Oklahoma Man Is Put to Death over a 2001 Killing, the First in a Pair of US Executions
Pavatt says he is innocent as prosecutors cite an $800,000 insurance policy and a planned killing in the 2001 case.
- James Dwight Pavatt, 73, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary for the 2001 shooting death of Rob Andrew.
- Prosecutors claimed Pavatt, who had an affair with Brenda Andrew, orchestrated the murder to collect an $800,000 life insurance policy that he had helped establish.
- Before the murder, Rob Andrew reported his brake lines were cut; Pavatt and Brenda Andrew fled to Mexico after the shooting and remained there three months before capture.
- Brenda Andrew remains on death row appealing her conviction, while the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board denied Pavatt's clemency request in a 3-to-2 vote last month.
- This marks the 21st execution in Oklahoma since the state resumed the practice five years ago, as the U.S. is on track to surpass 40 executions this year.
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Oklahoma Executes Man Who Killed Lover's Husband
In the first of two executions sequenced in the US on Thursday, an Oklahoma man was put to death over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend's foreigned husband in 2001. James Pavatt, 73, was executed by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead at 10:...
Oklahoma man executed for high-profile 2001 killing, first of 2 executions today
A man convicted of a high-profile Oklahoma City murder was executed on Thursday, and a second man is set to be executed the same day for the stabbing and beheading of three young children he was raising in 2003.
Oklahoma County killer put to death for 2001 slaying • Oklahoma Voice
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma County killer James Pavatt was put to death by lethal injection Thursday at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. The time of death was 10:12 a.m., according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. “We carried out the court’s orders according to our high standards of professionalism and respect for those in our […]
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