N RAGE IN CRITICAL
CONDITION NOW.
THE TWO PASSENGERS HAVE
NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.
>> WHEN YOUR FATHER IS THE
LEADER OF AN ENTIRE NATION,
YOU MIGHT EXPECT WEALTH AND
IT'S PRIVILEGE BUT FOR
DAUGHTER OF ONE FORMER
PRESIDENT/DICTATOR, LIFE HAS
TAKEN AN UNEXPECTED TURN THAT
LED TO THE STREETS OF FORT
LAUDERDALE AT THE AGE OF 81.
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER BOB
NORMAN HAS THE STORY YOU'LL
ONLY SEE ON LOCAL 10.
>> Reporter: IF YOU STOP THE
SEE THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
STRANAHAN PARK, YOU MIGHT
NOTICE THIS 81-YEAR-OLD WOMAN
STANDING IN THE SHADOWS.
HER NAME IS CARAMELA BAUTISTA
AND LIVES ON THE STREET WITH
HER DAUGHTER ANNA AND THEIR
CAT.
>> I SAID I HAVE A PERFECT
LIFE.
IT'S A SHOCK.
>> THE WAY MY MOM DESCRIBED IT
WAS A LIVING HELL WITH FLAMES.
>> HOW DO YOU SLEEP ON THE
HARD CONCRETE?
>> SOMETIMES IT'S HARD, VERY
HARD.
>> Reporter: CARAMELA'S
PICTURE OFFERS GLIMPSE OF
THEIR FORMER LIFE, DECADES AGO
ONE NEXT TO THE FORMER LEADER
OF CUBA ENSCRIBED WITH THE HIM
SAYING BESOS, WHICH MEANS
KISS.
>> HER MOTHER HAD A ROMANCE
WITH THE CUBAN LEADER IN 1934
BUT WHILE HE DIDN'T RAISE HER,
HE REGULARLY VISITED HER AND
MADE SURE SHE WAS TAKEN CARE
OF.
HE WAS STERN.
WAS HE LIKE THAT AS A FATHER?
>> NO.
HE WAS A STRONG MAN, BUT LIKE
I SAID, A FRONT.
WHEN I SEE HIM, HE WAS LIKE MY
BEST FRIEND.
>> Reporter: IN 1940 WHEN SHE
WAS 5, HER FATHER WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF CUBA AND SERVED A
FOUR-YEAR TERM.
>> GENERAL BAUTISTA OVERTHREW
THE CONSTITUTION.
>> HE RETURNED TO POWER WITH A
MILITARY COUP AND SHE DEFENDS
HER FATHER AND PAID LITTLE
ATTENTION TO FIDEL CASTRO
UNTIL DECEMBER 30 N, 1958 WHEN
ONE OF HER FATHER'S ASSISTANTS
CALLED HER ON THE PHONE.
>> CALLED ME AND SAID YOUR
FATHER SAID YOU HAVEN'T SEEN
SNOW BEFORE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?
SHE WAS FLOWN THAT DAY TO NEW
YORK CITY AND THE VERY NEXT
DAY, NEW YEARS, SHE LEARNED
HER FATHER FLED CUBA.
THE REVOLUTION LED TO THE
DESTRUCTION OF ALL THINGS
LINKED TO BAUTISTA AND
CARAMELA SAID HE AND THE EIGHT
OTHER CHILDREN FROM TWO OTHER
MARRIAGES NARROWLY ESCAPED
DEATH.
>> THAT WAS THE IDEA TO PUT
ALWAYS OF THE KIDS&THE WIFE IN
A WALL AND KILL.
>> Reporter: BAUTISTA CALLED
CARAMELA AND ASKED WHERE SHE
WANTED TO LIVE.
>> YOU SAID FORT LAUDERDALE?
>> I SAID FORT LAUDERDALE.
I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE--
>> WHEN HER FATHER DIED IN
1973, HE ABOUT THIS UPSCALE
HOME IN CORRAL RIDGE WITH
INHERITANCE AND ADOPTED HANNA
AT AGE 53.
>> IF I DO SOMETHING GOOD IN
LIFE, THIS IS MY REWARD.
>> SHE WAS MY MAMA AND PAPA
TOGETHER.
>> SHE WAS SENT TO TROPICAL
PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHERE ANNA WAS
EXCUSED FROM CLASS WHEN THEY
TALKED ABOUT HER GRANDFATHER.
>> THEY TALKED BAD ABOUT HIM
CALLING HIM A DICTATOR.
>> AND THE RECESSION.
TOOK A MORTGAGE ON HER HOUSE
AND SOON COULDN'T MAKE THE
PAYMENTS.
THE MONEY WENT AWAY.
THEY COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD TO
PAY THE WATER BILL IN THE
HOUSE LEADING TO LIEN FROM T
CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND
THEN CAME FORECLOSURE AND A
SHORT SALE OF THE HOUSE IN
2015 AND CARAMEL AND ANNA
WERE DESTITUTE.
>> THIS IS REALITY.
>> NOBODY WOULD IMAGINE THAT
YOU WOULD BE HERE?
>> NO.
I WILL BE A LITTL
TRAUMATIZED.
IT'S LIKE GOD WANTS TO TEACH
ME SOMETHING.
NEXT TIME, IT WON'T HAPPEN.
IT'S A HARD LESSON BUT YOU
LEARN.
>> BOB NORMAN "LOCAL 10 NEWS."
>> AND HE SAYS THAT CARAMELA
AND ANNA HAVE HOPE OF GETTING
OUT OF THE PARK.
ANA HAS BEEN PROMISED A JOB IN
ORLANDO BUT THEY DON'T HAVE
THE FUNDS TO GET THERE.
THERE IS A PLACE YOU CAN HELP
ON THE WEB SITE.
>> IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT