AIR DURING THE 6 O’CLOCK NEWS AS WELL AS ONLINE AT KSAT DOT COM.
HERE AT HOME. SHE IS A SAN
ANTONIO WOMAN WITH A HISTORY
OF CRIMINAL CHARGES ALLEGING
MISTREATMENT, EVEN STEALING
FROM VULNERABLE PEOPLE. BUT SHE
WAS SUPPOSED TO CARE FOR
TONIGHT. THE DEFENDERS, DILLON
COLLIER INVESTIGATES HOW THIS
REGISTERED NURSE HAS SKIRTED
SAN ANTONIO BOARDING HOME RULES
TO REMAIN IN OPERATION IN A
SUBURB THAT’S EVEN AS OFFICIALS
THERE CONTINUE TO RAISE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE WELL-BEING
OF THOSE WHO LIVE UNDER HER
ROOF. WE DO WANT TO MORE OF
THAT. SOME DETAILS IN THIS
STORY ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL
VIEWERS.
>> IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR, A
CURIOUS THING HAPPENED AT
METHODIST HOSPITAL. STONE OAK
STAFF SAY A WOMAN LATER
IDENTIFIED AS JULIE FOSTER
WALKED IN AND TRY TO CONVINCE
THEM TO RELEASE A TERMINALLY
ILL PATIENT TO HER HOUSE ON
ANTLER DRIVE. FOSTER AT FIRST
CLAIMED SHE WAS THE WOMAN’S
MOTHER. THEN SHE SAID THAT SHE
HAD LEGAL POWER TO ACT ON THE
WOMAN’S BEHALF. SENSING
SOMETHING WRONG. THE HOSPITAL
STAFF REFUSED TO LET HER GO
AND FOSTER LEFT STAFF FROM THE
HOSPICE CARE COMPANY HAD ALSO
SHOWN UP WITH SAN ANTONIO
POLICE IN TOW. THEY HAD ASKED
FOR THE SAME PATIENT AND WANTED
TO TAKE OR TO THE SAME CASTLE
HILLS ADDRESSES FOSTER’S
ACCORDING TO AN SAPD INCIDENT
REPORT. THEY, TOO, HAD LEFT
EMPTY HANDED AFTER STAFF
PROVIDED PAPERWORK THAT THE
DYING WOMAN HAD DECIDED TO
REMAIN AT THE HOSPITAL. SO WHAT
WAS GOING ON HERE? WELL, THAT
TERMINALLY SICK WOMAN HAD BEEN
LIVING WITH FOSTER. NOW SHE
WANTED HER BACK. TURNS OUT
FOSTER WAS RUNNING A BOARDING
HOME OFTEN A LAST RESORT FOR
THE VERY ILL SIGN OVER YOUR
GOVERNMENT BENEFITS. CHECK.
AND THE HOME’S OWNER WILL TAKE
CARE OF YOU AND FEED YOU.
BUT MANY SUCH RESIDENCES ARE
UNREGULATED FLYING UNDER THE
RADAR OF LAWS AND ORDINANCES.
>> AND AS A RESULT, DON’T
DELIVER ON WHAT THEY PROMISE.
IF SHE DID TO ME, SHE CAN
PROBABLY DO IT TO OTHER PEOPLE
AS WELL.
>> AND SHE SHOULD BE STOPPED.
>> JEANNE CHAMBERLAIN, RETIRED
AIR FORCE MAJOR IN VETERAN OF
OPERATION DESERT STORM WISHES
SHE HAD HAD SOMEONE INTERVENED
WHEN IN 2017, A WOMAN
APPROACHED HER AT A
REHABILITATION CENTER AND SAID
SHE COULD CARE FOR HER. THIS
WOMAN AND JULIE FOSTER SHOWED
UP AND SAID, WELL, I CAN HELP
YOU.
>> AND I’M A NURSE AND I’LL
LOOK AFTER YOU. INSTEAD,
CHAMBERLAIN SAID SHE WAS FORCED
TO LIVE IN A STORAGE ROOM AT
THE SANDLER DRIVE HOME THAT
BARELY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR
HER BED WITHIN MONTHS.
CHAMBERLAIN’S CONDITION HAD
DETERIORATED TO THE POINT SHE
WAS TAKEN TO A VETERAN AFFAIRS
HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE WHILE SHE
RECOVERED IN A MEDICAL WARD.
