And yikes, he discovered someone had cut one of the houses phone lines and pried the hinge on the basement door. (even though hes married and has a baby) Who does that?!! Patricia is a evil monster. Any true crime fan should know the crazy history of these magic boxes. Too many people testified as to the type of person she was. I also communicated with Patricia via email to get her input on some matters. Miami Herald Article on Bobby Kent's Murder - Forensic Files Now Any subsequent proof emerging and then revealed in a book or documentary is surely something that should be taken seriously and investigated if necessary. Police say Rorrer put a .22-caliber bullet in the mother's head, strangled the baby and placed him . Those that think that Patricia is innocent are simply groping at straws. (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. Patricias professional life included short-lived gigs as a Century 21 real estate agent and an Oldsmobile salesperson. Rorrer has appealed her conviction several times and her supporters believe additional DNA. Answer 1 of 3: My Thai wife put her foot down - despite Covid-19 were are going sightseeing, or else. which makes a complete nonsense of their gun theory.. I would suggest you take the time to read the book or, at least watch the documentaries which STICK TO THE FACTS, and then comment. 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. Patricia Rorrer Self - Suspect (archive footage) Director Kimberley Ferdinando All cast & crew Production, box office & more at IMDbPro Storyline Edit Keith Morrison investigates the horrific 1994 murders of Joann Katrinak and her infant son, Alex, as well as the ongoing claims that Patricia Rorrer was wrongfully convicted of the murders. And NOBODY saw her at all? I thought the same. ), The Wrong Man investigators Ira Todd and Joe Kennedy have some theories of their own. I happen to be one of those deluded people youre so freely attempting to insult. I finally had to stop reading this stupid article. (We didnt get into the specifics.). Another witness, Walter Traupman, who never testified, had told state troopers that on the day of Joanns disappearance, he saw a couple who looked like Joann and Andrew arguing about the paternity of a baby. Your comment could not be farther than the truth! Irelands husband buried it in the yard because he didnt feel comfortable with a firearm inside, she said. Opinion: the ideas that a person or a group of people have about something or someone, which are based mainly on their feelings and beliefs, or a single idea of this type.. But to settle for just anyone being the offender offers no justice to the victims and certainly does no merit to those who are woefully lacking in ALL the details of this case, but nevertheless feel the need to vent their spleen on an innocent person. Cops under pressure will lie to close a case. Why risk an appalling crime just to leave a marriage (though I know that people have and do kill the spouse in these situations, but killing ones children is extremely rare, particularly when not in murder-suicide context). If not, how could Andrew have obtained samples of Patricias hair if they apparently didnt meet up in person after Andrews marriage? 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. Conflicting versions. Its a video on Utube Judges For Justice featuring her case. Especially mice! Meticulous primping. More likely it reflects a relative reluctance to execute females as well as the pendency of what will be the last episode of DNA investigation. Presumably if they thought the evidence was against the states case, thats how theyd present as theres no obvious reason for them to be biased one way or the other. I hope and pray the cops and the husband will finally do the right thing. 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. Police believe Rorrer abducted and killed her ex-boyfriend's wife and infant son in Pennsylvania. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. Her mother was married to my uncle. Unfortunately, most people cant distinguish reality from crackpot nonsense, and theyre only more unlikely to do so, given todays social media. As for him, yes, it looks like the first suspect, but if he had alibis, quite hard to accuse of actually doing it, and I understand it was a pretty solid one. This woman was motivated by an obsession with a man who no longer wanted her. Patty is my cousin. Joanns gun and beating wounds were obvious, but the baby died a less violent (but just as horrible) death with no clear signs. The Irish-Italian girl had full, fluffy dark hair, olive skin, and a pretty face. Clifford Freeman, since you are already at the top of the list of deluded people not much room left for anyone with an oversized ego such as you apparently have!! It wasnt aimed at any one video producer. They are a joke. 