The circumstances of Lisa Manderachs murder, the subject of todays post, seem even more improbable. After one bullet didnt kill Joann, the gun locked up, so Patricia had to beat her to death, according to the prosecution. "I guess she thought she wasn't going to get caught. "Investigators allege Rorrer "in a fit of irrational rage" drove from Linwood, N.C., to Catasauqua, to abduct Joann Katrinak and her baby, Alex, at gunpoint. I was able to email with Patricia via the PrisonConnect platform around Christmastime. Rorrer offered her attendance at a private club in North Carolina as one of her alibies, but the club (per a state regulation) required members to sign in. Victims Joann Katrinak Alex - Bonnie's Blog of Crime | Facebook She said she did not give the hang up by Joann Katrinak a second thought. While very far from conclusive, she also made some startling remarks at arrest, such as her not killing Alex (and only Alex). Patricia demonstrated a habit of making almost daily, long-distance phone calls from her home in North Carolina. (A good point. 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. . With Marlene Sanders, Jeffrey J. Lewis, Michael Baden, Andrew Katrinak. Her attorney persuaded her to have the hair re-tested. And Patricia wasnt all edges. Plus, he had only a minimal life insurance policy on Joann and he passed polygraphs, according to The FBI Files: Family Secrets. But, Id like to offer you a challenge. Then her tone will change to icy and you will be informed that since its an old case, someone will have to take the time to search through the archives. 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. During the investigation, police took hair samples from several individuals, including Andrew Katrinak, but none matched the headrest hairs. That is to say, I see nothing contradictory in the evidence against her that must entail perjury. After relocating to Pennsylvania, Patricia met the 6-foot-2-inch Andrew in a restaurant. DNA tests In 13-year-old Murder Case Could Be ReexaminedMar 21, 2007. Theremaining three were sent to the FBI.A subsequent report states the FBIcould not test the hairs because they werecontaminated by someone who touchedthem during the collection process,rendering them scientifically worthless.Despite those reports, state police without recording the chain of custody inany record that has been revealed incourt said they sent all of the evidenceback to the FBI for more testing.While three of the six hairs weredestroyed in previous tests and twoearlier reports revealed no roots fortesting could be found in the others, nowa FBI analyst not only discovered roots totest on the hair samples, but also latermatched them to Rorrer.The new DNA tests, combined withwhat prosecutors said was evidence thatshe was trying to conjure up an alibi Rorrer said she was simply trying todocument her movements in NorthCarolina that day ended with her arrestin the double murder.It was the first time she would facecriminal charges. I see not significance in the point you make here. Rorrer said she purchased grain for her horses that day, brought it home and then later went to a bar for western dance lessons with her fianc and another man. "The testimony appeared to strike an emotional chord in the woman whom prosecution witnesses have portrayed as a tough cowgirl. Patricia Rorrer: Guilty Or Not? - Medium The father of her son is not known.In 1993, Rorrer called Katrinak, who told her he was married. Wish me luck! http://articles.mcall.com/1998-03-06/news/3183202_1_mcintyre-defense-lawyer-killed/2, Motive Made Focus Of Rorrer Case Closing Prosecution, Defense Agree It Doesn't Make Sense. Andrew Joseph Katrinak (1926-2015) - Find a Grave Memorial Fantasy. My husband passed away of a broken heart, Sarah OConnor said on the Montel Williams Show in 2001. Jimmy had reported Lisa missing when she failed to return home from shopping by dinner time. Read the Washington Post report. Andrew Katrinak - Forensic Files Now Another former boyfriend said she talked about Andrew frequently and liked to gaze at old photos of him. The first round of testing done on the hair (pre-trial) indicated only that Rorrer was a potential source of the hair (odds of 1 in 37,000not exactly proof positive). "I'm never going to see my daughter again. I agree with you that in most cases claiming law enforcement conspiracy is a bit of stretch and mostly unfounded. Her hair color in the picture matched hairs found at two of the crime scenes. