It was Mr Tates third appeal against his detention since his arrest. Theyre just not willing to investigate/research as to the truth. Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. They had 7 children: Eleanor Dorothy Thornberg (born Katrinak) and 6 other children. ``I can't believe I was alone with her,' a tearful Bruner said Tuesday evening. He said his heart drops a couple of feet every time it rings. Crying and distraught, she asked him to get in touch with her boyfriend, Ward and ask him to bring her extra underwear and socks. Its an opinion learnt from a well-researched book, from documentaries which show and mention a great deal of facts and evidence which was never brought up at her trial. I have not SEEN this report that says no root found is there a picture of it online somewhere? My husband passed away of a broken heart, Sarah OConnor said on the Montel Williams Show in 2001. Andrew F Katrinak was born on month day 1882, at birth place. Even if there were some minor flaws or discrepancies in the investigation, thats normal. She got 12 months of probation for shoplifting at a Walmart in Lexington, North Carolina. Andrew Katrinak - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage Patricia Rorrer is as guilty as sin, and she needs to stay right where shes at. But none of those charges ever stuck. Prince Andrew has offered to run some of the prestigious Royal estates as part of his negotiations to leave his Royal mansion - with King Charles reportedly telling him 'there is no chance of that happening'. It was Patricias hair no question. I very much doubt you are. Deal refused. Its his hair (dirty blond and roughly 8 inches in length) that was found in Joanns hand. Rorrer was convicted at trial in March 1998 of kidnapping Joann Katrinak, 26, and her 3-month-old son, Alex, on Dec. 15, 1994, from their Catasauqua home, shooting Katrinak in the face, and leaving her and the child in the woods in Heidelberg Township. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. 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. This woman was motivated by an obsession with a man who no longer wanted her. Mr Steve J Oh, and she was so obsessed with him that she started dating and found herself a boyfriend that was not only younger, but much more attractive than Andy? He said she did own a firearm, with its serial numbers filed off. The two kept in touch by telephone, and in 1991, Rorrer briefly sought refuge at Katrinak's home in Catasauqua after being assaulted by another boyfriend. According to a police affidavit, Rorrer called the Katrinak house in mid-December 1994. They also think she killed her first hubby Larry Ford as well. Patricia Lynne Rorrer made for a good suspect. You ought to acquaint yourself thoroughly with the case and not allow yourself to get any further elevated on your high horse. Hoist by my own petard! They did this case on Reasonable Doubt last night. As to blood splatter, at a far enough distance, a .22 isnt going to leave much blood splatter, and there probably wont be an exit wound, it will just bounce around the skull, and you dont have to make someone bleed to beat them, and several months in the elements is plenty of time to wash away some evidence as well, although luckily not all. She wanted all men to give her attention but she couldnt have everyones attention, especially ANDREWS!!! It seems so, according to you. But defense lawyer Robert Pfeiffer said that plenty of evidence supported Patricias innocence. Its sad that some people just cant move on and continue to feel that what they want is going to be THEIRS regardless. And for you to even ask why documentaries are biased, makes me wonder if you have the ability to determine fact from fiction! The reason Interpol was involved is because all three had different European citizens, as a result of which it was very difficult to follow the thread of the event. The difference between the cases was that the child was not injured and the individual wrote down the details of the plan in a notebook, but otherwise it seems extremely similar to me. Prior to his incarceration, Mr Tates had a medical consultation in Dubai about a serious health condition, his team said. "His wish is to attend a prearranged consultation in Dubai . Byrd Jr. of the Davidson County Sheriff's Department. In April 1995, the family buried Joann and Alex in a single bronze casket after a funeral mass at a Bethlehem church. This is not a health issue to be taken lightly and all due diligence is being made to make sure he gets the best medical care that is available to him., The influencer has made appeals against his detention since his arrest. His wife's vehicle was discovered in a parking lot 100 yards away from their house. And the obvious answer is not as you claim. 