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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O.J. Wants Redemption
An almost unrecognizable Simpson took the stand Wednesday in a bid for a retrial.... MORE
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Torch That House!
Neighbors of alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro are desperate to burn down his home.... MORE
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Where Was Castro in 1981?
An Ohio group is trying to link him to the brutal rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl 30 years... MORE
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A Tragic Sisterhood
Despite the agony they endured, the three women held hostage in Cleveland likely forged bonds. MORE
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The Forgotten Victim
The oldest kidnapping victim is finally free. Well, almost. By Christine Pelisek. MORE
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What the Neighbors Saw
If three women were held hostage for 10 years on your block, would you notice? By Christine Pelisek.... MORE
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Limo Fire Mystery
Two days after a horrific fire killed a new bride, authorities still don’t know the cause. MORE
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Jodi Arias Faces Her Fate
Christine Pelisek on how likely the accused boyfriend killer is to get the death penalty. MORE
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Will Jodi Go Free?
Christine Pelisek on the highs, lows, and lies—and whether the jury could give Arias a break. MORE
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Rehtaeh Parsons’s Best Friend Speaks Out
As Canadian police reopen her gang-rape case, Rehtaeh Parsons’s best friend, who was with her the... MORE
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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
