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The nonprofit "Judges for Justice" is calling for Patricia Rorrer to be exonerated, more than 25 years after she was convicted of killing her ex-boyfriend's wife and child.
Basement door was pried from the door jamb, and the telephone line in the basement had been cut. four hours later at 10:30 that night, andrew called police to report his wife and son missing. relatives found joanne's car down the street in the parking lot of a local bar, not in its usual location in the alley behind her house. although it was locked, joanne's keys were inside the car. on the back headrest were several strands of long blond hair which did not belong to joanne since she was brunette. on the distal end of the hairs were microscopic traces of dried blood. dna analysis revealed the...
Christmas passed and so did new year's of 1995, still with no sign of 26-year-old joann or her infant son, alex. they lived on a busy street across from a local bar. neighbors said they saw nothing suspicious on the day of joann's disappearance. police were skeptical that joann and her baby could have been abducted in broad daylight. four months after they were reported missing, the worst fears of the police were confirmed. in the remote stretch of rural farmland, a farmer plowing his field noticed what first appeared to be a bundle of clothing. when he looked closer he discovered the decompos...
It was alex's favorite toy. close to the bodies was a milk bottle and diaper bag, with two long blond hairs still attached. the hairs were microscopically similar to the hairs found on the headrest of joann's car. since joann's jewelry was found with the body, the motive did not appear to be robbery. an autopsy discovered that joann had been shot once in the face at point-blank range with a .22 caliber pistol. she had also been beaten. >> due to the fact that she sustained one gunshot wound to the face and then approximately 19 blows to the head led us to believe that the gun probably had jamm...
The age difference. after a brief courtship, they married and the couple moved into andrew's home in the small, working-class town of catasauqua, pennsylvania. and 15 months later, joanne gave birth to a healthy baby boy called alex. she called her mother-in-law at 1:15 in the afternoon. she said her and the baby would be right over to pick her up so the three of them could go christmas shopping together. but joanne and the baby never arrived. andrew came home from work around 6:30. he was surprised to find that his wife and son were not home. the baby's diaper bag was missing, joanne's purse ...