The prosecution alleged that after the murder, Patricia drove Joanns car to McCartys parking lot and backed it into a parking space. I also find it strange Andy didnt want to move the car when the police told him he could do so! 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. Andrew told investigators that the unpleasant phone call between Joann and Patricia happened just three days before his wifes disappearance. I was so excited that I called everyone, and Joanne picked up the phone and she said Andy is married, and I said I know, then she said we have a baby, and I said yea I know, then she said dont ever call here again. Stable situation. She was born in Allentown; the daughter of the late George and Margaret Panik. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Patricia Rorrer, an ex-girlfriend of Joann's husband, was found guilty of the crimes and sentenced to life in prison. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. I Definitely heard about it on other crime shows. Within two years, the couple had moved in together, married, and become the proud parents of a new baby boy they named Alex. She had a suitcase packed, Devine said. Oops, something didn't work. Detective Barry Grube found it odd that Andrew fixed the severed phone line before police examined it in essence tampering with evidence. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Failed to delete memorial. "In the back of our minds we knew something had to come to an end. These are basic questions the jury should have been asking themselves. Does it not occur to you that Andy (her previous partner) was also aware of this location? 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. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joann M Katrinak. 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. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. Six of those hairs were found in the headrest of Joann Katrinaks tan Toyota, left in a lot just 50 yards from her home. I think the husband kill them both he had no tears in his eyes at any time. Rorrer once stayed briefly at Katrinaks Front Street home in Catasauqua before he met Joann. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. 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). When she read Truman Capotes In Cold Blood at the age of 10, she was totally hooked. Updated: October 6, 2011 Biography ID: 20353980 Jump to: Biography Memories Family Tree Followers Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. Was the babys DNA tested to follow up on the witnesses account of a couple fihting? In the rorrers case why did they not dna the baby to make sure it belong to the husband of the deceased woman. His favorite rattle, shaped like a phone, lay near the crime scene. 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.. "Andrew Katrinak" obituary results. Conflicting versions. Read the obituary of Veronica Barbara Katrinak (1929 - 2011). Remind me to never go to that part of PA. You all need to look at all the evidence they have on Rorrer n this damn case..where the bodies were found..hmm just so happens to b Rorrers past horse stomping grounds..the phone calls she made to Joann up until she disappeared n then the calls stopped..Andy n Joann were happy n that was his damn baby..it was all over pure jealousy think about it Rorrer shot her in the face..Joann was a beautiful girl and shes not and Joann had Andy and she didnt and Joann had Andys baby and Rorrer had a baby boy that died around the same age as Alex..Rorrer was ate up with jealousy if she couldnt have Andy then neither was Joann so bottom line Rorrer guilty 100% and she is where she needs to be the only thing messed up in this damn case is that she did not get the death penalty!! This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. Following that book, OReilly wrote for Absolute Crime Publishing and in 2013, self-published Disposable Income: A True Story of Sex, Greed, and Im-purr-fect Murder, about the murder of Anna Homeyer of Factoryville, in 1945. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Fly with the angels Uncle Andy. But her passion for writing and True Crime stayed with her. (A good point. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Through her research, OReilly has been instrumental in getting the Philadelphia Innocence Project to take a closer look at the evidence and has gained the support and cooperation of Appeals Attorney Craig Neely. Add to your scrapbook. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Neither his parents nor Joann Katrinaks parents would comment. 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. 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. GREAT NEWS! As for an epilogue on ex-flame Andrew Katrinak, he has moved to Colorado and kept a low profile since the trial ended. Beloved husband of Stacie (nee Barrett). Tuesday, August 30, 2022 No Result This is one that we were not going to forget.. 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. Inside the locked 1992 vehicle, police discovered some strands of blond hair stained with dried blood. 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. And Patricia wasnt all edges. No show. The family just wants to be left alone.. How she was found guilty on complete circumstantial evidence is beyond me. Her mother, Patricia Chambers, provided day care for their baby son, Charles. Resides in Bethlehem, PA. 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. They released a poster of Joann and Alex, noting that the baby had almond-shaped blue eyes, weighed 18 pounds, and was circumcised. One witness said he saw two people arguing about a baby not being his. Highly charged case. The December 1994 kidnappings of Joann Katrinak and her 4-month-old son, Alex. He said he will seek the death penalty. 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. Its definitely getting rougher every day, Andrew told the Morning Call. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. Andrew mentioned to police that his former live-in girlfriend Patricia Rorrer once managed a horse stable two miles from the bodies location and would have been familiar with the riding trails close to the murder scene. Their bodies were found in a patch of Heidelberg Township woods four months later. