Killed by Father of Trafficking Victim? The Case of Andrew Sorensen and John Eisenman
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Who are John Eisenman and Andrew Sorensen?
So first, we have 60-year-old John Eisenman. Not a lot is known about his family, but we know that he's engaged to be married to a woman named Brenda Cross, and he has a 19-year-old daughter whose name has not been released for reasons that we will get into in just a minute. He also has a stepdaughter named Ashley Cross. Ashley is one of his biggest advocates, saying that John is an amazing man and an even better father. He goes above and beyond for his children, according to her, and throughout his life, he's never had any violent tendencies towards anyone for any reason. Brenda described him as being a very selfless, giving, and loyal man. He is a stand-up citizen and a very hard worker, according to them.
And at the time, John and his family were living in Spokane, Washington. At the time, John's 19-year-old daughter, who I will now just refer to as John's daughter or his daughter, was dating a man named Andrew Sorensen. According to his family, Andrew came into their family as a foster child when he was only six months old. He was born with cerebral palsy and autism and had been diagnosed with developmental delay when he was a child. His parents say that because of this, they were especially compassionate and loving towards him as he grew up saying that he was extra special to them. Growing up, he had to go through a lot of physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy just to be able to get him to the point of moving like other kids and being able to keep up with his peers.
Then, as he grew a little bit older, his symptoms of autism began to show. They described him as a very sweet and affectionate child, but he didn't quite understand personal space. He had to be taught about personal boundaries and his family said that they had to teach him that he has to ask someone permission before he gives them a hug. However, by the 10th grade, Andrew started struggling with his mental health. He started to notice that he wasn't like other teens his age and he constantly felt like he didn't fit in. He ended up requiring several stays at inpatient mental health facilities before his family actually had to go out of state to seek additional help. When he was 17 years old, he started to go to downtown Spokane to start hanging out with the homeless teens.
His parents said that because of his autism, he sort of just felt like he fit in better with these other teens and he felt like these other teens accepted him. It got to the point where Andrew started bringing homeless people to his home to hang out there because he wanted to share what he had with them. At one point, his mother said that Andrew had five or six homeless teens living in his home and he was helping them out with things like getting their Medicaid card and helping them get to school and giving them food stamps and things like that. His parents said that they helped the teens too because they wanted every teenager or every kid to know that their home was a safe place and they wanted them to know that they were loved and cared for.
When he was 17, Andrew graduated from an online high school, which was a huge accomplishment for him. However, by the time he was 18 years old, he started to smoke marijuana, which led him into getting into harder drugs And from there, things just grew more and more difficult for him. Now, we will get more into the allegations against him in just a minute, but Andrew's family said that they've been advised by their lawyers not to talk a lot about Andrew in the media. So I do want to say right off the bat that we don't know Andrew's full story or his side of the story. However, we do know that he has a bit of a criminal record. In July of 2020, he pled not guilty to fourth-degree assault charges, marijuana possession, and intent to sell marijuana.
In April of 2019, a loan requested a temporary order of protection against him, but this was denied after a court hearing. So, once Andrew graduated high school, his parents said that he did start bringing home girls, one of which was John's daughter.
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