Andrew Ellmaker Dies in Prison | Wichita News

Wichita News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 18, 2026 · 1m

Andrew Ellmaker, the 39-year-old convicted murderer of social worker Teri Zenner and his own mother in 2004, has died in prison. Found unresponsive in his cell at El Dorado Correctional Facility, he could not be revived despite medical efforts. An autopsy is underway, with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation investigating. At just 17, Ellmaker, who suffered from schizotypal personality disorder, stabbed Zenner multiple times during a home visit — then used a chainsaw on her after she was dead — before turning on his mother. Sentenced to life without parole in 2007, his earliest possible…