The body was not Andreen but height now matching this poor girl.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office has since determined that the remains belonged to a woman between 5 feet, 2 inches and 5 feet, 4 inches tall.
The burned woman’s height was “just not there,” Salazar said, as Andreen McDonald is reported to be taller.
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Height and other identifying factors investigators are not disclosing make authorities certain this is not her, Salazar said Friday at the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
“My homicide unit is heartbroken for the family. They just notified the family of Mrs. McDonald that it is not her remains,” he said. “The search continues for Andreen.”
Salazar said the remains were heavily charred and that they have been there for several weeks.
“We don’t know much about race, body type or build or anything of that nature,” the sheriff said.
Deputies are now reaching out to area law enforcement agencies for missing persons who might fill the general description of the remains.
Salazar said the remains appeared to be burned there in an “intense” blaze. On Friday, authorities were searching the area to find any other evidence.
Identification of the remains found Thursday could take several months, authorities said.
“We were operating under the possibility that this was not Andreen,” Salazar said. “While we remain resolute to continue the search for Andreen and bring closure to her family, we now have another family that we need to identify this victim.”
Salazar also announced in the conference that they are increasing the size of the homicide unit effective immediately.
McDonald’s husband, 40-year-old Andre Sean McDonald, has been a suspect in her disappearance. On March 3, the Air Force Reserve major was arrested on a charge of tampering with evidence. He was released from jail on bail earlier this week and is under house arrest.
