Occupation Activist | Name Paul Andrews | |
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Born 1959 (age 55–56) | ||
El Secuestro de Paul Martin Andrews - Caso #5
Paul Martin Andrews (born 1959) is an American rape survivor and an advocate for rape survivors.
In 1973, he was kidnapped in his native Virginia and hidden in an underground box by the convicted child abuser 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 situation, Virginia was unable to apply its newly enacted Civil Commitment for Sexually Violent Predators Act. Following the emergence of another victim, Ausley's sentence was increased by an additional five years.
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.