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to . Last but not least, Patricia Rorrer was not the only person in Andrew Katrinaks life who had a connection to the spot where the bodies were found. She was also accused of breaking into barns, stealing horses, and underfeeding the ones she owned. She asked to speak with Andrew, who was home during the call; Joann refused. Daughter of George & Margaret Panik and wife of Andrew Katrinak. At 10:40 p.m. he calls 911 to report his family missing. Andrew Joseph Katrinak. As testimony continued on the seventh day of her double-murder trial, Patricia Rorrer cried for the first time.The North Carolina woman, who had shown no emotion while the families of the victims have wept openly and often, lost her composure Tuesday afternoon.Detectives from the Davidson County sheriff's office took the witness stand to recall the morning of June 24, 1997, when they knocked on the door of Rorrer's Linwood, N.C., home and told her she was under arrest for the murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak.Rorrer, 34, was charged with kidnapping Joann Katrinak, 26, and Alex, 15 weeks, in December 1994 from their Catasauqua home, killing them and leaving their bodies in Heidelberg Township woods. In December 1994, Andrew Katrinak arrives home to an empty house. Suzanne Pearson testified about Rorrer's reaction to the news that she was being charged and about incriminating statements she allegedly made.Those statements were made shortly after 6 a.m. while Rorrer, still in bed clothes, held her 1-1/2-year-old daughter, Nicole, and talked to the wailing baby, according to the witnesses.Coble said Rorrer was crying and trying to comfort her child. Whether she suffocated him or left him to die of exposure, there's a special place in hell for someone who's able to live with themselves after such a heinous crime. The last 20 years of Patricia Rorrer's life have been a tale of failure, two brushes with the law and the death of her infant son.Rorrer, charged Tuesday with the 2-year-old murders of Joann Katrinak and Katrinak's infant son, moved back and forth from the Lehigh Valley and Linwood, N.C., since the late 1970s, leaving failed relationships, a spotty work record and arrests for shoplifting and cruelty to animals. Lisa Agostinelli Manderachlost her life because the aforementioned Dungeons and Dragonsenthusiast, one Caleb Fairley, age 21, reportedly considered her the embodiment of beauty hed been wantingto seize. No disagreements, but maybe D and D and health club membership arent so far apart. "He's a nice guy," Rorrer said of Katrinak. The phone wire was located at the opposite end of the basement, which was dark. Until WCJN has thought that the hair was planted but the FBI has just released a report detailing unscientific and fraudulent analysis of hair samples in criminal cases. 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. An infant was lying face down on her stomach. And dance instructor William Jarrett couldnt remember whether she attended his dance class at the club the night of Joanns disappearance. Her name is not on a Dec. 15, 1994, sign-in sheet for the private club..Police never found the murder weapon, a .22-caliber gun.."Where's the gun, Patty?" 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 . Notify me of follow-up comments by email. But they didn't and, according to her, later went their separate ways.Rorrer said she called Katrinak in spring 1994 and learned that he was married and was going to be a father. She walked into a kids clothing store where a young man working the cash register just happened to be a fantasy-gamesuperfan seething with thoughts of criminal perversion. Its about what Id expect from Pennsylvania. But by all accounts, Rorrer only spoke to Andrew Katrinak once or twice a year. An autopsy revealed Joann Katrinak was shot in the face with a small-caliber handgun and suffered 19 blows to the head. I think one cant read anything into Fairleys pastimes/hobbies: hes just evil. New evidence doesnt, and shouldnt, entail retrial: only if theres a reasonable possibility it could make a difference. The victims were the wife and son of Rorrer's ex-boyfriend, Andrew Katrinak.Lt. He claims she was incensed in December 1994 when she called the Katrinak home at 740 Front St. and Joann Katrinak told her not to call anymore.In his opening statement, McIntyre told jurors he would prove several adages: "Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction" and "you can't always tell a book by its cover. 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. Burke said the prosecution brought no one from North Carolina to testify that Rorrer wasn't home for several days..McIntyre said Rorrer tried to conceal her guilt by concocting phony alibis, which shows consciousness of guilt. Court papers allege he asked the customer for sex in return for the drug. Its definitely getting rougher every day, Andrew told the Morning Call. Prayers to the family. McIntyre didn't address that issue in his closing argument..Burke said soil in the woods didn't match soil in and on the car and questioned why there was no blood in the car if the killer drove the car back to Catasauqua where it was found..He also wondered how the victims could have been kidnapped at gunpoint from their home at 740 Front St. in the afternoon without anyone seeing anything..Prosecutors claim that Rorrer planned the killing and even might have been in the area before Dec. 15, 1994.