James Pavatt: key obituary facts
Is James Pavatt dead? Yes. James Pavatt died on November 12, 2026, at age 73.
Cause of death: James Pavatt's cause of death was reported as Execution.
What was James Pavatt known for?
James Pavatt was an American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
James Pavatt, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died November 12, 2026, aged 73.
Born James Dwight Bowling, he was convicted in the 2001 killing of Robert Dale “Rob” Andrew, a 39-year-old advertising executive shot in Oklahoma City. Prosecutors described the killing as part of a murder-for-hire plot devised by Pavatt and Brenda Evers Andrew, who was then in divorce proceedings with her husband.
After the shooting, Pavatt and Brenda Andrew fled to Mexico; they were later arrested and charged with murder. The pair were tried separately, and between 2003 and 2004 both were found guilty and sentenced to death for Andrew’s killing. Pavatt’s sentence was carried out by lethal injection on November 12, 2026. Brenda Andrew remains on death row. The case brought together a marital dispute and a planned killing, with Pavatt and Andrew held responsible in separate proceedings for the death of Rob Andrew. His execution concluded the criminal case against him more than two decades after the shooting in Oklahoma City.