How would an intruder find it? But the strands belonged to Rorrer, according to a DNA analysis by the FBIs crime lab. Since 2010, Tammy has been researching the 1994 Katrinak murders in Catasauqua. Food for thought. 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. I thought the same thing from the start!!!!!! They moved into her house in Salisbury County, staying together for about two years. Robbins is one of the recent cancer deaths among women who served time at Muncy. These documentaries only show what they want in order to reinforce their case. Switching of hairs, OMG they manufactured evidence. Veronica Barbara Katrinak Obituary Remember Veronica Barbara Katrinak. Andrew P. Marinak, 92, of Charleston, SC and formerly of Little River, SC and Steelton, died Sunday, September 19, 2021 in Carter Assisted Living, Charleston, SC. Patricia Rorrer has been portrayed as a bully, petty thief, neglectful horse owner, and heartless killer or a sweet, caring friend railroaded by authorities desperate to solve a double-murder case that snagged worldwide interest. Learn more about merges. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? He retired as a general foreman at Bethlehem Steel in 1981 after 30 years of employment. Forensic tests suggested the hair found in the car and at the murder scene came from Patricia. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Not gender neutral. Fairley also killed Devon, the baby daughter Lisa shared with husband James Manderach. She would let it go-thinking that justice was served and she would now have to do her time for committing the crime! Remember the how the case back in he 80s when those 4 black boys were wrongfully accused and police mishandled THAT CASE!! was able to get a mother and baby out of the house get fully clothed and Andy her loving husband not hear anything? Its definitely getting rougher every day, Andrew told the Morning Call. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. Theodore Kohuth said at the news conference, where he was joined by officials from the FBI, Lehigh County coroners office and Davidson County (N.C.) sheriffs office. Find-A-Grave: Joann M. Katrinak Woman Held In Catasauqua Killings Man Recalls Day His Wife, Baby Vanished As Katrinak Double-murder Trial Opens Farmer Describes Finding Bodies Of Katrinak, Son Defendant Takes Stand In Katrinak Case Jury Rejects Alibi, Finds Rorrer Guilty In Double Kidnapping-murder Case Woman found guilty in Lehigh Slayings Interment in St. Michaels Cemetery, Stratford. Mal told Keith Morrison that Patricias dance teacher originally confirmed her alibi that she was in class on the day of the murder, then changed his mind. Patricia Lynne Rorrer made for a good suspect. Deal refused. What did she drive back home in? And Patricia wasnt all edges. 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. Although the prosecution used it as evidence that she was trying to create a false alibi, it actually sounded more like Patricia was simply trying to nail down the facts he had already asserted to her. When she read Truman Capotes In Cold Blood at the age of 10, she was totally hooked. The ex-boyfriend, Andy Katrinak, could have had access to an old hairbrush or piece of clothing with the hair of Patricia Rorrer on it and framed her for a crime he committed! Her love of solving crimes led her to apply for and be accepted into the Pennsylvania State Police Academy but as a young mother, she realized the obligations were too much for her family and left. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. "Andrew Katrinak" obituary results. 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. I was surprised that I did not hear about the gun in the program last night. (Panik) Katrinak. I believe innocence. On April 9, 1995, the bodies of Joann Marie Katrinak and her 15-week-old son, Alex, were found in an isolated location. The authorities charged her with two counts of murder. Andrew Katrinak was working on their home the day Joann disappeared. 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. She was bubbly and likable, not disgruntled, according to friend Kathy Barber, who visited her friend in jail. For this week, I looked into the defenders reasoning as well as Patricias whereabouts today. 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 couple moved into Andrew's sturdy brick house at 740 Front Street in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. But defense lawyer Robert Pfeiffer said that plenty of evidence supported Patricias innocence. Try again. In a million years, she wouldnt do anything to harm that.. There was an error deleting this problem. Sounds like the police and investigators were for sure trying to close a case anyway they could, from changing the police report, possibly the hairs, dismissing the hair in her hand, and dismissing a witness!! Lived In Drake CO, Forest VA, Catasauqua PA. Related To Teresa Katrinak, Veronica Katrinak, . I think the husband kill them both he had no tears in his eyes at any time. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Inside the locked 1992 vehicle, police discovered some strands of blond hair stained with dried blood. The one that was allegedly purchased at a yard sale and would usually stick after the first shot. Patricias professional life included short-lived gigs as a Century 21 real estate agent and an Oldsmobile salesperson. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Please reset your password. DNA testing revealed the blood came from either Joann or her son. It is true that the bodies were found near rorrers old barn, but it also needs to be noted that she and Andy were together when she worked at this barn; therefore, Andy too would know where her barn was and if he wanted to frame her he would need do it in a place that would implicate rorrer. