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Robert Dale Rob Andrew, a 39-year-old advertising executive from Oklahoma City, was fatally shot in the garage of his estranged wife’s home on the evening of November 20, 2001. He had told police in the days before the killing that someone had deliberately cut his car’s brake lines and named two people he suspected: his estranged wife, Brenda, and her new partner, James Pavatt. Andrew had also tried to remove Brenda as beneficiary of his $800,000 life insurance policy, which Pavatt had helped arrange.

Brenda called 911 after the shooting and reported that she and her husband had been attacked by two masked intruders; she suffered a superficial gunshot wound to her arm and the couple’s two young children were found unharmed. Brenda and Pavatt disappeared instead of attending Andrew’s funeral and were captured in February 2002 near the U.S.‑Mexico border. Both were charged with first‑degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder; prosecutors said they conspired to kill Rob Andrew for the insurance money. In 2004 separate juries convicted Brenda Andrew and James Pavatt; Pavatt admitted being the gunman but said Brenda had no part in the killing. Both were sentenced to death.

Does anyone have further details about the investigation or knew the Andrews before November 20, 2001?