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. Glenn Myers, 50, who stabled Rorrer's horses in Tyro, said she was a loving horsewoman and mother. The fact that shortly after Joanns funeral, Andy reconnected with an old friend, a woman who happened to live about 4 miles from where the bodies were found. The state police targeted Rorrer as a suspect that summer, and troopers traveled to North Carolina eight or nine times, Kohuth said. Joanne wouldnt have fought back as she was shot therefore almost immediately incapacitating her and was holding her son. For more information governing use of our site, please review our Terms of Service. Rorrer was sentenced to two life sentences at the women's state prison in Muncy, Pennsylvania. ``She sat me down and told me I would probably hear about it,' Myers recalled. If you look at the crime scene picture, only parts of the mother seem preserved. She definitely did it. 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And the obvious answer is Ill tell you why (which really is common knowledge). During Patricias hours-long turn in the witness chair, Michael McIntyre grilled her relentlessly. Sorry not sorry. Dot Jost, Rorrer's next-door neighbor, had no idea what was going on, although she did see police cars in Rorrer's driveway from time to time. Finally, another irony you fail to appreciate: you claim theres money to be made from the commercials added into their show. Detective Barry Grube found it odd that Andrew fixed the severed phone line before police examined it in essence tampering with evidence. More Local News to Love Start today for 50% off Expires 3/6/23, Kurt Bresswein | For lehighvalleylive.com, argued in Lehigh County Court that investigators mishandled DNA evidence, new information from the lab reports show the samples had no roots. Nobody said bodies were intact. She will be in jail for the rest of her life and rightly so. And even prosecutor Michael McIntyre, who wrote the book Hair Trigger about the case, acknowledged to Keith Morrison that it was a little odd that the police found blood on the hairs in Joanns car but nowhere else in the vehicle. His father confirmed his alibi that they were doing construction work together, putting an addition on the house of friends Tom and Kathy Holschwander, at the time of Joanns disappearance. Am I missing something? Judge Douglas Reichley heard arguments on the motion for post-conviction relief but did not issue a timeline for making a ruling, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. At one point Interpol had an extremely similar case in which an individual convinced a friend, who had been his sexual partner several times in the past, to kill the woman he had a baby with, on the grounds that the child is not his and he does not love her but cannot leave because everyone would accuse him of abandoning his child and his family name would be affected. Unfortunately for Joanne this psycho took it badly. This weekDuke of York said he does not want to leave his mansion in the grounds of Windsor Castle despite telling friends he fears he will be unable to afford its upkeep if the King cuts his 250,000-a-year grant. I thought the justice system in my state and the people were narrow-minded and corrupt. Keep her murdering ass locked up!!! Andrew J Katrinak, age 68, Drake, CO . Those who knew Joann pointed out that she didnt like to drive in reverse and would have never parked that way. Re Sells, the problem viz some serial killers is in exaggerating the number as a badge of honour. This woman was obsessed and jealous. The couple moved into Andrew's sturdy brick house at 740 Front Street in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Phone records confirmed Patricia placed the earlier call from North Carolina, not Pennsylvania. You people are fighting a losing cause! Check out ALL the facts if you feel the need to comment. They depict scenes which are pure speculation or exaggeration or present scenes, which in fact were only theories mentioned at her trial. Forensic Files didnt mention it, but the hairs were actually brown at the top and the rest dyed blond, according to the show Autopsy Six: A Fatal Attraction. Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 68 - Drake, CO - Has Court or Arrest Records Now, there are suggestions the family's solution to Andrew potentially losing his home could be to move him into the 'nest egg' Fergie purchased as an investment for their daughters, Princess Beatrice, 34, and Princess Eugenie, 32. Let me simplify this for you in religion, one is taught there is a God. Just consider all your nasty posts about others opinions and learn to attack the argument, not the arguer with insults. It was just assumed to be crib death. I wonder, did they ever perform a DNA test on the baby, to verify paternity? Four months after Joanns disappearance, farmer Paul Kovalchik reported seeing what at first looked like a pile of clothes on his land in Heidelberg Township woods, about 15 miles from the Katrinaks house. She has no means to reply or rebut this outrageous slurs and these forums are the only way I know where people may become aware of the wrongful conviction of innocent person and equally, those who happily believe all the adverse and damaging comments. There is no justice for your loved ones when the wrong person is paying for the crime. It then makes light of the fact that the car in which the (incriminating) hairs were found was absent of any blood. Thats not proof theyre