Andrew Kehoe

Andrew Philip Kehoe was an American farmer and treasurer of his township school board, notable as a mass murderer for killing his wife and 43 other people , and injuring 58 people by setting off bombs in the Bath School disaster on May 18, 1927. He committed suicide near the school by detonating dynamite in his truck, causing an explosion which killed several other people and wounded more. He had earlier set off incendiary devices in his house and farm, destroying all the buildings, as well as killing two horses and other animals.

Kehoe was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, among the younger of a family ofchildren. His parents were Philip Kehoe and Mary Kehoe . After his mother died, his father remarried reportedly, Kehoe often argued with his stepmother. When Kehoe wasthe familys stove exploded as she was attempting to light it. The oil fuel soaked her, and she caught fire. He watched his stepmother burn for a few moments before throwing water from a bucket on her due to the oilbased nature of the fire, the water exacerbated the flames. She later died from her injuries. Allegations were made that the stove had been tampered with.

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