He joined the United States Marine Corp in 1958 and was found unsuitable and received an honorable discharge two months later. In 1959 he was sentenced to 3 years in the Montana State Prison for burglary. He managed an early release with good behavior. He, again, joined the Army in 1961 and was again, found unsuitable and discharged 7 months later. He was in and out of jail for mostly petty crimes such as theft and driving offences. He was routinely released early, never completing a full sentence and his prison records note his compliance, good behavior and how likeable he was... probation officers, lawyers and judges often had sympathy for him.
Andy had a proclivity for violence against women, he had several short-lived marriages, however, only one is known to have produced a child. There are several other children, all products of rape, who have been identified through DNA. He was only arrested once for rape and the charges were eventually reduced to aggravated assault. Obviously, his charm worked in his favor and at the expense of his victims.
He died in a horrific accident; joyriding on the back of a motorcycle with another out-if-control young man, taking a turn too fast and sending them both flying off the side of a mountain. His half-brother Harold was the informant on his death certificate. Andy was cremated in Butte, Montana and his ashes are with family.
While this may sound like just a tragic life lost to petty crime and violence, several of Andy's children have recently come together and like a phoenix coming out of ashes, they have all individually worked to successfully change the legacy of violence that brought them into this world. They have proven to be upstanding, kind and successful men and women. As they start to explore their Native American heritage, they are most passionate about honoring and celebrating their new and extended family Andy inadvertently created for them.
He joined the United States Marine Corp in 1958 and was found unsuitable and received an honorable discharge two months later. In 1959 he was sentenced to 3 years in the Montana State Prison for burglary. He managed an early release with good behavior. He, again, joined the Army in 1961 and was again, found unsuitable and discharged 7 months later. He was in and out of jail for mostly petty crimes such as theft and driving offences. He was routinely released early, never completing a full sentence and his prison records note his compliance, good behavior and how likeable he was... probation officers, lawyers and judges often had sympathy for him.
Andy had a proclivity for violence against women, he had several short-lived marriages, however, only one is known to have produced a child. There are several other children, all products of rape, who have been identified through DNA. He was only arrested once for rape and the charges were eventually reduced to aggravated assault. Obviously, his charm worked in his favor and at the expense of his victims.
He died in a horrific accident; joyriding on the back of a motorcycle with another out-if-control young man, taking a turn too fast and sending them both flying off the side of a mountain. His half-brother Harold was the informant on his death certificate. Andy was cremated in Butte, Montana and his ashes are with family.
While this may sound like just a tragic life lost to petty crime and violence, several of Andy's children have recently come together and like a phoenix coming out of ashes, they have all individually worked to successfully change the legacy of violence that brought them into this world. They have proven to be upstanding, kind and successful men and women. As they start to explore their Native American heritage, they are most passionate about honoring and celebrating their new and extended family Andy inadvertently created for them.
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