After one bullet didnt kill Joann, the gun locked up, so Patricia had to beat her to death, according to the prosecution. What a contrived case! She just stayed in touch with everybody, Kathy Barber said in her interview on NBCs Murder in Lehigh Valley: Keith Morrison Reports in 2017. How do you know this woman wasnt obsessed with him and wanted his wife out of the way? SHAME ON THEM. And she will have to answer eventually. And the obvious answer is not as you claim. 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. Teresa Katrinak is 56 years old and was born on 06/29/1966. Instead, she took the girl to Myers' stables just about every day. Thank you, this is a very interesting comment. Patty was soooo obsessed with Andy that she moved away to North Carolina some 5 years before this happened, right? 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. There is no justice for your loved ones when the wrong person is paying for the crime. Andrew Katrinak Profiles | Facebook Whatever the truth is. What did the ME report as to the age of the baby? I believe this woman murdered Joann and Alex. But let me say in my defence, I have not attacked anyone on this particular site with outright rudeness, to which you allude, albeit some of them deserved a retort of some substance. Have you watched any of the documentaries Ive mentioned? Women like Barbara Stager who killed her husband in Durham NC. Not sure why anyone is defending her. Lived In Drake CO . From my point of view this is an extremely similar case, with less class and style, and without the luxurious details that Interpols case had, such as the involvement of an extremely expensive Alfa Romeo car, and a revolver bought at a lush auction in Paris, which had belonged to a duke before the incident. He retired as a general foreman at Bethlehem Steel in 1981 after 30 years of employment. The influencer has She had money put aside. Am I supposed to believe that she was still so enraged a week later, that she drove almost 10 hours, in a conspicuous van with a bad U-joint, to kill this woman and her baby? Once, when a gun-wielding farmer and his buddy caught Patricia and Gary riding motorcycles on his field, Patricia walked up and got in their faces and argued, Gary recalled to the Morning Call. I am reliably informed they took SIX hours, not TWO as stated in my comment. she didnt need to . That is not just a circumstantial case, that is both circumstantial and forensic, and it is pretty air tight. 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'. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. They blocked each exit to make sure police couldn't extradite Rorrer before they saw her. The state police dropped him as a suspect. DA readily agreed they did not belong to Rorrer, was happy to admit they were never submitted for analysis. View the profiles of people named Andrew Katrinak. Media galore. 1994 double-murder case returns to Lehigh County Court - lehighvalleylive How so? What has that to do with the point youre trying to make? 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. Too many people testified as to the type of person she was. Stable situation. He would be alive today if it were not for Patricia Rorrer. The mild-mannered Sarah died in 2019 at the age of 83. 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. Andrew also stated that when Pat called and Joann answered she had instructed her not to call again because they were married and they were happy. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Im sorry for the distress this awful business must have caused. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. I would like to tell you that there is many errors in this article, that I would love to send to you the proof of each one. Discuss and express opinion; stop short of asserting that those of the other view (that of judge and jury, at least) are ignorant of facts and wrong, and youre right, because by definition its reasonable for lay people to accept the jury verdict. Police arrest woman in 3-year-old case of slain mother and child Ironically its you who is basing your view on second-hand information, as you were not in court. She should have received the death penalty imo. This article seems to have a great many errors and omissions, more by design, I fancy, than a need to tell the story objectively. She is a tough one, Sheriff Gerald Hege would later tell the Morning Call in a June 29, 1997 interview. And James Pfeiffer and Jim Burke have remained on her side. That did amuse me I have to say, but youre way off target there Im more than happy with my state of mind before and after reading any of these comments. Even if there were some minor flaws or discrepancies in the investigation, thats normal. 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. Theyre more than happy to exaggerate and speculate the details of the crime, which serves to attract more viewers who (like you) seem to be happy to believe it all. And this doesnt apply to your 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. They dont need to make money??? Ive scanned through of all my remarks on this site and nowhere have a seen a single remark that confirms your assertion that Ive been insulting. I saw lots of her defenders saying that he got the hairs from a hairbrush of hers that he had somehow saved, which I thought was absolutely ridiculous. It might have said no root but could have been wrong. I attack only those whove considered themselves not only judges on this case, but go on to vent their spleen aimed at a person who in my opinion is innocent of this crime, based on all Ive read and watched without fear of retaliation If they so freely attack someone in the most vicious way, why should they be off limits? Too bad she got off with just a life sentence. Personal details about Andrew include: political affiliation is