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. Required fields are marked *. She failed miserably to convince me, or anyone else who mattered, of her innocence.. I have worked for Interpol for years as a gun analyst, usually women who commit such crimes against their exes wife or mistress, lover etc are pushed from behind by a man and promises and lies. Assuming Mr K didnt have a cast-iron alibi, I imagine the resistance to his notional perpetration is his not only killing his baby but leaving him to suffer horribly (of exposure) first, when there was no evidence of his mental dysfunction nor motive of pecuniary gain (as far as I know). Rorrer and Katrinak broke up in 1989 five years before the murders and Andy married Joann in May, 1993 after dating for approximately one year. Of course, if he had info that only the perp would know Admission has long since been disregarded without corroborative evidence. Patricia Rorrer: An Update - Forensic Files Now Above, we have another whos totally clueless, has little or no knowledge of this case, but is happy to display his/her ignorance with a rant based on limited knowledge learned from biased documentaries who thinks that by using offensive and insulting language itll influence those who support Rorrer into changing their opinions. What a contrived case! Youre clutching at straws Im afraid. He gave an audio interview to the Wrong Man investigators when they made a surprise visit to his house, but he declined to appear on camera. Stop trying to prove that everyone who is prosecuted is rightfully prosecuted. Thats not proof theyre right but its more likely that you as one person are wrong. They released a poster of Joann and Alex, noting that the baby had almond-shaped blue eyes, weighed 18 pounds, and was circumcised. 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. At 17, Patricia dropped out of high school and married landscaper Gary Gabard. The only record of a call from Patricia to the Katrinak household was on 12/7/94. Lehigh Cty.) Joanne and Alex didnt disappear until 12/15. Until next time, cheers. That documentary points out that, despite the bodies of the two victims supposedly being exposed for several months, their condition remained relatively undisturbed by weather or animal activity. Please read her story. Omg so well put! And finally, your supercilious comment about Speculative lies Ive perused my previous comments and at no point do I see those words! And in a piece of salacious testimony, Patricia Rorrers half sister, Sandra Ireland, said that in May 1995, about six months after the murder, their mother, Patricia Chambers, stopped by the house and asked her to hold onto or hide a gun, or both. Did you personally attend the trial? Which, for this very reason, is at present being investigated by a federal judge? Catherine are you sure your names not Karen? The "Wrong Man" team explores whether Vonda may have been wrongfully convicted. Im sorry for the distress this awful business must have caused. After reading this forum and hearing the details of this case, Iowa sure seems a lot fairer in my eyes. They depict scenes which are pure speculation or exaggeration or present scenes, which in fact were only theories mentioned at her trial. The Facts Case Type: Crime Still, no good leads materialized. THE COPS SET HER UP. and there are probably many people who still think he is innocent too. 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. They would have no reason to protect Andrew and lie on her. I agree. 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. Lieutenant Christopher Coble and Sergeant Suzanne Pearson would later testify that Patricia cried and apologized to 18-month-old Nicole, telling the baby, Im sorry for doing this to you and lamenting to the officers that she would never see little Nicole again. For more on the Katrinak murder case, you can watch Autopsy Six: A Fatal Attraction for free on YouTube. Microconidia DNA, as long as the strand is one inch long they can pull the DNA from that. Lets stop pretending we can definitively prove this woman murdered this woman and her child. If Rorrer is innocent, she is a victim of a terrible miscarriage (terrible relatively because she is regarded as a child-killer and has been incarcerated for a many years) which I hope is corrected as soon as possible. 