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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Serial Murders of 3 Women Cleared
A man who launched a series of killings of women in California three decades ago has been... MORE
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What’s Next for the Aurora Theater?
Twelve people were shot dead at the Century 16 multiplex earlier this week.... MORE
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Colorado Shooter: Insane or Just Plain Evil?
Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing 12 people in a packed movie theater will likely... MORE
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Holmes’s Campus Mayhem
Six weeks after dropping out, the alleged shooter becomes the big man on campus in a chilling turn... MORE
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Holmes’s Life in Aurora
James Holmes bummed cigarettes, drove his white Hyundai, and went to bars.... MORE
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A ‘Catastrophic’ Booby Trap
What if James Holmes’ IED-filled apartment had exploded?... MORE
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The Shooter’s Evil Plan
How James Holmes bought his guns—and why he may pursue an insanity defense. MORE
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Willard’s Gone Wild
Did the “Best in Show” actor commit a “lewd act” in a seedy Hollywood theater?... MORE
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Graveyard of the ‘Speed-Freak Killers’
A serial killer on death row offers to lead police to the bodies of victims.... MORE
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The Rock Star and the Cyberstalker
Shirley Manson, frontwoman for the rock band Garbage, is being barraged with death threats and hate... MORE
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Katie Holmes’s Hardball Attorney
Holmes’s hire of high-profile matrimonial lawyer Allan E.... MORE
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Beverly Hilton Case Closed
The elderly couple found dead at the swank Beverly Hilton Hotel this month committed a double... MORE
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Hunt for L.A.’s ‘Teardrop Rapist’
Police hope to catch the attacker—named for the tattoos under his eye—with the same familial DNA... MORE
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Will Celebrity Snoop Get Sprung?
The detective to the stars now sits behind bars.... MORE