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. Six years of research later, she isn't so sure. The Innocence Project has declined to take her case. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. A year later, his wife and son were dead and a For Sale sign stood outside their home. Sir I would not kill somebody and I definitely wouldnt kill somebody I never met, Rorrer said. This was one of the first cases of DNA being successfully used in a criminal i. Charles Robert, the 3-month-old son she had with Gary Gabard, died of sudden infant death syndrome; Patricia found him blue in his crib. Was Michael friends with anyone on the investigating police force or employees there? (A good point. Rev. He knew where it was. The procedure called mitochondrial DNA testing is relatively new to law enforcement. Right away it smelled funny. I had horses and I know horse women. Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. When I finished my. Ide like to know WHEN Patricia actually dyed her hair dark?? Search is on. Joann Katrinak and her infant son were brutally murdered. 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. Father was ordained a. Weeks later, state police traveled to North Carolina to interview Rorrer, according to a probable cause affidavit. Did they test the DNA of the baby to see if the father Andy Katrinak was actually the father? Sad discovery. When O'Reilly started doing the research, she believed Patricia (Patty) had been proven guilty and had committed the crimes. Love Pam. Family members found Joanns tan Toyota sitting vacant in the parking lot of McCartys, a nearby bar. !) and detractors (This is another bs attempt to free a psycho). Patricia is a psycopath and for some reason is able to con many reporters, etc. In TV clips, Andrew didnt come off as anguished. They had a son, Alex Martin, in August of 1994. 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. Try again. Rorrer met Andrew Katrinak in New Jersey in 1984, said Pennsylvania State Police Capt. Read the book Convenient Suspect by Tammy Mal. If baby isnt his then the old guy who says he saw them arguing may just have been correct. Joann Katrinak had plans to meet her mother for an afternoon of Christmas shopping. She made an effort to look perfectly groomed even when she took out the trash, according to her mother, who appeared on Forensic Files. They wanted a more relaxed lifestyle. Why was the police scene cleared at 11pm that door and phone lines would have jumped out at anyone!! Advocates for her innocence complain of hype surrounding the case. Try again later. 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. They allege that the North Carolina resident stealthily drove 500 miles to Pennsylvania and killed out of a sense of deadly indignation. Murder in Lehigh Valley: Keith Morrison Reports is also available on YouTube, but it costs $1.99 to view (Keith comes off as an advocate for Patricias innocence on the episode). From more than 10,000 official documents including Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) reports, FBI Files, forensic lab results, and the 6,500-page trial transcript, four years of intensive research, countless interviews with those involved, and hundreds of letters, phone calls and personal visits with Patricia Rorrer, OReilly found details that didnt add up, had never been made public, and that raised serious questions about the case and Pattys guilt. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Try again later. Katrinak has since moved from his Catasauqua home and could not be reached for comment. With all the social media today showing the wrongdoings of police officers and to not cast doubt on this investigation and how it was handled is upsetting. ). Then, from 1989 to 1991, she had stories published in True Detective Magazine under the name Tammy Mal. At the age of 47, 40 years after she first fell in love with her genre, she self-published her first book, Little Girl Lost: The True Story of the Vandling Murder, a well-researched book about the murder of 9-year-old Mae Barrett in 1945. No show. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. 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. The media love the femme fatale., FBI lab blunder. Andrew told investigators that the unpleasant phone call between Joann and Patricia happened just three days before his wifes disappearance. Strands of the accuseds dyed-blond hair at two crime scenes proved it. (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. Patricia seemed like the girl next door but all of a sudden, something snapped, Katrinak later told Wrong Man investigators. I also find it strange Andy didnt want to move the car when the police told him he could do so! Why wasnt the babys DNA tested to see if the child of the deceased was or was not her husbands? All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. No surprise IA found nothing in their investigation! Friends are invited to go "Directly" to St. Michael the Archangel Church, 310 Pulaski Street, Bridgeport, on Wednesday at 9 a.m., where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Katrinak had been predeceased by two brothers, Raymond and Andrew Katrinak, and five sisters, Emma Tomac, Helen Caselli, Eleanor Thornberg, Margaret Medgensis, and an infant twin sister. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Horrible situation. KOREAN WAR Son of Martin & Theresa (Novotney) Katrinak and husband to Veronica B. Way too many holes in this investigation. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. I also find it strange Andy didnt want to move the car when the police told him he could do so! I have doubts as well. She has signed a contract with NYC Literary Agent Mike Hoogland of Dystel & Goderich Literary Management to represent the book, and HarperCollins, one of the largest book publishers in the world, is interested in acquiring publishing rights. