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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Texas mom missing, but cops think young daughter witnessed her murder

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

iHeartPodcasts and CrimeOnline

True Crime, News

3.97.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Andreen McDonald is still missing and presumed dead two weeks after she vanished from her San Antonio, Texas, home, while her husband Andre McDonald is jailed on an evidence tampering charge. Cops say the Air Force officer was lawyered up in and was uncooperative when their investigation started in early March. Nancy Grace digs into the case with experts including criminal lawyer Darryl Cohen, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, private investigator Vincent Hill, and syndicated radio host David Mack.

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0:38.8

Crime stories with Nancy Grace.

0:44.7

Sheriff Javier Salazar says Andre McDonnell, a major in the Air Force,

0:48.5

refused to help investigators find his wife.

0:51.4

Investigators say they found blood and hair on a light switch and a burn pile in the backyard

0:56.5

of the couple's far north side home. Investigators found disturbing items at the home,

1:01.1

including an axe, a shovel, and gasoline. Quite frankly, there may be a body outling in the woods that

1:08.0

again, we would help us bring closure to this case and to one little girl that I feel that we

1:14.0

owe answers to. And I'm not going to rest until we find her and until we get her back to her family.

1:18.1

Where is Andre McDonnell? I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us.

1:25.7

With me in All-Star panel. Atlanta Criminal Lawyer, former prosecutor now renowned

1:30.8

defense attorney Darryl Cohen, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, Vincent Hill private

1:36.9

investigator author of Playbook to a Murder. Joining me right now, syndicated talk show host Dave

1:43.4

Mac. Okay, I want to start at the beginning where every investigation starts. When did we last see

1:48.8

Andre McDonnell? Wait a minute. I want to start before that. Tell me about her. I was reading an

1:54.0

article about her Dave Mac. That was in a lady's magazine. Or a lady's column before she ever

2:01.7

went missing. What can you tell me about her? Andrean was a graduate from University of Texas

2:08.4

of San Antonio graduate with honors, bachelor's of science and finance. She also has a certified

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