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Forensic Files

A Woman Scorned

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When a young mother and her infant son are found dead in a cornfield, the obvious suspect is the husband and father of the victims.  But some insects found on the bodies reveal a vital clue, as does a long, blonde hair found on the victims.

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:05.0

Can I ask you a question?

0:09.0

In December of 1994, Joanne Catrinac told friends about a disturbing telephone call she

0:15.5

received from someone she had never met.

0:18.5

Stop calling here.

0:23.0

Three days later, Joanne Catrinac and her four-month-old son Alex disappeared without a

0:29.6

trace.

0:31.6

Telephone records could not identify the caller, but investigators suspected that the incident

0:36.9

might hold the key to their disappearance.

0:51.6

Joanne Catrinac was a strikingly attractive young woman, a good student and an outstanding

0:57.1

athlete who would hope to pursue a career in the fashion and beauty industry.

1:02.0

She was very concerned about her appearance.

1:04.6

She was very, very pretty.

1:07.4

And I mean, she made sure every hair was in place before she even like took the garbage

1:13.5

out.

1:15.2

And she was a very loving child.

1:19.5

Joanne was known to family and friends for her upbeat personality and optimism, qualities

1:25.0

that were tested when her first marriage ended in a painful divorce.

1:29.7

But in 1992, she met Andrew Catrinac, a 38-year-old building contractor who was 14 years

1:36.7

her senior, despite the age difference the two hit it off immediately.

1:42.7

After a brief courtship, Andrew and Joanne married and the couple moved into Andrew's

1:48.0

home in the small working-class town of Catasoclo, Pennsylvania.

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