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Andrew Kehoe
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Total casualties
Adulthood
45 total deaths (including both Kehoes)
- 7 Adults, 38 children
Graduated Michigan State University in electrical engineering
58 Injured
Severely injured head in 1911
Married to Nellie Price in 1912
- Bought a 185 acre farm in 1919 outside Bath
Worst school bombing and massacre in U.S. history
Became treasurer of Bath School in 1924
- Also became Bath Township Clerk in 1925
Andrew Kehoe
Early life
- Born in Michigan in 1872 as a younger of 13 children
Monika & Vincent
Possible Explanations
- Mother died when 5, often argued with stepmother
Bath School Disaster
Events leading up to the crime
Frustration-Aggression Theory / Frustration induced criminality
- Stepmother killed after the stove exploded when he was 14
Lost his position as Clerk in the 1926 elections
Leonard Berkowitz
- Enraged over defeat, believed to have began planning revenge
Personality
Wife fell ill with Tuberculosis, started making frequent hospital trips
- Speculated to have caused the explosion by neighbors
- Increased arousal due to inability to achieve goals, and a subsequent drive to reduce it
- Smart
- Clean freak
- Short-tempered and impatient
Upset over school taxes he was heavily opposed to
- Stubborn
- Cruel to animals
- Enjoyed machinery more than farming
- Individual offender type
In financial ruin by 1927, stopped paying farm mortgages and insurance
- Foreclosure began against his farm
The financial stress from his wife's hospital trips, and the increased school taxes combined with his defeat at the elections caused Kehoe to snap, resulting in the Bath School Disaster.
Bath School Disaster
Expectancy Theory
Continued
May 18, 1927
Julian Rotter
bomb planted at the school detonated at around the same time as the farm explosions
Murdered wife and dumped her in a wheelbarrow
- 38 killed, mostly children
- Behaving in a certain way will lead to a perceived outcome
Other possible explanations
Burned home and farm down with firebombs on day of crime at around 8:45 AM
Additional risk Factors
Kehoe arrived 30 minutes after, called superintendent Emory Huyck to his truck
Head injury at age 39
Kehoe's crime may be explained by his desire for revenge based on:
- May have possibly affected frontal lobe area
Psychological risk factors
- Truck then exploded, killing 5 including Kehoe and Huyck
"Potential" primary psychopathy
- Cruelty to animals
- Destroyed property and diversion from "main event" as he drove towards the school after leaving a message
- the careful preparation and explosives setup
- coldblooded execution of the crime
- Frustration/conflict resolution
- Based on personality and behavior during the crime
Parental risk factors
- Also if allegations of causing his step-mother's death are true
- ability to kill multiple amounts of innocent people (children) in the name of revenge
- Got along poorly with step-mother