Andrews, Jack
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- —
- Record count
- 3
- Sources
- life_events
- Places seen
- Dexter, Missouri; Malden; Malden, Missouri (Dunklin County); rural Dexter, Missouri
- First event date
- 1977-08-10
- Last event date
- 1977-08-11
Timeline — 3 events
- 1977-08-10 26; rural Dexter; with his children Crystal, 4, and Joshua, 3, was held hostage at a farm house near Malden after Cooper entered at 8 a.m. holding about a dozen hostages; officers tried unsuccessfully to get Cooper to release Andrews and his two children
- 1977-08-10 Cooper seized Andrews' car and forced him to drive it; Andrews' two small children endured the terrifying two-hour ride through southern Stoddard County; a relieved Andrews answered reporters' questions while 'recuperating' at the Malden Police Station.
- 1977-08-11 Held hostage by Jimmie Ray Cooper during the crime spree; father of Crystal Andrews.
Dates and spellings are preserved as found in the source records; contradictions are kept, not smoothed over. See the methodology for how this archive handles uncertainty.