REPORTED TODAY. THE POSITIVITY RATE IN BEXAR COUNTY SAW ANOTHER DROP IT NOW STANDS AT
ONE 0.7% TONIGHT.
>> THE DISAPPEARANCE AND
KILLING OF ANDREEN MCDONALD
SHOCKED THE SAN ANTONIO
COMMUNITY 2 YEARS AGO.
HER HUSBAND REMAINS IN JAIL
AWAITING TRIAL FOR HER MURDER.
>> BUT AS AN ITEAM
DLLON COLLIER DISCOVERED THERE
WAS ANOTHER DEATH LINKED TO
THIS SAGA. ONE THAT ALSO
INVOLVES ALLEGATIONS OF
DISTURBING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE.
A WARNING SOME OF THE PICTURES
YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ARE
GRAPHIC AND HARD TO LOOK AT.
♪
>> SHE WAS STILL WALKING AROUND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. BUT SHE HAD TO DO EVERYTHING
SLOWLY IN EARLY 2019 AS SHE
STRUGGLED WITH MEMORY LOSS AND
WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO CARE
FOR HERSELF.
>> DORA BOUNDS FAMILY MADE THE
DIFFICULT DECISION TO PLACE OR
INTO AN ASSISTED
CARE HOME. THE MOVE CAME A DAY
AFTER BAUMANN TURNED 100 YEARS
OLD WAS MORE OF A HOMEY
ENVIRONMENT WHICH WE THOUGHT
WOULD BE AN EASIER TRANSITION
BUT BAUMANN STAY AT THIS
NORTHSIDE STARLIGHT HOMES
FACILITY WOULD BE BRIEF JUST
OVER 2 MONTHS.
4/12/2019 BOMBINGS GRAND
DAUGHTER AND A NEIGHBOR CAME TO
THE HOME TO VISIT HER AND FOUND
BOUND AND BRUISED
AND BATTERED WITH SIGNIFICANT
TRAUMA TO HER FACE SHOULDER AND
BACK SIDE. X-RAYS
LATER CONFIRMED, SHE HAD A
FRACTURED PELVIS AND SHE WAS
CRYING AND SHAKING STAFF AT THE
HOME HAD NOT CALLED FOR HELP
DESPITE LATER ACKNOWLEDGING TO
STATE INVESTIGATORS
THAT THEY SUSPECTED A CAREGIVER
HAD ASSAULTED THE WOMAN AND
THEN TAKING OFF DOES EARNING
HER JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT MANAGEMENT IMMEDIATELY
FIRED HER THE EMPLOYEE WAS
LATER NAMED A SUSPECT IN THE
ELDERLY ASSAULT CASE AFTER AN
EYEWITNESS SAID SHE SAW THE
CAREGIVER THAT SAME NIGHT STUFF
A SOCK IN BOMBINGS MOUTH
TO QUOTE SHUT HER UP THAT SHE
WAS JUST SO AFRAID AND SO
SCARED FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS OF
HER LIFE
SHE CRIED, IT WAS JUST
TERRIFIED, WE NEVER REALLY
COULD GET
HER BACK.
>> BAUMAN DIED ONE WEEK AFTER
LEAVING THE ASSISTED CARE HOME
AND WHILE THE MEDICAL EXAMINER
NOTED THE BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO
HER HEAD. BALLAD
OFFICIALS CAUSE OF DEATH WAS
LISTED AS DEMENTIA AND
HEART DISEASE SAPD HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES EVENTUALLY CLOSED
OUT THE CASE WITHOUT EVER
CHARGING ANYONE CRIMINALLY DUE
TO WHAT THEY CALLED
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.
>> THERE’S NO WAY
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>> TO EXPRESS. HOW UNJUST.
>> THIS WAS ABOUT HIS FAMILY
LAST SPRING FILED A WRONGFUL
DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
COMPANY THAT OWNS THE CARE
HOME. BUT AS OF LATE LAST
MONTH, THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT
EVEN RETAINED AN ATTORNEY
AND IT’S NOT CLEAR AT THIS
POINT WHO THAT DEFENDANT WOULD
BE YOU SEE STAR LIGHTS OWNER
WAS
ANDREEN MCDONALD 3 WEEKS AFTER
BAUMAN WAS PLACED IN ONE OF
MCDONALD’S FACILITIES. THE 29
YEAR-OLD DISAPPEAR, I LOVE MY
DAUGHTER, MY FAMILY HER HUSBAND
AIR FORCE MAJOR ANDRE MCDONALD
CHARGE DAYS LATER WITH
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.
4 MONTHS LATER IN THE SUMMER OF
2019 INJURY MCDONALD’S REMAINS WERE FOUND IN A FIELD IN FAR NORTH BEXAR COUNTY HER HUSBAND
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AGAIN AND
THIS TIME BOOKED FOR MURDER.
HE’S BEEN IN JAIL EVER SINCE.
>> IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBLE TO
REALLY PIN DOWN WHO WAS
RUNNING THE FACILITY AT THE
TIME WHO IS RESPONSIBLE
THE PANDEMIC.
>> COUPLED WITH THE HUSBAND’S
CRIMINAL CHARGES IN NOW WITH
DELINQUENT TAX CASE INVOLVING
THE PROPERTY, CAUSING A LEGAL
LOGJAM WITH BALANCE FAMILY WAY
AT
THE BACK AND A POSSIBLE
RESOLUTION TO THEIR FILING
NOWHERE IN SIGHT.
>> IT’S HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE
MY GRANDMOTHER LOSE HER LIFE
AFTER BEING SUCH A STRONG WOMAN
AND LIVING A 100 YEARS AND THEN
THE
VERY LAST WE COVER LIFE IS JUST
COMPLETE TRAUMA FOR BEING BEAT
UP BECAUSE SHE WAS SO STRONG
FOR THE DEFENDERS DILLON
COLLIER KSAT 12 NEWS.
>> NO TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET
FOR ANDRE MCDONALD, HIS BOND
REDUCED FROM 2 MILLION DOLLARS
TO $450,000 IN MARCH.
BUT HE HAS UNABLE TO PAY IT IS
AS
UT SAID THE ASSISTED CARE HOME
CURRENTLY A PART OF ANDREEN
MCDONALD’S, A STATE WHICH IS
STILL IN PROBATE BUT THE