Christine Pelisek is a staff reporter for The Daily Beast, covering crime. She was previously a reporter at the LA Weekly, where she covered crime for the last five years. In 2008 she won three Los Angeles Press Club awards, one for her investigative story on the Grim Sleeper.
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Who is Burning L.A.?
Officials are racing to figure out who is behind the arsons in Los Angeles. MORE
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California Man Shoots Four, Kills Two
An unidentified gunman shot four people at a Southern California Edison office on Friday afternoon. MORE
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KISS Bites Anonymous Hacker
A hacker was arrested Tuesday for a cyberattack on Gene Simmons’s website.... MORE
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Long Island Hunt's Tragic End
Shannan Gilbert whose disappearance sparked a serial-killer hunt, has likely been found dead. MORE
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Grim Find in Missing-Escort Search
Police found items they hope will lead them to Shannan Gilbert, who sparked the L.I.... MORE
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Jodie Foster's Daddy Drama
The actress’s father has been convicted of bilking low-income people in a housing scam.... MORE
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The 5 Browns Speak Out
Desirae and Deondra Brown of the classical quintet talk publicly for the first time about their... MORE
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L.A. Reopens Natalie Wood Probe
Sheriff cites ‘additional information,’ including from a woman who ‘heard Natalie’s cries for help.... MORE
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Dr. Phil's Creepy Autopsy
This week the talk show will air the results of a controversial autopsy in a celebrated California... MORE
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Grim Sleeper Case's New Bodies
Police link three more slayings and an attempted murder to alleged serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr.... MORE
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LA’s Grisly Woman Killer
Michael Hughes, convicted serial killer, was part of a wave of killing that claimed 50 young black... MORE
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Stalking the Sorority Sisters
A Texas serial rapist may have gotten information about victims from the Internet.... MORE
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A Teen Serial Killer in Canada?
Did Cody Legebokoff prey on women and dump their bodies in the woods? MORE
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Celebrities' Email Nightmare
ScarJo's just the latest victim.... MORE
