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Pavatt, 49, and his lover, Brenda Andrew, 39, are accused of the Nov. 20, 2001, shooting death of Robert "Rob" Andrew, her estranged husband, as he came to pick up his children for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Brenda Andrew is the only woman on death row in Oklahoma. Follow her case, sign the petition, and help us Save Brenda Andrew.
Apr 2, 2024 · Brenda Andrew, 60, is the only woman on Oklahoma's death row. If she is executed, she will be the fourth woman executed by the state of Oklahoma since 1976, when the state reinstated the death penalty using lethal injection.
- The Childhood Years
- Rob and Brenda Meet
- A Stay-At-Home Mom Comes Undone
- Extramarital Affairs
- The Beginning of The End
- Planning An Accident
- The Insurance Policy
- Fateful Thanksgiving Holiday
- The Investigation
- On The Run
Brenda Evers was born on December 16, 1963. She grew up in a seemingly idyllic home in Enid, Oklahoma. The Evers were devout Christians who enjoyed gathering for family meals, holding group prayers, and living a quiet life. Brenda was a good student who always earned above-average grades. As she got older, friends remembered her as a shy, quiet gir...
Rob Andrew was at Oklahoma State Universitywhen he met Brenda, then a high school senior, through his younger brother. The two began seeing each other and were soon dating exclusively. After graduating high school, Brenda enrolled in college in Winfield, Kansas, but a year later, she transferred to OSU in Stillwater in order to be closer to Rob. Th...
On December 23, 1990, the Andrews welcomed their first child, Tricity, and with that, Brenda became a stay-at-home mom—leaving her job and work pals behind. Four years later, their second child, Parker, was born, but by then Rob and Brenda's marriage was in deep trouble. Rob began confiding about his failing marriage to his friends and pastor. Frie...
By 1994, Brenda seemed to have undergone a transformation. The once shy, conservative woman swapped her modest attire for a more provocative look that was usually tight, short, and revealing and began a series of affairs. 1. The friend's husband:In October 1997, Brenda began an affair with Rick Nunley, the husband of a friend she'd worked with at a...
The Andrews met James Pavatt, a life insurance agent, while attending the North Pointe Baptist Church where Brenda and Pavatt taught Sunday school classes. Pavatt and Rob became friends, and Pavatt actually spent time with the Andrews and their children at the family home. In mid-2001, Pavatt helped Rob set up a life insurance policy worth $800,000...
On October 26, 2001, someone severed the brake lines on Rob's car. The next morning, Pavatt and Brenda concocted a false "emergency," apparently in hopes that Rob would have a traffic accident. According to Janna Larson, Pavatt's daughter, her dad persuaded her to call Rob from an untraceable phone and claim that Brenda was in a hospital in Norman,...
After the incident with his brake lines, Rob decided to remove Brenda from his life insurance policy and make his brother the new beneficiary. Pavatt found out, however, and told Rob the policy couldn't be changed because Brenda owned it. It was later discovered that Brenda and Pavatt had attempted to transfer ownership of the insurance policy to B...
On November 20, 2001, Rob went to pick up his children for Thanksgiving. It was his turn to be with the kids. According to Brenda, she met Rob in the driveway and asked if he could come into the garage and light the pilot on the furnace. Prosecutors believe that when Rob bent down to light the furnace, Pavatt shot him once, then handed Brenda the 1...
Investigators were told that Rob owned a 16-gauge shotgunbut that Brenda had refused to let him take it when he moved out. They searched the Andrews' home but didn't find the shotgun. Meanwhile, a search of the Andrews' next-door neighbors' home revealed someone had entered the attic through an opening in a bedroom closet. A spent 16-gauge shotgun ...
Rather than attending Rob's funeral, Brenda, her two children, and Pavatt took off to Mexico. Pavatt called Janna repeatedly from Mexico, asking her to send money—unaware his daughter was cooperating with the FBI's investigation into the murder. In late February 2002, having run out of funds, Pavatt and Brenda re-entered the United States and were ...
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Brenda Andrew is the only woman on death row in Oklahoma. Follow her case, sign the petition, and help us Save Brenda Andrew.
Dec 2, 2022 · OKLAHOMA CITY – Former Sunday School teacher Brenda Andrew is the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row. In 2004, she was convicted of first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the...
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In 2004, Brenda Andrew was convicted of killing her husband for insurance proceeds. But his death, which resulted from a fatal shooting, bore few of the hallmarks of a capital case. Moreover, Brenda had no criminal record.
