A San Antonio family whose loved one was killed by a wrong-way driver in early 2017 has expressed frustration over the handling of the criminal case.
wrong-way driver on Interstate 35 near Walzem RoadPaul Donaldson, who has a past DWI conviction in Bexar County and a past conviction in Tarrant County for involuntary manslaughter while driving while intoxicated, remains in the Bexar County Jail awaiting trial.
The manslaughter case is Donaldson’s seventh driving-related criminal offense in Bexar County, records show.Elena Ortiz said she knew something had happened even before getting the devastating news. “He was always going to be my baby. He was extremely tall, 6′6″ and three-quarters. And even at that, he would still sit on my lap,” said Elena Ortiz. “His hugs, I mean talk about the most gentle, biggest hug you can get.”Footage shared by his family with KSAT shows a packed room full of mourners as someone plays Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.”“I know he’s gone but I still feel him. It feels like it’s just happened,” said Elena Ortiz.
The prosecutor assigned to the case, Jason Garrahan, had presided over Donaldson’s 2015 DWI case while serving as judge of County Court 4. “So he’s one of a handful of judges that I hired back to work as a prosecutor. Until somebody brings it to his attention, it would be impossible for him to realize that this is the very same person that he handled months and even years earlier on a misdemeanor case,” said Gonzales.
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