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02658aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 FC10472CC86311E8AD18EBFF96128E48 003 SILO 005 20181005010031 008 170414t20182018ilua 000 0deng d 020 $a 1613739796 020 $a 9781613739792 035 $a (OCoLC)981964826 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d HQB $d NYP $d SRC $d JIN $d SILO 043 $a n-us-pa 050 14 $a HV6533.P4 $b M32 2018 072 7 $a SOC $x 004000 $2 bisacsh 082 04 $a 364.15230974827 $2 23 082 04 $a 364.1523082 $2 23 100 1 $a Mal, Tammy. 245 10 $a Convenient suspect : $b a double murder, a flawed investigation, and the railroading of an innocent woman / $c Tammy Mal. 264 1 $a Chicago, Illnois : $b Chicago Review Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xii, 276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. Four months later, when their bodies were found in a lonely patch of woods, the police would launch a three-year investigation leading to the arrest of Patricia Lynne Rorrer--a young mother who had never met either victim--as the monster responsible. In Pennsylvania's first use of mitochondrial DNA in a criminal case, Patricia Rorrer was quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But did the jury make the right decision? Is Patricia Rorrer truly guilty? As new evidence continues to surface, including allegations of evidence tampering, that question requires an answer even more. With a subject matter and storytelling style reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial, Convenient Suspect will keep readers on the edge of their seats. The book reveals information never before made public--information gathered directly from more than 10,000 official documents, including Pennsylvania State Police reports, FBI files, forensic lab results, and the 6,500-page trial transcript. After four years of intensive research, countless interviews with those involved, and hundreds of letters, phone calls, and personal visits with Patricia Rorrer, the truth about the evidence used to convict her can finally be revealed."-- Back cover. 600 10 $a Rorrer, Patricia. 650 0 $a Murder $z Lehigh County $z Lehigh County $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Crime $z Lehigh County $z Lehigh County $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Criminal investigation $z Lehigh County $z Lehigh County $v Case studies. 941 $a 1 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20181005010613.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FC10472CC86311E8AD18EBFF96128E48 994 $a C0 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search