Last blog had finished off in Kansas, coincidentally, where are still stuck in this awry state. Last blog was centered around the Clutter family, Perry Smith, and Richard Hickcock. As mentioned before, the killer we are mentioning in today’s blog was once right next to Smith and Hickcock in their prison cells. If you haven’t guessed by now who I am talking about, none other than Lowell Lee Andrews. I know you’re probably like “who is that?”. Yea that’s what i said until i dove deeper into the origin if this ruthless human being. Lowell Lee Andrews was just your typical nerdy and intelligent college student. He was a zoology major and attended the university of Kansas. Lee Andrews was born in Wolcott, Kansas, with his father and mother, William and Opal Andrews, and his sister Jennie Marie. Lee Andrews was a seemingly innocent and sweet boy, so sweet he was redeemed as the “the nicest boy in Wolcott.”

However, there as always been a dark side of Andrews that no one was ever aware of. recorded within murderpedia, which is my go to website because they always have the most accurate information, is stated, “In reality, the 18-year-old entertained fantasies of poisoning his family and moving to Chicago, Illinois to become a gangster and professional hit person.” These are the dark and cruel thoughts that were circulating through Andrew’s mind and ultimately led to the despicable act he committed upon his family. Andrews has had this vivid dream of killing his family since he was a freshman in college. He was always thinking of strategic ways of murder without getting caught. He believed poison could be a possibility as they would die in a quick and painless death. He had derailed this possibility because he had seen the potential flaws within it so he just stuck to a basic solution. Just kill them all.

He went with what to him was the easiest and most logical solution. On November 28, 1958, approximately a year before the Clutter family murders had occurred, Andrews had set his devious plan in motion. Weirdly enough Andrews had prepped himself before brutally murdering his family. He had initially been reading a book named The Brothers Karamazov, finished the novel, shaved, then put on a suit. He then grabbed a rifle and revolver and proceeded to walk downstairs. Andrews graphically killed his sister by putting his rifle to her head and pulling the trigger. He then shot his mother six times and his father a total of seventeen times. He then left the house, got in his car, drove to a movie theatre, and returned home and reported the murder. When the police arrived, Andrews was sitting on the front steps and seemed unconcerned and uninterested in the death of his family.

He was obviously sentenced to death by hanging on November 30, 1962. Now the reason as to why this crime was committed in the first place is a simple mental illness, schizophrenia. However, Andrews has not really showed any signs of this illness in his life. Maybe the only exception is having a delusion of grandeur where Andrews would believe he was better than he actually was. However, most psychiatrists agreed that Andrews was not insane and had a clear idea on what he was doing. It was just an act that was committed by his own conscious and desires.

This is a story i have been dying to talk about as I believe it is one that doesn’t receive enough attention. Next blog will be based on a more known serial killer and honestly a personal favorite.

Sources

• https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/andrews-lowell-lee.htm
• http://truecrimediscussions.blogspot.com/2017/09/lowell-lee-andrews.html