A former college athlete raised by a famous academic in a $1.1 million home now roams the streets of San Francisco threatening to kidnap and kill children.
Kim Ann Andrews, 36, grew up in Pennsylvania and Southern California with her father, Dr. Philip Andrews, who was a highly respected computer scientist and was considered a leader in the technology field before his death in 2016.
While her daughter was once an accomplished track and field competitor at Torrey Pines High School near San Diego, Andrews is now far from the “conscientious and friendly” team player her former coach was. remembers her as.
She continued running track for two years at the University of California, San Diego, where she remained enrolled for nearly 10 years before dropping out in March 2015, never completing her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and cellular biology.
But now, Andrews has become notorious in the city’s woke neighborhoods of Laurel Village, Inner Richmond District, Cole Valley and Inner Sunset, as residents repeatedly report terrifying experiences with Andrews over the past four years.
Andrews became an accomplished track and field competitor at Torrey Pines High School near San Diego.
Kim Ann Andrews, 36, has become a household name in San Francisco, with residents repeatedly reporting terrifying experiences with Andrews over the past four years.
In recent years he has faced criminal charges ranging from assault and robbery to shoplifting and criminal threats.
But residents say nothing has been done to stop Andrews’ aggressive behavior as he passes through jails and courts before returning to the streets.
They have since joined together to encourage others to call 911 to report any instances of child harassment.
Some have filed complaints with police and posted on social media, detailing their experiences with Andrews, in which he allegedly harassed preschoolers or told children on playgrounds that he would “slit their throats.”
Inner Richmond resident Kenna Palefsky said she even started collecting police reports back in 2020 after she said Andrews crouched down and yelled at her son while he was in a stroller.
He grew up in a $1.1 million house outside San Diego with his father, who was known for his work with supercomputers, and his siblings.
Yelena Dunduchenko also said she met Andrews in 2020, while working as a nanny.
“She started screaming and saying, ‘I’m going to take your son away from you, I’m going to kill you,'” he said. “It was really scary.”
Megan Grasser said Andrews’ antics even led her to leave San Francisco.
She said she first met Andrews when Grasser was nine months pregnant in late 2020.
The second encounter came three months later, when Grasser noticed Andrews was stalking her and her dog.
Andrews then let out a series of vile comments and formed the shape of a gun with his hand, put it to Grasser’s head and said, “I was sent here to kill you.”
Andrews’ father was Philip Andrews, who “was instrumental in bringing several high-end national computing systems to the San Diego Supercomputer Center” at the University of California, San Diego, according to an obituary posted online.
Residents in the Cole Valley and Inner Sunset neighborhoods also noticed an increase in encounters with Andrews earlier this year.
Some have detailed their experiences, one of them writing on Reddit that Andrews typically approaches people with “dogs or small children, asks them weird questions and then becomes aggressive.”
Andrews has already been arrested several times this year for her behavior.
In January, Andrews was arrested on suspicion of assault and trespassing following an argument at a secondhand clothing store on Irving Street, and the store’s owners subsequently obtained a restraining order against her.
Then, on the morning of July 19, Andrews allegedly approached a mother walking her 18-month-old son near Golden Gate Park.
Posters have been posted across the city warning residents about her behaviour and urging anyone who sees her to contact local authorities.
She is accused of holding a lighter near a can of Lysol and developing a “fixation” on the boy.
Andrews then allegedly threatened the mother: “I’m going to kill you.”
She was later arrested after rangers saw her entering a public bathroom.
But prosecutors reviewing the case declined to file charges immediately and Andrews was released.
“Police had probable cause to make an arrest based on the evidence gathered; however, making appropriate charging decisions for criminal prosecution requires further investigation,” said Randolph Quezada, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office. he told the Chronicle at the time.
Authorities finally announced Tuesday that they have a warrant for Andrews’ arrest.
A San Francisco Department of Public Health doctor working with the city’s Healthy Streets Operations Center told a concerned resident that health officials were aware of Andrews’ “distressing” behavior.
Residents, however, say that is not enough.
“It’s been four or five years and nothing has happened,” Palefsky said. “He’s been given unlimited second chances.”
“Even though she’s in and out of the system, they keep sending her back out onto the streets,” she said.
In fact, in a 2021 email, a San Francisco Department of Public Health doctor working with the city’s Healthy Streets Operations Center told a concerned resident that health officials were aware of Andrews’ “distressing” behavior and were trying to “locate, assess, and connect her to appropriate services.”
The doctor recommended that the resident call the police if he continues to hear “threatening statements or feels there is a safety risk.”
Part of the problem is that under California law, authorities can only force people to undergo treatment if they pose an immediate danger or are severely disabled.
“There have been multiple attempts to get her into housing or a mental health evaluation, and she doesn’t want that and we can’t force her,” said David Burke, public safety liaison for the San Francisco Police Department.
As a result, the only way for Andrews to receive mental health services is through the criminal justice system, according to the police department’s Park Station Capt. Jack Hart.
Residents say nothing has been done to stop Andrews’ aggressive behavior as he passes through jails and courts before returning to the streets.
City officials now hope that measures included in Proposition 1, which voters approved earlier this year, can create more opportunities for Andrews to receive assistance.
Under the multi-million dollar state program, more facilities for people with mental health or drug abuse problems could become available.
The city is also moving forward with the planned adoption of a new law expanding involuntary commitment of people with serious mental illness.
And in July, a multi-agency task force began dismantling some of the hundreds of tents and temporary shelters that residents in areas plagued by crime and drug abuse have tolerated for years.
The state had spent $24 billion on tackling homelessness in the five years to 2023 but failed to track whether the money was helping the state’s growing number of homeless people, a damning report revealed in May.
In San Francisco there are now about 8,300 people sleeping on the streets, with scenes of homeless drug addicts stumbling on the sidewalks and fears that the violence could become a national political issue.
Mayor London Breed now says the Supreme Court has finally given her the power to do something about it.
“The problem will not be solved by building more housing,” he said.
“Thank God for the Supreme Court’s decision.”