Andrew Six
Andrew Six | |
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1988 mugshot of Six | |
| Born | Andrew Wessel Six May 14, 1965 Pershing, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 20, 1997 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Convictions | Missouri First degree murder Federal Kidnapping (18 U.S.C. § 1201) |
| Criminal penalty | Missouri Death (July 29, 1988) Federal 200 years imprisonment (October 23, 1987) |
| Details | |
| Victims | 4 |
| Date | April 12, 1984 – April 10, 1987 |
| Country | United States |
| Locations | Iowa and Missouri |
| Imprisoned at | Potosi Correctional Center |
Andrew Wessel Six (May 14, 1965 – August 20, 1997) was a convicted child murderer and serial killer. On April 10, 1987, Six and his uncle Donald Petary were involved in the murder of 12-year-old Kathy Allen, who was kidnapped in Iowa before she was found dead in Missouri.
Six and Petary were both found guilty of state murder charges and sentenced to death in Missouri, and additionally received 200-year prison sentences for federal kidnapping charges. Petary died on death row in 1998 before he could be executed, while Six was put to death by lethal injection on August 20, 1997.
More than a decade later, in 2014, DNA testing posthumously identified Six as the real perpetrator behind a 1984 triple homicide in Iowa, where three members of a family were allegedly killed on April 12, 1984, by Six, who was named as the prime suspect in the case but did not face trial due to lack of evidence.