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 made an effort to look perfectly groomed even when she took out the trash, according to her mother, who appeared on Forensic Files. I hope it was only sloppiness of language choice, I refer to your comment of December 22, 2020 at 1:04 pm in which you state, I quote.Im inclined to think both Rorrer and Routier are guilty.. PDF In the United States District Court for The Eastern District of I have to assume its because her conviction is regarded as safe (which doesnt mean it IS safe, I know). In TV clips, Andrew didnt come off as anguished. On closer inspection, he saw it was the body of a woman. They moved into her house in Salisbury County, staying together for about two years. Answer 1 of 2: We are looking to get the ferry over to Helsinki from Tallin on 27th Dec 2020, so trying to establish if best to get an early (7am) ferry or a slightly later one depending on what time the shops/sight seeing attractions will be open - can anyone. Probably by the jeans and the boots. The victims vanished on December 15. I THINK THEY SHOULD REOPEN THIS CASE AND LOOK AT THE HUSBAND JUST SAYING BUT IN MY HEART AND MIND FROM READING ALL THE NOTES AND STUFF PATRICA IS NOT GUILTY AND THEY NEED TO SET HER FREE. Watch Wrong Man Season 2: Stream Full Episodes on STARZ He was happy. Im quite happy to accept that ANYONE who makes a TV documentary makes it for money. all other evidence was purely circumstantial. After researching this case more thoroughly, I stand corrected about the time it took the jury to return a verdict. So we can just pretend that everyone is honest all of the time? "Wrong Man" Patricia Rorrer: The Hang Up (TV Episode 2020) - IMDb Traupman died in 2016. Very similar. One lengthy sentence which goes on and on and concludes with one of my sentences from a previous comment! Im sorry Sally, I know you want someone to blame for the death of your daughter and grandson, but the person who actually killed her is serving a life sentence in another facility in Pennsylvania. Flaw in reasoning. I find it weird that youre going to kill a woman just because she hung up on you and maybe tell you some shitty world because you call like an ex. 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. Shes extremely, extremely happy with the baby. . However, my curiosity is piqued as to why Andrews mother didnt report the missing daughter in law, Joanne and her own grandson Alex! 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. Then 31 years old, she had lived a rocky existence. Rorrer seems to have had relatively considerable appeals scrutiny of the convicting evidence, to no avail as yet. He wanted to move to Colorado and she was against it.. You, however, consider your ill-informed opinion superior to them not only that, you then go to great lengths to belittle them. 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? Traupman claimed that when he reported the dispute, trooper Robert V. Egan III got mad and practically kicked him out of his office. Why would it be an irony for a person to express his opinion? Patricia Rorrer was a cold woman. While not a guilt sceptic, I suggest this was either ill-conceived expression or an expression of misguided mindset for its not for the defendant (albeit now convict) to convince of innocence but for prosecution to convince of guilt (and per appeal, that guilt is safe rather than innocence unproven). You ought to acquaint yourself thoroughly with the case and not allow yourself to get any further elevated on your high horse. She would also have no heart when it comes to children, not even her own. Maybe then you will see the wrongful conviction! They theorize that Andrew Katrinak framed Patricia and that the hostile phone call between Patricia and Joann actually took place not on Dec. 12 as Andrew said but rather on Dec. 7. They tested the hair last night on Reasonable Doubt using updated technology it is definitely Patricias. Some two years into the investigation of Rorrer, a court order was obtained to remove hair specimens from her. This was the reality for 58-year-old Patricia Rorrer, who is currently serving life in prison at Muncy State Correctional Institution (SCI) in Pennsylvania. Prosecutor pounds away. Just one example. She was born on Jan. 24, 1964, in eastern Pennsylvania and moved back and forth between there and Davidson County, North Carolina. Shes attracted the help of writer Tammy Mal (full name Tammy Malinowski OReilly), author of Convenient Suspect, a book about the case. Superior Court states that Patricia Rorrer and Andy Katrinak's romantic relationship ended in May, 1993 only one year before the murders. She is right where she belongs for now until she meets satan in the fury of hell. She likely SUFFOCATED him to get revenge on the babys father who was planning on leaving her. Patty was soooo obsessed with Andy that she moved away to North Carolina some 5 years before this happened, right? Too bad she got off with just a life sentence. 