This story originally aired on Dec. 9, 2023. It was updated on August 24, 2024.
They were the picture of the American dream. Andreen McDonald , described as a "rising star," and Andre McDonald , a major in the U.S.
Air Force, were a San Antonio power couple who ran a successful business that funded a lavish lifestyle. Their seemingly perfect world came crashing down in the winter of 2019 when Andreen suddenly disappeared. "I remember .
.. like a panic set in," says friend Mandy Hall.
"Andreen is not the person to go take off somewhere and no one knows where she is." Investigator Frank Stubbs tells "48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant, "Her purse was still there, her keys were on the counter and her vehicles were still there." Stubbs saw something startling while searching the home.
"I found there was blood on the wall in an area that was kind of odd, there was blood and hair on a light switch," he says. AN AMERICAN DREAM TURNED NIGHTMARE In the afternoon of March 1, 2019, after 29-year-old Andreen McDonald was reported missing by her mother Maureen, a Bexar County sheriff's deputy arrived at the McDonald home in an upscale gated community in San Antonio. Within minutes, the deputy saw that blood and hair on the light switch.
And in the backyard, normally beautifully landscaped, another troubling clue: a random burn pile. Maureen Smith : We found a ..
. zipper from uh, Andreen's blouse. Peter Van Sant : It was Andreen's blouse? Maureen Smith : Mm hmm (affirms).
Andreen's husb.