COURT RECORDS SHOW FOSTER IN
JULIE CLARK, ANOTHER WOMAN
LIVING AT THE HOME DESCRIBED AS
A CARER EMPLOYEE FORCED
CHAMBERLAIN SIGNATURE ON
MULTIPLE CHECKS, STEALING
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE
HOSPITALIZED THAT FOSTER AND
CLARK WERE INDICTED FOR FELONY
THEFT IN JUNE 2019, BOTH PLED
NO CONTEST MONTHS LATER AND
WERE GRANTED DEFERRED
ADJUDICATION FOSTER GOT HER
PROBATION TERMINATED IN THE
CASE DISMISSED IN AUGUST 2020
CLARK, A FELON WITH MULTIPLE
THEFT CONVICTIONS EVEN BEFORE
SHE CARED FOR CHAMBERLAIN
REMAINS ON PROBATION UNTIL THIS
OCTOBER. MY BELIEF IS THAT IF
THEY’RE GOING
TO BE
>> TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE THAT
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO INSPECT
THE HOME FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
LIKE A BUSINESS JR. TREVINO
MAYOR OF CASTLE HILLS SAYS
OFFICIALS THERE HAVE TRIED TO
MONITOR FOSTER’S OPERATION AS
MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> BUT ARE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY
CAN DO BECAUSE IT’S UNLICENSED.
AND UNLIKE THE CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO, CASTLE HILLS DOESN’T
REGULATE BOARDING HOMES,
MEANING IT LAX LAWS THAT COVER
RESIDENCES, HOUSING, THE
ELDERLY OR PEOPLE LIVING WITH
PHYSICAL DISABILITIES OR MENTAL
ILLNESS THAT ARE NOT RELATED
TO THE HOMEOWNER. IN AUGUST
2017 CASTLE HILLS CODE
COMPLIANCE SEARCHED THE HOUSE
AFTER FIRE PERSONNEL ASSIGNED
TO A CALL THERE DESCRIBE
GARBAGE, FILTH, ROT IN
UNSANITARY CONDITIONS INSIDE
RESIDENTS CITY WAS ONE OF UP
TO 8 PEOPLE LIVING AT THE 2800
SQUARE FOOT HOME. A LAWSUIT
FILED BY THE CITY AGAINST
FOSTER THE FOLLOWING YEAR
DETAILED SIGNIFICANT CODE
VIOLATIONS INSIDE THE HOME AND
THAT ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
HAD VISITED THE PROPERTY AFTER
FOSTER’S OWN DAUGHTER MADE AN
OUTCRY ABOUT HER MOTHER’S
TREATMENT OF AN ELDERLY
FAMILY MEMBER. IT’S A
CONTINUING PROBLEM. TREVINO
WISHES HE HAD A SOLUTION FOR
NOT GOOD. IT’S DEEPLY
CONCERNING CHARGING PAPERWORK
FROM A SEPARATE FELONY CASE
AGAINST FOSTER PROVIDES INSIGHT
INTO WHY SHE MOVED HER BUSINESS
TO CASTLE HILLS AFTER SAN
ANTONIO POLICE IN JUNE 2014
RESPONDED TO THE STONE OAK HOME
FOSTER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 8
PEOPLE WERE LIVING THERE THAT,
QUOTE, SHE DID NOT CARE ABOUT
THESE MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE
AND THAT SHE WANTED THEM OUT OF
THE HOUSE. WHEN OFFICERS
RETURNED A DAY LATER, THEY WERE
MET WITH A STRONG FOUL ODOR
INSIDE AND FOUND A WOMAN
SLUMPED OVER AT THE KITCHEN
TABLE. THE VICTIM WHO SAID SHE
WAS NOT MENTALLY STABLE WAS
COVERED IN HUMAN FECES AND WITH
AN OPEN LEG WOUNDS DRAINING
INTO A BUCKET. SO MUCH THAT THE
PAUSE COVERED THE BOTTOM OF
HER FOOT. THE WOMAN LEFT IN
FECES, SOILED AND URINE SO
CLOSE FOR AS LONG AS 3 MONTHS
AT A TIME. AN OFFICER ALSO
NOTED THAT THE REFRIGERATOR
WS CHAINED AND PADLOCKED TO
PREVENT ANYONE FROM OPENING
IT WITHOUT A KEY FOSTER
ADMITTED TO POLICE. SHE WAS
MOVING HER BOARDING HOMES OUT
OF SAN ANTONIO TO ESCAPE,
PERMITTING AND INSPECTIONS.
