Christine Pelisek

Title: Senior Crime Writer
Location: Los Angeles, California

Christine Pelisek has 20 years of experience as a reporter, covering crime and courts. 

She joined the PEOPLE crime team in 2014.

She is the author of the Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central.


Experience

Christine Pelisek has worked as a reporter covering crime and courts for 20 years. She joined the PEOPLE crime team in 2014. She is the author of the Grim Sleeper: The Lost Women of South Central.

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Latest from Christine Pelisek

Candace Craig Salia Hardy Mugshot
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Erik Menendez in 2016 and Lyle Menendez in 2018
Menendez Brothers Resentencing Hearing Set for December: What Happens Next?
Lyle Menendez (left) and Erik Menendez mugshots
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Mia Desiree Harris
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Nanny Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Double Homicide, Agrees to Cooperate Against Ex-Lover
Lyle Menendez (left) and Erik Menendez mugshots
Family Not Celebrating Possible Release of Erik and Lyle Menendez Yet After 'Many Years of Bad Outcomes from Courts’
Funeral director Chris Johnson mugshot.
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Arandia Briones murderer sentenced
'Pure Evil' Student Killed Classmate He Blamed for Getting Him Expelled from School
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference, December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. - Gascon was joined by a group of district attorneys from around the country at the press conference that was called for the accomplishments of his first year in office. Lyle Menendez, second from left, and his brother, Erik, second from right, are flanked by their attorneys Gerald Chaleff, left, and Robert Shapiro, as the brothers delayed entering pleas through their attorneys in Beverly Hills Municipal Court, March 13, 1990. The brothers are suspected in the murders of their millionaire parents, Jose and Mary Louise ?Kitty? Menendez, in Beverly Hills, California in August.
Kitty Menendez' Brother Slams DA's Recommendation to Potentially Free Brothers: 'Unconscionable'
Erik Menendez in 2016 and Lyle Menendez in 2018
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George Gascon, Lyle Menendez, Erik Menendez
Los Angeles County District Attorney Recommends Resentencing for Menendez Brothers. Will They Go Free?
Erik Menendez with his attorney Leslie Abramson and his brother Lyle Menendez during the trial of the Menendez brothers in Los Angeles on March 9, 1994.
Inside the Twists and Turns of the Menendez Case After DA Possibly Paves Way for Brothers to Go Free
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference, December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. - Gascon was joined by a group of district attorneys from around the country at the press conference that was called for the accomplishments of his first year in office. Lyle Menendez, second from left, and his brother, Erik, second from right, are flanked by their attorneys Gerald Chaleff, left, and Robert Shapiro, as the brothers delayed entering pleas through their attorneys in Beverly Hills Municipal Court, March 13, 1990. The brothers are suspected in the murders of their millionaire parents, Jose and Mary Louise ?Kitty? Menendez, in Beverly Hills, California in August.
DA Says Some People in His Office See No Evidence Menendez Brothers Were Molested. He Disagrees (Exclusive)
Mike Jeffries, Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, and Bruce Weber
Ex-Abercrombie CEO Allegedly Ran 'International Sex Trafficking Enterprise' Targeting 'Vulnerable' Men: Indictment
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon speaks at a press conference, December 8, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. - Gascon was joined by a group of district attorneys from around the country at the press conference that was called for the accomplishments of his first year in office. Lyle Menendez, second from left, and his brother, Erik, second from right, are flanked by their attorneys Gerald Chaleff, left, and Robert Shapiro, as the brothers delayed entering pleas through their attorneys in Beverly Hills Municipal Court, March 13, 1990. The brothers are suspected in the murders of their millionaire parents, Jose and Mary Louise ?Kitty? Menendez, in Beverly Hills, California in August.
With Decision on Menendez Brothers Resentencing Days Away, DA Says They're Not a Danger to Society (Exclusive)
Judge Kevin Mullins and Sheriff Mickey Stines
Inside Kentucky Sheriff's Allegedly 'Odd' Behavior 3 Days Before He Shot a Local Judge (Exclusive)
kitty menendez brother speaks out
Menendez Brothers' Uncle Thinks They Should Stay in Prison, Says Killings Were Motivated by 'Greed'
George Gascon, Lyle Menendez, Erik Menendez
Will DA Support Menendez Brothers' Resentencing? He Cites 'A More Modern Understanding of Sexual Violence'
Erik Menendez Lyle Menendez 2023 Mugshots
Menendez Family Members Say Brothers Should Be Freed from Prison: 'They Lived in Constant Fear' of Father
Erik Menendez with his attorney Leslie Abramson and his brother Lyle Menendez during the trial of the Menendez brothers in Los Angeles on March 9, 1994.
Lyle and Erik Menendez 'Don't Deserve to Be in Prison Until They Die': L.A. County District Attorney (Exclusive Video)
Carlos Jose Hernandez
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Jerry Gelpi mugshot
Louisiana Man Claiming to be God Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Neighbor
Christopher Bernard, who was taken into custody on Oct. 4, after admitting to his involvement in the killing of 29-year-old Cortney Hall.
Man Who Completed Diversion Program for Solicitation of Prostitution Allegedly Admits to Strangling Sex Worker: Police
Arisknight Arkin-Everett Winfree, United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
Man Lured Italian Woman to Home with Ruse of Au Pair Job, Then Sexually Assaulted Her