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. This video is currently unavailable. Some people are just monsters. So, if you feel you have to be critical of me, you should also bear in mind those hate-mongers and perhaps have a word with them too. There is so much in your comment with which I can take issue, but Ill try to keep to the salient points. Thank you Kerry. And last but not least, the fact that Michael McIntyre comes across as mentally unstable. WOW JUST WOW PEOPLE ARE SO BLIND BY ALL THIS. I would suggest you take the time to read the book or, at least watch the documentaries which STICK TO THE FACTS, and then comment. If documentaries are, as you claim, biased against Rorrer, the obvious question is why. Thank you and well said. At 17, Patricia dropped out of high school and married landscaper Gary Gabard. After her arraignment, she had to walk past a crowd of dozens of locals screeching hang her! and baby killer! Patricia clung to a Polaroid picture showing her and her own little girl. Watching this case on tv again today, I returned to this site and noted: 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. Were I a prosecutor I would consider the aforementioned characterisation technically false and failing in probity. She was so obsessed with Andy that she called him non-stop, multiple times a day, right? 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. 1 talking about this. Mr Freeman, Why are youre rude about others who disagree with your OPINION (including jury and appeal judges)? no blood, no finger-prints and no soil evidence it was as if the car had been wiped clean stated the attending investigating police officer!That itself has to be considered highly suspicious and cast doubt on the hair evidence which WAS found. Sad discovery. Find out more Our Mission Patricia's Story Our Mission Is to get Patricia a fair trial that will prove her innocence, and give justice to Joann and Alex who died a horrific death. Did he go on to have any other children is later relationship(s), do we know? This is untrue. . More than 20 years after her conviction, Patricia Rorrer still has advocates working to exonerate her. I therefore, perhaps naively, default to the judicial systems eventually getting the decision right. From what Ive seen its pretty obvious Patricia did do that to this poor woman and the baby. If in the woods in a rural area, no animal, rodent or insect touched those bodies? Unbloody vehicle. Joanne didnt go missing until December 15, an entire week and a day later. Yeah, no. 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. 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. There are judges, eminent lawyers and writers who are in support of her. The state made a case fueled by circumstantial evidence and public outrage over the deaths of a modern-day madonna and child. Deal refused. Prime Video: Wrong Man - Season 2 I expect she will admit it one day. His defenders claimed that the confession was coerced, the video was grainy/unclear or doctored and the witness was confused and/or unreliable. Plus, two men, her babys father and his friend, testified they saw Patricia at the line-dancing club the night of the homicide. Murder in Lehigh Valley: Keith Morrison Reports, 7 Unnerving Facts About the Lindberghs and the Kidnapping, The Lindbergh Kidnapping: Forensic Files Lost Episode, Dawn Fehring: A Missionary Dies Too Young, Daniel and Cynthia McDonnell: Good Cop, Bad Wife. Let her rot like she left Joan and that INNOCENT baby Alex. 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. A few fries short of a Happy Meal, that one. The prosecution alleged that after the murder, Patricia drove Joanns car to McCartys parking lot and backed it into a parking space. 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? For this week, I looked into the defenders reasoning as well as Patricias whereabouts today. Together they had a baby girl, Nicole. As for the idiots who didnt think Ms. Rorrer guilty of anything more sordid than having zero taste, the simple fact(s) are that: 1) what they claim about such testing (as was done to the hair) wasexcuse me, IS wrong both due to the follow-up AFTER the mDNA test results were made only proved more concretely that Ms. Rorrer WAS the person the hair came from, 2) the inanity about thinking Andy had something to do with it (the simple fact that ALL investigations START by checking the closest, most immediate relative, i.e, a spouse), was after his being thoroughly vouched, to NOT be in ANY way involved, 3) since this case, forensic science has only improved by huge leaps, and that no one including the courts or the Innocence Project will get involved should make it VERY clear, this case is CLOSED. Ms. Rather, Im conservative when it comes to potential disagreement with the jury: I wasnt there to see/hear evidence and to declare theyre wrong! Despite the fact it has never been proved thats exactly how it happened, it seems to be accepted as fact it could just as possibly have been the other way round, beaten and then shot. Your position Ive read a lot, Im right; you disagree with me, Ill say youre a moron. And then in their zealous efforts to show their ire, feel the need to suggest anyone who supports her is deluded.. (A good point. 1994 double-murder case returns to Lehigh County Court - lehighvalleylive 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. 