I watched the Keith Morrison mini series about this case. Prosecutor pounds away. Failed to report flower. Pal stays true. Failed to remove flower. Daughter of George & Margaret Panik and wife of Andrew Katrinak. So many great points already made here by people on the outside looking at the presented evidence and questions that need to be answered. ), The Wrong Man investigators Ira Todd and Joe Kennedy have some theories of their own. Shes extremely, extremely happy with the baby. Inside the locked 1992 vehicle, police discovered some strands of blond hair stained with dried blood. 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. We have set your language to How did she drive 500 miles and back? Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA. Also there was a second hair found at the scene that did not match rorrer. Rorrer, formerly of the Phillipsburg and High Bridge areas, was living in Linwood, North Carolina,. Nailed? Just saw this and i am horrified at how this case was handled. Patricias phone bill showed no record of a call to Catasauqua that day, but police noticed she didnt make any calls at all from her house in North Carolina that day either suggesting she could have been out of state and used a pay phone to dial up the Katrinaks. 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. Patricia seemed like the girl next door but all of a sudden, something snapped, Katrinak later told Wrong Man investigators. Obituary Send Flowers Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. Later, they both worked 12-hour graveyard shifts at a textile factory. Book her. Neither his parents nor Joann Katrinaks parents would comment. 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. For a while, it looked as though it might never be solved. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Rorrer's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Katrinak, was the husband of Joann Katrinak and Alex's father. 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. Weeks later, state police traveled to North Carolina to interview Rorrer, according to a probable cause affidavit. All I can say is WOW. . Blogs; Online will; Shop. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Lehigh County District Attorney Robert Steinberg credited DNA tests with helping to crack the case. Click or call (800) 729-8809. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. She was always looking for a fight, Gary Gabard told the Morning Call, which noted that he was a head shorter than Patricia. Please enter your email and password to sign in. Both sides agree Joann hung up on Patricia. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. The episode recounted the Katrinak murders and there, appearing regularly on-screen to discuss the crime and those involved, were members of Joanns family as well as several of the original officers who worked the caseso much for no one wanting the case brought back up.. A phone line to the Katrinak home had been cut, and the basement door forced open. Conflicting versions. She was born in Allentown; the daughter. 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. Hay tres pruebas que, segn el sitio web www . Prosecutors offered Patricia a plea deal that would take the death penalty off the table, but she declined. For more on the Katrinak murder case, you can watch Autopsy Six: A Fatal Attraction for free on YouTube. How could I explain to my daughter years later that I took a plea for something I didnt do? she said. But her passion for writing and True Crime stayed with her. Men who murder are conventional, women are sensational, posits the Worldwide Womens Criminal Justice Network. All of his cackling made my skin crawl. (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. Their bodies were found in a patch of Heidelberg Township woods four months later. Patricia Lynne Rorrer made for a good suspect. Joann Katrinaks Killer Still Has Innocence Advocates(A Woman Scorned, Forensic Files). Thanks for your help! Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Did they test the DNA of the baby to see if the father Andy Katrinak was actually the father? cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. He said he will seek the death penalty. Always such a sweet and kind man! (Panik) Katrinak. And yikes, he discovered someone had cut one of the houses phone lines and pried the hinge on the basement door. 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. Mary was born in August 1891, in Connecticut. Joanns family was unwilling to speak with OReilly. Andrew told investigators that the unpleasant phone call between Joann and Patricia happened just three days before his wifes disappearance. 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. After Joann Katrinak, the wife of Patricias former flame, turned up dead along with her infant son, prosecutors suspected Patricia. Highly charged case. An infant was lying face down on her stomach. "In the back of our minds we knew something had to come to an end. 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! Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. More than two years after Joann Katrinak and her infant son, Alex, vanished from their Catasauqua home, state police on Tuesday charged her husbands ex-girlfriend with killing them. Please try again later. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. A horror story. Sir I would not kill somebody and I definitely wouldnt kill somebody I never met, Rorrer said. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Katrinak, Andrew J. Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. According to a Morning Call account from March 5, 1998: McIntyre leaned forward conspiratorially like someone trying to persuade another to tell a secret, lowered his voice and said: Heres what I want to know: After you killed Joann Katrinak, did you kill that baby or just leave it to die?. Was it before or after the murder?? Within two years, the couple had moved in together, married, and become the proud parents of a new baby boy they named Alex. The Irish-Italian girl had full, fluffy dark hair, olive skin, and a pretty face. Discarding any notes from his statement and not following up on anything he told them. According to court papers from Patricia 2017 appeal, DNA on the cigarette butt found near the two bodies belonged to Appellant. (Prosecutor Michael McIntyre, however, told ForensicFilesNow.com that that the cigarette butt was never actually tested). Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 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. Because this case is still in appeal status, the many discrepancies OReilly found are not yet public. Now retired, he declined ForensicFilesNow.coms invitation to spar directly with Patricia via a podcast. A single strand of hair uncovers an additional suspect in the killing of a young mother and her baby. I cant lose them, he told the media. Katrinak, 26, and her 3-month-old son disappeared on Dec. 15, 1994. They had no murder weapon and no witnesses to tie Patty and Joann together yet there is a witness to tie Andy and Joanne together, probably the last person to her alive. Uncle Andy you will missed thank you for all the joy and happiness you brought to my life you were the best. Investigators would ultimately visit Linwood eight or nine times in the ensuing years. Traupman died in 2016. Segn algunos, una presunta infidelidad de Joann fue la causa de que Andrew matara a su propia esposa e hijo. He retired as a general foreman at Bethlehem Steel in 1981 after 30 years of employment. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Failed to report flower. Add Photos. A hearing is scheduled for April 5, asking to give Attorney Neely access to evidence that was referred to but not provided to the jury during the trial. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Could have been a motive for murder. He had worked as a semi-pro boxer in Las Vegas in his youth and later settled into his own construction business. When I finished my. She had a suitcase packed, Devine said. I thought the same thing from the start!!!!!! Hi, probably silly and too basic They were married 62 years. Still, no good leads materialized. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. The request is supported by new witnesses in the case, indications of possible tampering with evidence, and an FBI report stating that hair analysis before the year 2000 was inaccurate much of the time. 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. There was a problem getting your location. Andrew Katrinak buried his wife and infant son yesterday, four months after he began a frantic, nationwide search for them that ended without answers this week in a patch of Lehigh County woods. He knew the location would cast blame on rorrer who he very quickly named as a suspect in this case. The two had disappeared 4 months earlier from their home in . Walmart woe. 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. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. 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. Andrew Katrinak was working on their home the day Joann disappeared. In addition to the Facebook page, there are Reddit threads on her case. They released a poster of Joann and Alex, noting that the baby had almond-shaped blue eyes, weighed 18 pounds, and was circumcised. There was an error deleting this problem. She never showed. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. She would let it go-thinking that justice was served and she would now have to do her time for committing the crime! Not gender neutral. Since 2010, Tammy has been researching the 1994 Katrinak murders in Catasauqua. 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 Victims Joann Katrinak Alex Katrinak, 3 months 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. Your last statement makes it seem youd be more than happy to head a lynching party. Brother of Angelina Redding. The December 1994 kidnappings of Joann Katrinak and her 4-month-old son, Alex. I watched the 2 part show right now. I dont think she was ever scared until we put the cuffs on her.. Try again later. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Why did he not stay in the state to make sure this killer was brought to justice. And dance instructor William Jarrett couldnt remember whether she attended his dance class at the club the night of Joanns disappearance. Lived In Drake CO, Forest VA, Catasauqua PA. Related To Teresa Katrinak, Veronica Katrinak, . Patricia defaulted on her mortgage and then returned to North Carolina, where she eventually moved in with a boyfriend named Brian Ward. Check out my merch:https://outloudmerch.com/collections/zachary-michaeltwitch.tv/thezacharymikeinsta: thezacharymiketwitter: thezacharymikecameo - https://ww. (A good point. The family just wants to be left alone.. Dont think he would think that way that early in her dissappearance. 1. Bob Reutter, special agent in charge of the FBIs Philadelphia office, praised the bureaus forensics lab, which has come under scrutiny over the past year. Hours later, Katrinak was papering the region with fliers describing his missing wife and son.