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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Life After the Boom
Folks in West, Texas knew living so close to a fertilizer plant was a ‘bad idea.’ MORE
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Texas Woman: I Did It
The high-profile murders of two prosecutors and one of their wives may have finally been solved. MORE
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Arsonville, U.S.A.
A small town near the Mexican border is going up in flames. Christine Pelisek reports. MORE
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Campus Knife Attack
Fifteen people were stabbed at Texas’s Lone Star College on Tuesday, reportedly with an X-Acto... MORE
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Aryan Scare Tactics
Christine Pelisek digs into the chilling indictments at the center of the controversy. MORE
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How the Aryans Kill
Christine Pelisek on how its jailhouse generals rule—and why the recent string of Texas killings... MORE
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Hollywood’s ‘No Body’ Murder
In a risky move, Los Angeles is trying a man for the murder of his wife who was never found. MORE
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Hunting for Dead Serial Killers
Two California prosecutors are teaming to up to gather the DNA of deceased murderers and use it to... MORE
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What’s Taking So Long?
Christine Pelisek on the alleged serial killer’s excruciatingly slow march to justice. MORE
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Fake Rockefeller, Real Murder
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From Missing to Murdered
New evidence points to homicide—and a convicted drug dealer—in the Gavin Smith case.... MORE
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You’ve Been Doxxed!
Christine Pelisek on the cyber pranksters who post stars’ private info for all to see.... MORE
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Tragedy in a Lion’s Lair
Dianna Hanson’s dream of working with endangered cats ended with one swipe of a paw.... MORE
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L.A.’s Next Mayor? Few Seem to Care
Many have yet to commit to a candidate in what is setting up to be a high-stakes but low turnout... MORE