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. She got 12 months of probation for shoplifting at a Walmart in Lexington, North Carolina. Ep 205 - Clair Hour 1: Black or White TV-MA | 53 MINS | 2020 Why would she say that maybe she wasnt really a good friend, just someone trying to inject herself into a super sensational case. And about the only thing from your comment with which I can agree, is you saying thats not proof theyre right in reference to their verdict. Dial-a-problem. She was born on Jan. 24, 1964, in eastern Pennsylvania and moved back and forth between there and Davidson County, North Carolina. In North Carolina, she reportedly enjoyed some success as a horse trader, riding instructor, and rodeo competitor. Shame on your for defending a vicious killer. DNA also doesnt lie. Plus a FB group that I was in included some people who grew up with her and they confirmed that she was indeed a horrible mean person who was easily enraged and always looking for a fight. DNA testing revealed the blood came from either Joann or her son. She killed a mother and child and now has all of you eating out of the palm of her hand about how mistreated she has been. 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. I hope she rots in hell. Patricia had a violent past and was absolutely positively the killer. MY STATE OF MIND is based on factual information. So would judge and jury say. No way they laid there for 4 months!!!! Shes still guilty, with her hands did it or not, in regard to baby Alex. But none of those charges ever stuck. Patricia Rorrer: Under the Microscope. The 5-foot-9-inch-tall Patricia was physically strong, no match for 5-foot-4-inch Joann. Meanwhile, interest in Patricias plight continues on social media. Phone records dont lie.) Police theorize she owned the gun, but its neither here nor there whether she used a particular gun to kill and would make sense (to a wise perp) that the gun couldnt be linked to her by past activity. Have you read the book? Justice is about uncovering the truth. Perhaps that would lessen your fright. Your email address will not be published. The police considered the possibility that Joann ran away, a theory disputed by her family. Patricia Lynne Rorrer made for a good suspect. In fact it clearly shows how short you are on all the details surrounding this case. There are innocent people in prison. Watch Wrong Man season 2, and then come back and make comment. Rest in peace Joann and Alex. Every type of cut, bruise etc would heal perfectly in that time. Keep up your delusions. 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. Patricia also pointed out that when author Tammy Mal started her research and speaking to me, she was not an advocate at all but she reversed and ended up advocating for Patricias innocence. 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. 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. Patricia Rorrer: The Hang Up: Directed by Joe Berlinger, Catharine Park. But I suppose you havent a clue about that. New state, new man. 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. Joanne wouldnt have fought back as she was shot therefore almost immediately incapacitating her and was holding her son. Nope. Did Patricia have the dyed blond hair when they broke up in 1993? This woman was not innocent, but she is very good at manipulating people into feeling sorry for her. 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. At the states request, the instructor wore a wire during a phone conversation with Patricia. 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. On a secret recording, Patricia asked Jarrett to vouch for her attendance or she might go to the electric char. And I can back up that claim by the fact I have read, watched and listened to all there is to know about this case. 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. It was Patricias hair no question. She hasnt, she didnt get a hard enough sentence. So much of it, it would take all day to elaborate here. Mr Steve J There was also forensic evidence, obviously planted by them crooked cops, according to defenders. I wonder, did they ever perform a DNA test on the baby, to verify paternity? Reasonable Doubt: Season 5, Episode 7 - Rotten Tomatoes This is the most ridiculous take ever! So whats your point (other than many people are stupid and you arent)? Rorrers filed multiple appeals over issues you raise, the latest recently and rejected. I believe this woman murdered Joann and Alex. I was able to email with Patricia via the PrisonConnect platform around Christmastime. Two problems, then: a failure to see your own position as you see others (failure to comprehend irony), and failure to understand the difference between fact and opinion. You say by definition!
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