by Sharelle Burt
December 12, 2023
Conviction and all… Andre McDonald is standing on victim-blaming.
Andre McDonald, the Air Power main convicted of manslaughter within the dying of Andreen, his millionaire businesswoman spouse, blames her for it, in line with a report from 48 Hours.
He was convicted of manslaughter after pleading not responsible to the March 2019 homicide. Andreen McDonald vanished in San Antonio. After a whole bunch started to go looking, her stays had been discovered simply six miles from the couple’s lavish dwelling in a gated neighborhood.
Andre McDonald admitted to regulation enforcement that the final time he noticed his spouse was the evening earlier than as they argued about their profitable assisted dwelling enterprise. He left the home to relax, and when he returned, he thought Andreen McDonald was sleeping of their daughter’s bed room.
He was arrested for her homicide however stayed tight-lipped about what occurred on the evening of her dying. That was till Jan. 30, 2023, the fourth day of the trial, when he testified that their heated argument led her dying. Andre McDonald stated he discovered his spouse and enterprise associate had began one other enterprise a 12 months earlier with out him understanding.
“Mainly, that meant to me, just about, that she was robbing me,” he testified. He remained regular when he left the home, however this time, on the stand, he stated when he returned, Andreen McDonald was ready for him to proceed their argument. Issues escalated. Divorce and the thought of splitting the enterprise in half got here up, which he stated made Andreen McDonald indignant.
Andre McDonald claimed the argument grew from verbal to bodily when she attacked him. He stated he was ducking her punches, when all of a sudden, Andreen fell. That’s when he kicked her twice.
“The second kick, I feel I heard, like, some kind of wheezing, you recognize, popping out of her,” Andre McDonald testified. “After which additionally, like, within the background, I may hear, like, some footsteps.” These footsteps had been these of the couple’s daughter, Alayna. He left Andreen McDonald on the ground, injured however alive, to place their little lady to mattress.
When he returned half-hour later, she was lifeless.
In response to the U.S. Solar, the protection staff stated Andre McDonald dedicated the crime in self-defense, mentioning that he feared for his life since Andreen McDonald was a powerlifter, lifting near 300 kilos. Nonetheless, a jury didn’t purchase it, and sentenced Andre McDonald to twenty years in jail.
Watch how your entire case unfolded on CBS’ 48 Hours above.