right but its more likely that you as one person are wrong. Trash-talking ex. Im sorry for the distress this awful business must have caused. That phone call came in on December 7, 1994. He said she paid her bills on time, fed his horse along with hers and comforted him when his father died in December. All Rights Reserved. In fact it clearly shows how short you are on all the details surrounding this case. Andrew Joseph Katrinak (1926-2015) - Find a Grave Memorial The longer it took to find the bodies the easier it would be for her alibis to be believed as it wouldve been harder for people to remember if she was at a dance class etc that she regularly attended on that specific date. It was winter which are cold in PA and would slow down decomposition and minimize insect activity although you are correct about the rodentswhy were there none? Further, an early FBI report said the hairs found in the car had no roots which contain the DNA suggesting an evidence switcheroo. I dont think so. As Prince Harry says he felt like the film 'the boy in the bubble' before having therapy, who was 12-year-old David Vetter whose tragic story inspired the documentary? His favorite rattle, shaped like a phone, lay near the crime scene. Rorrer killed two peoplea young mother and her small child and thru the justice system got what the bitch deserved! Rorrers filed multiple appeals over issues you raise, the latest recently and rejected. I would think if she would have an passed they definitely wouldve started looking somewhere else but there was just too much evidence against her anyway so.. and with forensics the way they are today. Police obtained samples of her blood and hair, and a microscopic examination revealed similarities to hair found at the crime scene. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Joanns gun and beating wounds were obvious, but the baby died a less violent (but just as horrible) death with no clear signs. Any true crime fan should know the crazy history of these magic boxes. They found several specimens but not a single one was a match. She and Andrew Katrinak shared a house in Salisbury Township in the mid-1980s, when he was a self-employed contractor and she was a real-estate agent. ), And in another bombshell, Joanns good friend Karen Devine said Joann planned to leave Andrew after the holidays. Sure theres DNA, but if she truly is innocent then why not advocate to find the gun. We should be skeptical of those, like you, who suggest its obvious a jury got it wrong that you know better than 12 people presented with the evidence. Out of the two hairs found in the car only one had enough root to perform a DNA match which did match but police waited to arrest Patricia until a highly advanced and accurate match could be made, which took a year. As to her duration on death row, no: inference cannot be made as to her guilt as theres a woman with about the same time (Holberg) and another with almost as much. A person tried in a court of law and then found guilty is not the be-all and end-all to the case. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. The fact that Joanne was found with a hair clutched in her hand that was inconsistent with both her and Patricia (that they conveniently didnt bother to test). An intensive search was launched, and family members distributed hundreds of missing-person flyers around Pennsylvania. Police need evidence of perpetration in every claimed case, and Sells is regarded as lying about some claimed murders per inability or unwillingness to detail. That is not just a circumstantial case, that is both circumstantial and forensic, and it is pretty air tight. Dont know from where youve got your information about this case my guess is youve been watching a lot of those documentaries which revel in showing the case in a disgracefully biased manner. OK my GUESS is Patricia did do it! If that really is the case, the husbands alibi for a date months before becomes irrelevant. On Alexs diaper bag, police found strands of the same type of hair from the car. It says that Andrew Katrinak passed his lie detector test. He retired as a general foreman at Bethlehem Steel in 1981 after 30 years of employment. You seem to have a fragile ego. Your email address will not be published. She took out the woman who replaced her. And your contention that you (me) as ONE person are wrong, let me say that while you seem to be determined in singling me out as someone whos opinion is one against the rest, is hopelessly exaggerated. It seems so, according to you. Myers knew little about Rorrer's troubles. Omg so well put! The state made a case fueled by circumstantial evidence and public outrage over the deaths of a modern-day madonna and child. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). And for you to even ask why documentaries are biased, makes me wonder if you have the ability to determine fact from fiction! Have you read the book? Not normal folks obsessed ones do. Andrew currently pays a reported 250-a-week for a state-subsidised 30-room mansion complete with 98 acres of land and a swimming pool - and is not keen to leave it after 20 years.