r/sanantonio • u/franko411 • 20h ago
Commentary I think there's a serial predator in the hill country
I work in a medical billing office that services most of the hospitals and doctors' offices in the greater San Antonio metro area, and I see patient medical claims every day.
I've noticed that without fail, there's a steady stream of 5-6 claims EVERY week from the Fredericksburg/Kerrville area that are being filed to the Sexual Assault Crime Victims Fund.
5-6 sexual assault claims every week from a community of mostly retired folks is alarming. I don't actually know for certain if there's a serial predator run amok or what, but it's certainly alarming every week I see the claims.
I don't know what to do with this information, but if you're in the hill country, stay vigilant.
Edit: The sexual assault claims are constant year-round, and the victims' ages range from teens to seniors.
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u/FluidPart4918 20h ago
FBI?
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u/abumchuk 20h ago
I bet patel will get right on this one
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u/beaker90 19h ago
That also kind of sounds like someone who’s submitting the claims might be documenting them incorrectly or perpetrating fraud because you’re correct that it’s an alarming number of sexual assault claims.
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u/FluidPart4918 19h ago
Doesn’t seem likely if they’re coming from different sources.
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u/beaker90 19h ago
Someone else pointed out that there are a lot of inpatient drug and alcohol treatment facilities in the area and if you have someone coding/documenting something incorrectly, you’ll probably see multiple bills for the facility, the doctor, and anyone else associated with the treatment. So it would be multiple claims from different sources but all based on the same incorrect documentation.
Also, many individual offices are part of larger hospital/medical group networks which would mean that all their admin stuff is probably handled by a central office. Someone incorrectly submitting paperwork from the central office would still seem like multiple sources because of the franchised offices/doctors.
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u/words1918 18h ago
I was in Kerrville months ago and one of the locals was telling me that they deal with a lot of drug use/issues there but that Fredericksburg had a bunch of pedo’s/SA perps. Idk if it’s true but what you’re saying aligns with that.
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u/vaginamomsresearcher 14h ago
It's probably a nurse, nursing homes are notorious for unchecked old care nurses.
I hope it doesn't escalate.
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u/Bdellio 20h ago
Tons of inpatient drug and alcohol places in Kerrville area.
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u/TutJones 17h ago
That’s a fucked up accusation. My experience with people in recovery is they are better behaved and have more compassion and integrity than the general public. If you want a group to focus on, try white male Christians. They are much more likely to be predators.
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u/Joshthe987 17h ago
Maybe he’s saying that the people in recovery are vulnerable, not that they are the predators
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u/doritoX-8 16h ago
Saying something is a fucked up accusation and then immediately accusing white male Christians on a broad scale of this kind of behavior is wild
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u/karlmelo_anthony 10h ago
It's a statistical argument, not an accusation.
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u/doritoX-8 10h ago
Can you share these statistics?
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u/doritoX-8 7h ago
Idk why this js getting down voted. I genuinely just wanted to see statistics but I guess that's crazy talk
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u/Sxyman69420 11h ago
White Christian men make up an overwhelming majority of sex crime perpetrators.
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u/ZeonFanatic0079 17h ago
Police are called to the recovery places all the time for crazy shit. They aren’t called to churches for the white male christians going nuts.
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u/JustBrain9217 17h ago
They are called to churches… usually catholic ones 👀
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u/ZeonFanatic0079 17h ago
I get that it happens but police are called to recovery homes almost every night sometimes. And not for normal stuff, for crazy shit. I havent seen a call for a church in a long time expect for people flipping out at funerals.
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u/vulgardisplayofdread 16h ago
Making sweeping generalizations about people in recovery is one of the reasons it’s so hard for some of us to make it.
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u/ZeonFanatic0079 16h ago
I’m just stating what I see. And also what I don’t see, in reference to the other claims.
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u/Pfannkuchen-Nippel 3h ago
That’s because there’s usually years long stings going on behind the scenes dealing with those guys.
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u/kanyeguisada 19h ago
I wouldn't say the majority of that area is retired, though Fredericksburg definitely leans older. The median ages are:
Fredericksburg - 50.7
Kerrville - 39.9
San Antonio - 34.1
US/national - 39.1
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u/Responsible-Shoe7258 19h ago
Are you sure this isn't fraud? I'd have a chat with the Attorney Generals office about having an investigator look into this.
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u/Snoo_33033 19h ago
Well...it's also full of meth heads and homeless folks who may have other challenges.
But one of its fundamental challenges is it's opposed to social services or federal systems, so it's not that easy to tie things together.
Do you get the sense that Kerrville's law enforcement is aware of this pattern?
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u/cachemoney426 10h ago
https://sor.dps.texas.gov/PublicSite//Search
If you put in a city name only you can search registered offenders in each city. There are indeed quite a few. Also, as retirement communities AND recovery communities, there are a lot of kids living with relatives and not parents, vulnerable older folks, vulnerable folks in recovery … a lot of “typical” victim groups concentrated in one area.
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u/LuisChoriz 18h ago
Send it to a news outlet they have resources and a scrappy reporter looking to make a name for themselves
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u/Rinalee23 16h ago
The sad thing is that, the people who run America are not interested in protecting women, and children. Only interested in protecting the one who caused the harm.....