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Failed to delete memorial. As for the murder weapon, police didnt find a .22 caliber pistol on Patricias property, but an ex-boyfriend claimed that she owned one and it would always jam after one shot. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. Lisa Agostinelli Manderach lost her life because the aforementioned Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast, one Caleb Fairley, age 21, reportedly considered her the embodiment of beauty he'd been wanting to seize. He was the loving husband of the late Veronica Barbara Katrinak Read More, 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, 2004. Did Patty walk to the house make all this noise get them in the car, since it was Joannes car found, and Andy never heard the car turn on and leave the house? 4. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. Dental records helped identify the woman as Joann Katrinak. 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. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Dance defense. ), And in another bombshell, Joanns good friend Karen Devine said Joann planned to leave Andrew after the holidays. In April 1995, the family buried Joann and Alex in a single bronze casket after a funeral mass at a Bethlehem church. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. July 11, 1929 - September 10, 2011 . The conversation ended with Joann Katrinak angrily telling Rorrer not to call again, police said. Learn all the facts before you mouth off and get off your high horse. Joann Katrinak had plans to meet her mother for an afternoon of Christmas shopping. Three days later, Joann had plans to pick up her mother-in-law, Veronica Katrinak, to go Christmas shopping. You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. Sad discovery. KOREAN WARSon of Martin & Theresa (Novotney) Katrinak and husband to Veronica B. With much love and respect Terry ?? Meticulous primping. Andrew Katrinak was working on their home the day Joann disappeared. Seriously, he really knew she NEVER pulled straight into a parking place??? Sorry! Remind me to never go to that PA. Period! She beat Katrinak, shot her and left her and her baby for dead in the woods in Heidelberg Township. Patricia is a psycopath and for some reason is able to con many reporters, etc. 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. (610) 868-8531 . I was like OK, maybe she was tired, you know with a new baby. Who do you think IA would support and believe in those days- their brothers in blue or the crazy man? Rorrer's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Katrinak, was the husband of Joann Katrinak and Alex's father. Daughter of George & Margaret Panik and wife of Andrew Katrinak. Both were deceased. Was it before or after the murder?? Police slowly built a case against Patricia. Prosecutors offered Patricia a plea deal that would take the death penalty off the table, but she declined. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. 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Neely has filed a. On Alexs diaper bag, police found strands of the same type of hair from the car. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Way too many holes in this investigation. 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. Aside from the hair, there was almost zero forensic evidence. Patricia Lynne Rorrer made for a good suspect. Andrew Katrinak said he found his basement door ajar and removed from its hinges, and a phone line had been cut. And Andrews explanation of how the intruder got in through the basement door seemed contrived, according to Grube, who gave an interview to Wrong Man, a 2020 true-crime docuseries from the Starz network, which produced two episodes called The Hang Up about the Rorrer case. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Joanns first husband, New Jersey construction worker Michael Jack, who had reportedly abused her during their marriage, also had a solid alibi. Seriously, he really knew she NEVER backed into a parking place??? If she was already a brunette how could she have left dirty blonde hairs? I also find it strange Andy didnt want to move the car when the police told him he could do so! Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Mrs. Katrinak's husband, Andrew, reported his wife and son missing in December 1994 after they failed to show up at his mother's house. According to the sources: KATRINA, EMILIE M. was born 14 March 1893, received Social Security number 277-18-3151 (indicating Ohio) and, Death Master File says, died 30 August 1988 She and Katrinak ended a longtime relationship several years before Katrinak married. Still, no good leads materialized. On closer inspection, he saw it was the body of a woman. Arrangements under the care and direction of the Frank M. Radozycki & Sons Funeral Home, 305 Pulaski Street, Bridgeport (directly across from St. Michaels Church).Published in Connecticut Post from Nov. 9 to Nov. 10, 2004, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. 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. Andrew Katrinak found in Drake. Some lawyers call microscopic hair analysis junk science that today wouldnt qualify as evidence in a trial like Rorrers. 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. The Free Patricia Rorrer page points to a sliver of a fingernail found at the murder site that didnt come from either Patricia or Joann. Was the husband really checked out? How could she have gone and leave both scenes? Her book, working title Reasonable Doubt, details the original story as presented in the press and the story as found in the files and reports. Further, an early FBI report said the hairs found in the car had no roots which contain the DNA suggesting an evidence switcheroo. Police couldnt determine whether the baby died of exposure or suffocation. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. 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. 