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Patricia Rorrer, Green-Eyed Monsters

In Season 9, Episode 4, Patricia Rorrer is featured on Green-Eyed Monsters. This is the story of how Patricia
Rorrer committed murder upon Joann Katrinak for the love a man who didn't want her.

Patricia Rorrer was convicted of murder to and sentenced to life sentences without parole. The infant, Alex died of exposure.

Her appeal (see link) includes:

On  December  15,  1994,  Joann  planned  to  go  on  a  shopping  trip with her baby and her mother-in-law, but Joann and Alex never arrived.  Andrew immediately  contacted  police  and  informed  them  of  her  disappearance.  Police initially were unconcerned, but Andrew and his relatives were alarmed and began to search for her.  Joann’s empty car was discovered 100 yards from  her  residence  in  the  parking  lot  of  a  tavern.    When  police  suggested that Andrew move the vehicle, he refused since he feared that hiswife and child  might  be  the  victims  of  foul  play  and  believed  that  the  vehicle  might contain evidence.After Joann’s vehicle was found, police went to the Katrinak residence.  There  were  signs  of  forced  entry,  and  a  telephone  line  was  cut  in  the basement.Evidence was taken from Joann’s undisturbed vehicle.  Ten hairs were recovered from the back of the driver’s seat headrest.  Police initially suspected  Andrew  was  involved  in  the  disappearance  but  cleared  him  after investigation.  On April 9, 1995, a farmer discovered the bodies of Joann and Alex in a wooded area in Heidelberg Township.  Joann had been beaten and shot in the face with a  .22 caliber handgun, and the baby either  was suffocated or died of exposure.  A cigarette butt was recovered at the scene.  Since Joann and  Alex  were  found  along  a  path  that  Appellant  used  to  ride  horses, Appellant became a suspect in their murders.



You can write to Patricia Rorrer at:

Patricia Rorrer OE2170
SCI Muncy
P.O. Box 180
Muncy, PA 17756


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