unknown; ethnicity is Caucasian; and religious views are listed as unknown. Name. If you want to help her tell her to ask God for forgiveness. Mr Steve J They depict scenes which are pure speculation or exaggeration or present scenes, which in fact were only theories mentioned at her trial. ``Some people just don't know how to let go,' Hege said. Meanwhile, interest in Patricias plight continues on social media. Weak wages. Catherine Im in complete agreement with you! They are a joke. Its his hair (dirty blond and roughly 8 inches in length) that was found in Joanns hand. Andrew Katrinak said he found his basement door ajar and removed from its hinges, and a phone line had been cut. He was born in Bethlehem son of the late Martin. Andrew Katrinak Facebook, Instagram & Twitter on PeekYou I dont think so. She should have been treated exactly the way she treated that mother and baby, taken out into the woods, shot, beaten and then left to die. 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. Patty is my cousin. DNA testing revealed the blood came from either Joann or her son. Her jealousy and rage because Joann told her to not contact her husband set her off. Andrew Tate's team claims he has a 'dark spot, most likely a tumour' She is 100% guilty seen 2 programs on this awful murder and read about it as well. Play it now! They depict scenes which are pure speculation or exaggeration or present scenes, which in fact were only theories mentioned at her trial. Patricia Rorrer | Worldwide Womens Criminal Justice Network - WCJN This response of yours neatly sums up your dogmatic view of her guilt despite so much evidence to the contrary. 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. This is the most ridiculous take ever! She was the one that left Andy! Search by Name Search . Sad discovery. Killers can plan all the details and alibis well ahead of the murder while cops must come up with hard evidence, even just to make an arrest. Andy passed not one but two polygraph tests and had a solid alibi. In summer, after thawing, there will be small animals eating the body and even turkey vultures, but not so much in the winter. 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. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Other loyal friends and associates attested to Patricias kindness toward horses and devotion to her daughter, whom she took along as she worked in stables. Nobody said bodies were intact. They retested the hair for DNA evidence with updated technology definitely Patricias hair case closed. Locked up. The feminist in me is, like, hell yeah!: Will men take the male contraceptive pill? Several years ago, Jost's teenage son, Steven, helped Rorrer in her part-time job as a child photographer. How do you explain her not telling the truth to the authorities about the gun and its flaw of only able to shoot once and then jamming up. Im sure shes innocent adds nothing other than to tell us your state of mind! Interesting points thanks for writing in (and, yikes, those poor deer that starve to death). Dont even think about arguing with me until they DNA test that hair and the broken fingernail found on her body; Ill just laugh at you. If the answer is no, enough said! Yes, documentaries probably do misrepresent evidence, and many may respond to that misrepresentation, but beneath that is jury judgment, and while courts can be wrong they are usually right. Your assertion that most people cant distinguish reality from crackpot nonsense is in fact nonsense the reality is that most people are easily fooled by these biased documentaries who then feel its okay to spout their tripe as if its the gospel. I have all her moms and her jewelry that was given to me when my mom passed away. I wonder, did they ever perform a DNA test on the baby, to verify paternity? This woman was not innocent, but she is very good at manipulating people into feeling sorry for her. Finally, another irony you fail to appreciate: you claim theres money to be made from the commercials added into their show. Joann would have fought for her life the person that did this would have had marks on them from a fight! A man normally wouldnt care about killing a child, but a woman normally would have some kind of abhorrence to harming an innocent child. If you look at the crime scene picture, only parts of the mother seem preserved. I agree. Clifford Freeman, were you a juror? Andrew Katrinak reported missing his wife, Joanne and 3.5-month-old son, Alex, in December 1994. His wife's vehicle was discovered in a parking lot 100 yards away from their house. After reading this forum and hearing the details of this case, Iowa sure seems a lot fairer in my eyes. Then 31 years old, she had lived a rocky existence. She made Joanne kill the baby PLEASE. Patricia Rorrer Now: Where is Joann and Alex Katrinak's Killer Today Unless theres a complicity between him and her, and the reason she didnt divulge it is because she hopes to put all the blame on him, when she was the one to murder and he was a planner. Puny policy. ``She sat me down and told me I would probably hear about it,' Myers recalled. They found several specimens but not a single one was a match. Both sides agree Joann hung up on Patricia. Rorrers defenders remind me of a case in my home town There was a killer who confessed, was caught on video committing the murder and was seen committing the crime by an eye witness. The entrance to the Lehigh County Courthouse at 455 Hamilton St. in Allentown is seen in November 2011. Another glaring omission is Early in the investigation, the police in their zeal to add some substance to their fanciful theory about the gun used in the crime, did a thorough search of Rorrers back yard/garden (where they did target practice) looking for spent shells and bullets, in order to do a forensic comparison with the bullet recovered from the victim.