On September 14, 2000, a concerned neighbor called 911 after hearing sounds of a violent fight in the apartment next door. Unable to gain entry after no one buzzed them into the building, responding officers eventually left, a decision they would later regret. What followed was the disappearance of a 34 year old flight attendant, a gruesome discovery, and a case that unraveled one shocking secret after another.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2003/12/24/65-year-term-for-womans-murder/
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Newspapers.com Archived articles from the Chicago Tribune

Join John and I as we discuss the final part in our series on the murders of Joann and Alex Katrinak.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes violence and the death of children under the age of one.

Sources:
Newspapers.com Access to archived newspaper editions from the Durham Sun, Morning Call, and East Penn Press
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1201?utm
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/andrew-katrinak-obituary?id=18087919
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2017/1919-eda-2016.html
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https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/alex-katrinak/
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2017/1919-eda-2016.html
Mal, Tammy. Convenient Suspect. Chicago Review Press, 2017.

In today's episode we continue to discuss the case of Joann and Alex Katrinak. Part III will be made available this Sunday and our final Patreon episode for June will be released the following Tuesday.

Trigger warning: This case involves violence against a child under one.

Sources:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1201?utm
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/andrew-katrinak-obituary?id=18087919
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2017/1919-eda-2016.html
https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/socialhistory-crime-punishment/chpt/lindbergh-law#_
https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/law/lindbergh-law
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6931475/joann_marie-katrinak
https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.php/tag/alex-katrinak/
https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/superior-court/2017/1919-eda-2016.html
Mal, Tammy. Convenient Suspect. Chicago Review Press, 2017.