it reasonable to do to establish probative fact and what is it reasonable to believe of those facts (a matter for the jury)? Tragedy also touched Patricias life. And the alibi she used at trial -- that she was in a country music club with her fiance and his friend -- isn't credible, according to the prosecution. ~~~~~~~POLICE ARREST WOMAN IN 3-YEAR-OLD CASE OF SLAIN MOTHER AND CHILDAssociated PressJun. . If I were to challenge all the so-called evidence in the comments, it would make for a very long read. Daughter of George & Margaret Panik and wife of Andrew Katrinak. Both were deceased. Frankly, Im neither surprised nor impressed by their decision. On a happier note, in 1998, the Limerick Township Park System built the Manderach Memorial Playground in honor of Lisa and Devon. Joann Marie O'Connor Katrinak (1968-1994) - Find a Grave Memorial he asked her. TENTH DISTRICT. Trash-talking ex. Jimmy had reported Lisa missing when she failed to return home from shopping by dinner time. The prosecution alleged that Patricia called the Katrinaks house from a pay phone in Pennsylvania. The 26-year-old was recently married, and this would be four-month-old Alex's first Christmas. Rorrer, who is Katrinak's former girlfriend, was convicted of abducting Joann Katrinak and her son from their home, shooting Katrinak in the face, and leaving her and the child in the woods, where their bodies were found nearly four months later. Andrew Katrinak hugs a friend as he emerges from the courthouse after Patricia Rorrer, his former girlfriend, was sentenced to life in prison, March 9, 1998, for the murder of his wife and child 2 . Lets consider these statements Rorrer is alleged to have made in the presence of a police officer. Together they had a baby girl, Nicole. Wouldn't he have tried to call his mother recall it was with her Joann had planned to go Christmas shopping. If those hairs taken from Joanns car had had a root attached, there would have been no reason for this case to be the first one in the commonwealth to use mitochondrial DNA testing. She had money put aside. I have the same profile but had no children. Then 31 years old, she had lived a rocky existence. Those hairs would ultimately send Rorrer to prison for life, even though she claims she never was in the car, and the evidence collection and preservation practices have been attacked.The next day, Andrew Katrinak told police that a gut instinct made him think Rorrer was involved. He had worked as a semi-pro boxer in Las Vegas in his youth and later settled . But by all accounts, Rorrer only spoke to Andrew Katrinak once or twice a year. "I'm never going to see my daughter again. 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. 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. Posted: June 22, 2022 Your email address will not be published. The voice on the phone will be warm and friendly right up until you tell her which transcripts you want. The Generation Why Podcast: E349: Joann Katrinak (Disclaimer: Im not a big fan of eyewitnesses who come forward years after the fact, but its possible). I dont think she was ever scared until we put the cuffs on her.. The first round of testing done on the hair (pre-trial) indicated only that Rorrer was a potential source of the hair (odds of 1 in 37,000not exactly proof positive). Im real immature. Rorrer said she had spoken once to Joann before she and Katrinak were married and that Joann seemed friendly when she put Katrinak on the phone.Rorrer said that years ago, she rented a barn in Washington Township for her horses. At first, a broad-daylight abduction of a mother and her infant seemed unlikely. Someone had shot Joann in the face with a .22-caliber pistol, then beaten her about the head hitting her 19 times in all with a blunt object. After a very early failed marriage, the 24-year-old Joann scored a new husband in Andrew Katrinak, 38, whom she met at a club. Whose hair is it?by Bridget DiCosmo Redacted from "Unreliable Chain: Questionable Hair Evidence Condemns Woman to Prison"Justice Volume One Published by Point Park University. 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. Patricia Rorrer is formerly from Linwood, North Carolina, and serving a life sentence in the state prison for women at Muncy, Pennsylvania. Some recurring themes in Forensic Files facinate me. One she was out buying feed for horses. The episode claimed the jury required just two hours to deliberate, but other sources indicate it took six.
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