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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L.A.’s Tuberculosis Scramble
Christine Pelisek on the challenges of rooting out the disease in L.A.'s seedy Skid Row. MORE
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Jodi’s High-Wire Act
It’s only a matter of time before she gets tripped up on the stand. By Christine Pelisek. MORE
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Jodi’s Baffling Defense
On trial for murdering her boyfriend, Jodi Arias has spent six days discussing their sex life in... MORE
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How Dorner Went Down
Christine Pelisek tells the inside story of the last stand of L.A.’s rogue cop. MORE
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Rogue Cop Shootout
The manhunt for a rogue ex-police officer in Los Angeles came to an apparent end Tuesday after he... MORE
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Could Rogue Cop Be a D.B. Cooper?
Some fear the search for Christopher Dorner could drag on—and that he may never be found.... MORE
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The Mormon Casey Anthony
This year’s highest-profile trial also involves a pretty young brunette accused of a horrible... MORE
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Rogue Ex-Cop Disappears in the Snow
A former LAPD officer with a vengeance has fled to the mountains. MORE
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Ex-Cop Has a Vendetta
A massive manhunt is on in Los Angeles, where a rogue ex-LAPD officer is said to have killed three... MORE
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Doggy Meets Black Dahlia
One of the nation’s most gruesome unsolved murders now has a canine on the case—and Buster has... MORE
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Phoenix Shooter on the Lam
Police are still searching for a 70-year-old person of interest. MORE
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Did This Professor Go Crazy?
California scholar Rainer Reinscheid is accused of plotting to kill 200 high-school students. MORE
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Florida’s Prostitution Buster
Controversial sheriff Grady Judd launches massive sex stings and then posts pictures of the alleged... MORE
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L.A.’s School Nightmare
A former city teacher has been arrested on suspicion of molesting 20 kids. MORE