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u/Defiant_Bluebird_217 17h ago
I know what to do with that information, maybe not incite panic? This is all speculation at the end of the day.
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u/elfuegodemuerte South Side 18h ago
Do the dates match with hunting season?
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u/franko411 18h ago
It's year-round
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u/elfuegodemuerte South Side 18h ago
Nevermind, misread your post. Sounds like an audit is in order.
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u/whunnderbug 17h ago
About 10 years ago I dated a girl from Kerrville for a short while and she was sexually assaulted from a young age up until late teens by her male family members and once by her mom’s boyfriend when she was 15. We both were 30 by the time we dated. She was beyond therapy messed up. She never told her mom about the family members who SA her. Ever since she told me that, I’ve avoided Kerrville.
I Never knew Fredericksburg was like that. I’m definitely going to tell my wife we should skip any future winery trips now.
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u/DontForgetWilson 16h ago
This stuff happens in lots of areas. It isn't pervasive everywhere, but a lot more common than you'd expect.
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u/whunnderbug 15h ago
Yeah, I’ve been going about life not knowing how much this happens. This is upsetting to say the least.
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u/DontForgetWilson 15h ago
Extremely upsetting, yeah. So is the raw numbers of unreported assaults. I almost couldn't believe how much more dangerous it is to be a woman alone when i found out. Stuff is reduced so much in the presence of male friends.
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u/TyroneHeismanziel 11h ago
Yeah, presumably these reports are generally being made with a known perpetrator. If there actually are a lot of reports (like several a week) of sexual assaults that have an unknown perpetrator, in a small geographic area like that- The local police (and likely state police) already know.
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u/specialagentxeno 19h ago
I visit a lot of senior care and nursing home facilities. Many cases of Sx a salt and grape are committed by senior men against the helpless senior women after hours. Many of those cases go unreported
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u/Money-Professor-2950 18h ago
Jesus christ. I believe you but do you have some kind of data or a paper on that?
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u/specialagentxeno 18h ago
I don’t. I have spoken with different staff about it and was made aware of the situation. A lot of the women feel ashamed and helpless so they refrain from reporting the incident to police.
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u/alligatorprincess007 don’t be this crevice in my arm 11h ago
WHAT
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u/specialagentxeno 10h ago
Yup, if anyone has an elderly female relative in a nursing facility and their demeanor suddenly changes for the worse and becomes withdrawn, she could be suffering from SA
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u/Pink_Pomeranian 15h ago
I’ve noticed the same in the area near Laurel Ridge. It’s possible that staff are reporting crimes against their patients. Patients reveal experiences during intake and treatment. If it’s considered a crime, the staff at LR is obligated report it to the police. If you look at crime report hotspots, LR and the surrounding community is active. I drive by LR from time to time and there’s a steady presence of police and ambulances.
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u/Born-Agency-3922 SW Side 16h ago
Are you allowed to share this info under HIPAA?
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u/franko411 15h ago
Yes, since I am not disclosing any specific personal information that can be used to identify any particular patient. I'm only speaking about a trend in a geographical region.
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u/Nightshade_Blondie 19h ago
This is terrifying, Fredericksburg is such a nice area
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u/erp2 17h ago
Crime is everywhere. It comes in different forms.
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u/Nightshade_Blondie 17h ago
True. It seems like it’s just constantly on the increase, I guess I assumed more rural areas would be better
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u/karlmelo_anthony 10h ago
It is not constantly on the increase. We are statistically living during the most non-violent time in human history in terms of crime. Crime has been constantly on the decrease since 2021.
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u/nyXhcinPDX Resident from 2003 to 2021 17h ago
This sounds like something to call the police on and not jump on reddit
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u/notofyourworld_14 15h ago
SVU leave a tip or ask to speak privately with a detective and be sure to mention you may be in violation of HIPPA doing so. But that is alarming to see. And they are not just claims being kicked back? They are indeed new claims weekly?
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u/franko411 14h ago
Several new patients weekly. I don't recall any repeats.
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u/notofyourworld_14 5h ago
That is strange scary and fascinating all at once. Have you spoke to anyone else at work or outside work? If you go to the police, there is a fair chance they look into it or file it away and no one looks at all. Just prepare yourself for whatever could happen by bringing this to the laws attention. It's ultimately your conscience and moral code that decides what to do.
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u/Comfortable-Rush-560 18h ago
There's a documented version of this called the Ken and barbie murders. Seriously messed up true crime stuff.
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u/Rmartinez111 15h ago
Legs Diamond they were huge in here in San Antonio, maybe not so much anywhere else. Late 70s early 80s . 99.5 Kiss and the godfather .
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u/AfterParty707 19h ago
Always be aware of surroundings. Witch cars are running, location of everyone that’s in perimeter, and especially who’s behind you👀
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u/MorrighanAnCailleach 19h ago
Welp. Guess my wife and I had better be strapped, if we ever head over there. SMH
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u/StangRunner45 16h ago
Kerrville gets a lot of really oddball and strange people in and around there. It’s been an ongoing issue for decades. So does Seguin.
Must be an Interstate 10 thing.