SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Last week would have been Christi Kaufman\u2019s 48th birthday. Instead, her brother Patrick is still doing what he\u2019s been doing for more than three decades \u2014 pushing for answers in a case that has never been solved.<\/p>\n
Kaufman was 15 years old when she was shot and killed inside a home on San Antonio\u2019s East Side on Feb. 21, 1994. Her cousin, Debbie Perkins, 23, was killed the same night. Debbie was six months pregnant at the time of her death.<\/p>\n
According to the San Antonio Police Department\u2019s cold case records, the two women were inside a home in the 100 block of Fredonia Street when someone entered the house just after 1 a.m. Investigators believe the intruder was looking for Perkins\u2019 boyfriend, who was not home at the time.<\/p>\n
A witness in the back room reported hearing an argument, followed by multiple gunshots. Both Perkins and Kaufman were shot and later died from their wounds.<\/p>\n
The case is listed under SAPD cold case number 94-097522.<\/p>\n
Police describe the suspect as a man with a slender build, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, and driving a blue Oldsmobile Cutlass. No arrest has ever been made.<\/p>\n
Patrick Kaufman was 16 years old when he got the phone call that changed his family\u2019s life forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was 16 years old. My sister was 15,\u201d he told KSAT. \u201cMy sister went over there that night to babysit. About midnight, we received a phone call saying that my cousin had got shot and my sister was all right. And when we got to the scene, they were both gone. We went to the hospital, and that\u2019s when we found out that both my sister and my cousin were deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the years since, Patrick Kaufman says he has shown up at SAPD\u2019s homicide division repeatedly looking for updates \u2014 and has filed Freedom of Information Act requests trying to get answers on his own.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the homicide detective on the case came and spoke to my mother one time \u2014 the following day,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that was the only time that I can say they took a step to find out what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says he believes someone in San Antonio knows what happened that night.<\/p>\n
\u201cSan Antonio is small, to a certain extent,\u201d Patrick Kaufman said. \u201cSomebody has been spoken to. They have told someone. There\u2019s a cousin that knows, there\u2019s an auntie that knows, there\u2019s a friend that knows somewhere \u2014 there is somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n
His message to whoever that person might be is simple.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been 35 years,\u201d he said. \u201cHave some type of empathy, have some type of compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a statement to KSAT, SAPD confirmed there is an active investigation into the 1994 deaths.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently, there is an active investigation into the deaths of Debbie Perkins and Christi Kaufman,\u201d the department said. \u201cDebbie was pregnant at the time of her death. If the public has any information, they\u2019re asked to call the Cold Case Tip line at 210-207-7401.\u201d<\/p>\n
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