James Pavatt was executed Thursday, Nov. 12, at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for the 2001 murder of Oklahoma City advertising executive Rob Andrew.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond confirmed the execution in a statement released the same day.
"Justice has been served for Rob Andrew who was taken from his children and his family far too soon," Drummond said. "I pray that his family finds some sense of peace after 25 years of grief."
Andrew was 39 years old and a father of two at the time of his death.
The attorney general's office says Pavatt had begun an affair with Andrew's wife, Brenda, in 2001, according to evidence shown during his trial. Prosecutors argued the murder was especially cruel. They said Pavatt killed Andrew for money, pointing to efforts by Pavatt and Brenda Andrew to gain control of an $800,000 insurance policy on Andrew's life.
The jury agreed with prosecutors on those points and sentenced Pavatt to death.
Brenda Andrew was tried separately, convicted and also sentenced to death for Rob Andrew's murder, according to the attorney general's office.