YEARS LATER IN MARCH 2018
FOSTER WAS FORMALLY CHARGED
WITH 2 COUNTS OF INJURY TO A
DISABLED PERSON. BUT THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS
NO DISPOSITION INFORMATION ON
THE CASE WITH NO PUBLIC RECORDS
AVAILABLE REGARDING THE
ADJUDICATION OF THESE CHARGES.
IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THEY WERE
ULTIMATELY DISMISSED OR PURSUED
ITS POSSIBLE FOSTER ATTEMPTED
TO HAVE THE ARREST EXPUNGED
FROM HER RECORD. FOSTER SOLD
THE PROPERTY IN LATE 2016 AND
NO LONGER RUNS A BOARDING HOME.
>> THERE’S A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF
HOUSING, DOUG BEACHES FOR
PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL
ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS.
SAN ANTONIO PEOPLE ARE REALLY
HONESTLY DESPERATE FOR GOOD
PLACES
TO LIVE.
>> AND THEY PROBABLY TAKE SOME
OPTIONS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT
TAKE OTHERWISE FOR THE KSAT.
>> WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE STONE
OAK METHOD. THIS INCIDENT IN
APRIL REACHED FOR COMMENT.
WE’LL OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE HERE
FOR A KSAT TO HURRY. EVERYTHING
YOU NEED TO BE FOSTER OFFERED
LITTLE AS FAR AS A RESPONSE TO
OUR QUESTIONS BEFORE SUGGESTING
THAT WE INTERVIEW HER AWAY FROM
HER PROPERTY. LET’S GO TO A
PARK. WE’RE WORKING. WE GO TO
A PARK.
>> WHERE THEY HAVE JURY SIDED
WITH ONE OFF LINDENWOOD CASTLE
HILLS CITY HALL. AS YOU KNOW,
THEY’RE PERFECT. BUT AFTER
DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE TO
CITY HALL, FOSTER APPARENTLY
HAD A CHANGE OF HEART. AND
INSTEAD BE LINED INSIDE CITY
HLL IN GOT THE
POLICE WERE DOING A STORY JAMIE
CHAMBERLAIN FOSTER, THEN
ATTEMPTED AND FAILED TO HAVE
OUR CREW CITED FOR CRIMINAL
>> THAT’S ON THE FOLLOWING DAY
AS WE ATTEMPTED TOGETHER
FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY IN
QUESTION FOR THIS STORY, FOSTER
DIRECTED A RACIST TIRADE AT
HER NEIGHBOR LIKE COUNTRY.
>> AND YOU MAKE.
>> ON MY STREET, THEN ATTEMPTED
TO BLOCK OUR CAMERA’S LENS.
WILT CHAMBERLAIN. SHE HOPES
SOMEHOW SOMEWAY FOSTER IS
STOPPED. AND FOR THOSE OF US
THAT HAVE SERVED
OUR COUNTRY.
>> IT’S REALLY WRONG THAT WE
ARE EXPOSED TO PEOPLE LIKE THAT
WHO ARE ONLY IN IT FOR
FINANCIAL GAIN AND HAVE NO
WELFARE CONCERNS ABOUT US.
>> FOSTER HAS TWICE BEEN
SANCTIONED BY THE TEXAS BOARD
OF NURSING FIRST IN 2009 AFTER
AN INVESTIGATION FOUND SHE LEFT
HER ASSIGNMENT WITHOUT TELLING
HIS SUPERVISOR CAUSING PATIENTS
TO MISS NURSING VISITS. AND
THEN IN 2012, SHE WAS FOUND
RESPONSIBLE FOR VIOLATIONS THAT
INCLUDED INITIATING CARE FOR
PATIENTS WITHOUT A PHYSICIAN’S
ORDER. AND FALSIFYING HEALTH
NOTES, FOSTER PAID A FINE AND
WAS ORDERED TO GO THROUGH
REMEDIAL EDUCATION COURSES BOTH
TIMES. NEITHER CASES NOW ACTIVE
AND SHE REMAINS A LICENSED