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Forensic Files

A Woman Scorned

Forensic Files

HLN

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.63.7K 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 his calling?

0:09.0

In December of 1994, Joanne Katranak told friends

0:13.0

about a disturbing telephone call she received from someone she had never met.

0:18.0

Stop calling here.

0:22.6

Three days later, Joanne Katranak and her four-month-old son, Alex,

0:27.6

disappeared without a trace.

0:31.6

Telephone records could not identify the caller,

0:34.6

but investigators suspected that the incident might hold the key to their disappearance.

0:40.3

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

0:57.0

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

1:02.0

She was very concerned about her appearance. She was very, very pretty.

1:07.0

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

1:13.6

out.

1:14.6

And she was a very loving child.

1:18.6

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

1:24.6

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

1:29.5

But in 1992, she met Andrew Katranak, a 38-year-old building contractor who was 14 years her senior.

1:37.8

Despite the age difference, the two hit it off immediately.

1:42.0

After a brief courtship, Andrew and Joanne married,

1:46.0

and the couple moved into Andrew's home

1:49.0

in the small, working-class town of Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.

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