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. Prosecutors at . Horrible situation. OReilly felt bad about opening old wounds and considered not writing the book until she saw a recent episode of On the Case with Paula Zahn, entitled Driven to Kill. Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. 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. Uncle Andy you will missed thank you for all the joy and happiness you brought to my life you were the best. Andrew lived at address. U.S.M.C. He was born in Bethlehem son of the late Martin and Theresa (Novotney) Katrinak. Weve updated the security on the site. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. Dial-a-problem. KOREAN WAR Son of Martin & Theresa (Novotney) Katrinak and husband to Veronica B. Switching of hairs, OMG they manufactured evidence. There was a problem getting your location. 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. To use this feature, use a newer browser. When O'Reilly started doing the research, she believed Patricia (Patty) had been proven guilty and had committed the crimes. 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. All I can say is WOW. In TV clips, Andrew didnt come off as anguished. Make a life-giving gesture. ), The Wrong Man investigators Ira Todd and Joe Kennedy have some theories of their own. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. If she took public transportation, no one saw her? Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Andrew Katrinak (141663367)? Your cousin Cindy. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. 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). Only time will tell what happens next but whichever way it goes, OReillys meticulous research will play a role. Joann Marie O'Connor Katrinak Birth 11 Oct 1968 Hackettstown, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Death 15 Dec 1994 (aged 26) Germansville, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA Burial Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Cemetery Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA Plot Halfway down the hill from the cemetery entrance and on the right. After watching the latest Starz episode of Wrong Man (a great investigative show), I started thinking about the Patricia Rorrer case again.. Rorrer was convicted of kidnapping and murdering Joann Katrinak and her 3-4 month old son Alex in 1994 by forcing them our of their home and driving them to a wooded area where they were shot and killed. I also communicated with Patricia via email to get her input on some matters. 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. (Media sources vary as to whether she actually worked at the stable or just rented a stall there for her own horse.). This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. The organization purports that if there were awards for distorted reporting, the Morning Callwould win high honors.. She was also accused of breaking into barns, stealing horses, and underfeeding the ones she owned. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. If baby isnt his then the old guy who says he saw them arguing may just have been correct. Your email address will not be published. The police considered the possibility that Joann ran away, a theory disputed by her family. Segn algunos, una presunta infidelidad de Joann fue la causa de que Andrew matara a su propia esposa e hijo. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. How would an intruder find it? Make sure that the file is a photo. Pfeiffer and Burke claimed that police Sgt. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Shes attracted the help of writer Tammy Mal (full name Tammy Malinowski OReilly), author of Convenient Suspect, a book about the case. Now, I read the FBI admits errors in hair testing over decades for hundreds of cases. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? He knew the location would cast blame on rorrer who he very quickly named as a suspect in this case. Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. An expert will be allowed to examine evidence from the 1994 . Men who murder are conventional, women are sensational, posits the Worldwide Womens Criminal Justice Network. Joann Katrinaks Killer Still Has Innocence Advocates(A Woman Scorned, Forensic Files). A unique . Getting your facts from documentaries isnt the way to go. Please enter your email and password to sign in. The Irish-Italian girl had full, fluffy dark hair, olive skin, and a pretty face. The suspect, Patricia L. Rorrer, 33, was arrested at 5:50 a.m. at the Linwood, N.C., home she shares with her mother. My husband passed away of a broken heart, Sarah OConnor said on the Montel Williams Show in 2001. Most of all, Patricia said, she would like a rematch with prosecutor Michael McIntyre. 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. Obituary Frederick John Katrinak, age 70, formerly of Perryopolis, passed away Friday, January 24, 2020. 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. Obituary Send Flowers Katrinak, Andrew J.Andrew Joseph Katrinak, 88, of Bethlehem, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at Blough Healthcare Center in Bethlehem. Did the police check Rorrers car and check the mileage? This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. 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). Then wont move the car from car parking lot. How could I explain to my daughter years later that I took a plea for something I didnt do? she said. Theodore Kohuth. Unfortunately it was the worst scenario," he said. Lived In Drake CO, Forest VA, Catasauqua PA. Related To Teresa Katrinak, Veronica Katrinak, . Sir I would not kill somebody and I definitely wouldnt kill somebody I never met, Rorrer said. Dont think he would think that way that early in her dissappearance. 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. There was a problem getting your location. And in November 1995, they received her hair and blood samples. Meanwhile, interest in Patricias plight continues on social media. 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. 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!!