Paul Martin Andrews

Paul Martin Andrews (born 1960) is an American rape victim advocate.

In 1973, he was kidnapped in his native Virginia and hidden in an underground box by a known sexual predator, Richard Ausley. Thirty years after his ordeal, he went public with his story and became an activist for bolstering Virginia law with additional funding for continued civil commitments for sex offenders after their criminal sentences end.

In this case, Virginia did not get a chance to test its new Civil Commitment for Sexually Violent Predators Act. Ausley's sentence was extended by five years after another victim came forward.

In January 2004, Ausley was murdered in his prison cell. Andrews later said that he did not hate Ausley, and did not wish his death.

External links

* [http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2003/01/30/coverStoryBoxedInABoysLost.html "Boxed in: A boy's lost week"]
* [http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2003/01/30/coverStorySidebarGoingPubl.html "Going public: Andrews talks, and the governor listens"]
* [http://www.readthehook.com/Stories/2004/01/21/newsMolesterDiesChildKidna.html "Molester dies: child kidnapper slain in prison"]
* [http://www.readthehook.com/Stories/2004/10/14/coverNoWayOutHowTheStateHe.html "No way out: how the state helped kill a convict"]
* [http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2004/10/14/coverSidebarSaveYourTearsA.html "Save your tears: Ausley was no victim"]