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. I most definitely will not personally afford Patricia a platform, Michael said in an email to ForensicFilesNow.com She had her chance to answer my questions and tell her story in court over 20 years ago. Survivors include a brother, William Katrinak of Shelton; a sister, Helen Caselli of Milford; nephews, Robert Katrinak Read More, Submit an obit for publication in any local newspaper and on Legacy. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. No activity on her bank account or credit cards took place after the day she went missing, so investigators dismissed the theory that she took her child and bolted. I watched the Keith Morrison mini series about this case. It showed her usually all-brown hair haphazardly highlighted blond. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. ALLENTOWN A woman convicted of kidnapping and murdering a Catasauqua mother and her baby in 1994 should get a new hearing, says her defense attorney, who claims the prosecutio Theodore Kohuth. Their bodies were found in a patch of Heidelberg Township woods four months later. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. His favorite rattle, shaped like a phone, lay near the crime scene. Walmart woe. This account has been disabled. Thats my life.. Did anyone compare DNA of baby to the husband? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Tammy Malinowski OReilly is a writer and true crime enthusiast. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. on Saturday, September10, 2011. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. 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. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. An expert will be allowed to examine evidence from the 1994 . 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. On December 12, 1994, Joann answered a phone call from a woman shed never met, Patricia Rorrer, her husbands onetime girlfriend. One witness said he saw two people arguing about a baby not being his. Search above to list available cemeteries. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. This browser does not support getting your location. On April 9, 1995, a Heidelberg farmer found the remains of two bodies in a patch of woods. Getting your facts from documentaries isnt the way to go. After one bullet didnt kill Joann, the gun locked up, so Patricia had to beat her to death, according to the prosecution. If he wasnt the father it would collaborate that Andy and Joann might have had a heated argument prior to her death (as the older man had suggested). You mean to tell me that she broke into that basement and from the look of those pictures it seems like that would have made a lot of noise to wake anybody up. These are basic questions the jury should have been asking themselves. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. There was a problem getting your location. This browser does not support getting your location. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. And the fact that Patricia called Andrew even after he married someone else didnt mean she was still carrying a torch for him, according to one of her friends. And James Pfeiffer and Jim Burke have remained on her side. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Born on January 24, 1964, in eastern Pennsylvania, Patricia Rorrer spent most of her life going back and forth between the Keystone State and North Carolina. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. She failed miserably to convince me, or anyone else who mattered, of her innocence. Traupman claimed that when he reported the dispute, trooper Robert V. Egan III got mad and practically kicked him out of his office. How did she drive 500 miles and back? 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. She beat Katrinak, shot her and left her and her baby for dead in the woods in Heidelberg Township. Learn more about managing a memorial . She got 12 months of probation for shoplifting at a Walmart in Lexington, North Carolina. Men who murder are conventional, women are sensational, posits the Worldwide Womens Criminal Justice Network. Detective Barry Grube found it odd that Andrew fixed the severed phone line before police examined it in essence tampering with evidence. English Trash-talking ex. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. And in November 1995, they received her hair and blood samples. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. But the trail to an arrest lasted more than two years and ultimately rested with the DNA tests of eight strands of long, dirty blonde hair. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. In the past, Andrew has also been known as Andy Katrinak, Andrew J Katrinik, Andrew J Katrinak, Andrew Katrinah and Andrew J Katrinak. The suspect, Patricia L. Rorrer, 33, was arrested at 5:50 a.m. at the Linwood, N.C., home she shares with her mother. Rorrer was the ex-girlfriend of Joann's husband . Resides in Bethlehem, PA. 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 . Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Then finds the phone disconnected. Andrew J Katrinak, 68. We have set your language to This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. They were married 62 years. I was able to email with Patricia via the PrisonConnect platform around Christmastime. Stable situation. But none of those charges ever stuck. He was the husband of Fay C. (Moll) Katrinak, celebrating 64 years of marriage on November 19, 2013. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Incriminating words. She would let it go-thinking that justice was served and she would now have to do her time for committing the crime! I agree, why wasnt the baby DNA tested? Your email address will not be published. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Do we have a record of account of a phone repair company going out to his residence to fix this CUT LINE before he made these phone calls to Pattys mom? He had worked as a semi-pro boxer in Las Vegas in his youth and later settled into his own construction business. Drake, CO (4) Refine Your Search Results. based on information from your browser. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. 10 Memories. Prove them wrong! Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. A horror story. How could she have gone and leave both scenes? Failed to remove flower. Also, I dont believe a guilty woman would have gone over and over every piece of this case trying to find ANYTHING to clear her name. So lets get going on the recap of the Forensic Files episode A Woman Scorned, along with extra information drawn from internet research: Joann Marie OConnor was born on Oct. 11, 1968, the youngest of Sarah and David OConnors four children. She never showed. Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. You may not upload any more photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial, This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos, This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial. ANDREW KATRINAK OBITUARY KATRINAK Andrew G. Katrinak of Little Rock, Ark., beloved husband of the late Josephine Gawlowicz Katrinak, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, October 31,. Theres also the matter of a woman who suddenly remembered she saw Joann with another man at a Food Mart store five days after the disappearance. Obituary Send Flowers Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Rorrer, formerly of the Phillipsburg and High Bridge areas, was living in Linwood, North Carolina,. Watched this program in ID last night and just sick at how law enforcement, mainly the DAs office, bungled evidence and sought only for conviction. . Six of those hairs were found in the headrest of Joann Katrinaks tan Toyota, left in a lot just 50 yards from her home. Lying cops and stupid prosecutors. Police slowly built a case against Patricia. At the trial, prosecutor Michael McIntyre alleged that Patricia remained obsessed with Andrew Katrinak long after their breakup despite testimony that shed had many boyfriends and live-in lovers to occupy her bandwidth. "In the back of our minds we knew something had to come to an end. If she took public transportation, no one saw her? Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. The Irish-Italian girl had full, fluffy dark hair, olive skin, and a pretty face. Her mother, Patricia Chambers, provided day care for their baby son, Charles. Two more hairs were found near the bodies, one in a diaper bag and another among some debris, state police Maj. Robert Werts explained. Family members linked to this person will appear here. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Patricia and her husband broke up after the babys death. Oh dear I forgot to start my comment with the obligatory hmmmm it gives it so much more emphasis. The prosecution alleged that Patricia called the Katrinaks house from a pay phone in Pennsylvania. A newspaper account described Patricia as a soft-spoken, demure woman who had a sweet Southern accent and wore feminine clothes in court. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Something is not right in this case!! But her reputation wasnt exactly sleek and shiny. Rorrer called the house three days before the young mother and her son vanished. When police traveled to North Carolina to interview Patricia about the murders of Joann and Alex, she said that on the day of the homicides, she had visited a feed store, a tanning salon, and a country music club. Crooked investigation and prosecution authorities saw to that. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. State police and the Philadelphia division of the FBI appealed to the public for leads. Then wont move the car from car parking lot. How did he make these calls? From her very first letter, Patricia fervently protested her innocence and urged me to keep an open mind. She was arraigned and expected to be extradited to Pennsylvania to face two counts of homicide and kidnapping, police said during a news conference in Fogelsville. Katrinak, Andrew J. Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough . Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. A Lehigh County jury in 1998 found Patricia Rorrer, now 52, guilty of murdering 26-year-old Joann Katrinak and her 3-month-old son, Alex, and sentenced Rorrer to life in prison. Now, I read the FBI admits errors in hair testing over decades for hundreds of cases. This is one that we were not going to forget.. Is it possible that JoAnn was having an affair or had a stalker? I think he had some pull in law enforcement just my take on it. Try again later. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. . ABOUT THE CASE Following the disappearance of Joann and Alex Katrinak, Joann's husband Andrew told police he believed someone had broken into his house, cut the telephone line and abducted his wife and son. Survivors include a brother, William Katrinak of Shelton; a sister, Helen Caselli of Milford; nephews, Robert Katrinak of the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, and Richard Bennett of Milford; nieces, Karen Katrinak of North Dakota, Kara and Judy Clarke, both of Bridgeport, and Loretta Ozzie of Shelton. Andrew married Mary A Katrinak (born Ondek). Loving father of Brittany, Lizzie and Teagan. Murder In The Family: Bonnie Harkey "The Pecan Queen" and her caretaker, Karen Johnson, were murdered for her money; Her stepson, Bruce Harkey, and several others were convicted of her murder Psycho For Love: Patricia Rorrer killed her ex-boyfriend's new wife, Joann Katrinak, and their 3-month-old son, Alex to make Andrew Katrinak suffer She denied being in the state around the time of the Katrinaks disappearance, the affidavit shows.