Man Plowed into Family in 'Act of Revenge': Police

All. right, Jeff. Yeah, thank you. It's time. you're under arrest. >> A Wisconsin mother is dead, her son. injured, and the family dog killed after. prosecutors say a former friend. deliberately drove into them during a. walk. Newly released body cam footage. reveals how the case unfolded, and we. are going to break it all down with a. criminal defense attorney who has. insights on all of these wild and tragic. details. Welcome to Sidebar, presented. by Law and Crime. I'm Jesse Weber.

[Music]. What began as a quiet evening walk. turned into a scene of sheer violence. Dr. Cammy Hansen, beloved chiropractor. from Wisconsin, devoted wife, mother of. three, was out on April 28th, 2025 with. her husband, one of their sons, and. their family dog. It was just a normal, peaceful night. At least that's what it. was supposed to be. until prosecutors. say their neighbor and former friend.

Jeffrey Andress deliberately accelerated. his car and hit them. Cammy was killed. instantly, thrown nearly 30 feet. Her. shoes were reportedly ripped from her. feet by the force of that impact. That's. what we're talking about. Her son. required surgery. Their dog didn't. survive. and her husband watched it all. unfold, telling police that he heard the. car floor it before it veered onto the. sidewalk. And what makes this tragedy. even more chilling is that investigators.

say this was intentional. This was an. act of revenge. Weeks earlier, there was. this apparent dispute between the. family's children that had gone to. juvenile court. And hours before the. crash, it's been reported that Andrris. obtained the police reports related to. that incident. Prosecutors described his. actions as vigilante justice. So what. happens? Andress was arrested. He's. facing intentional homicide and animal. cruelty charges. And now a family is. left grieving, not just for Cammy, but.

for the lifealtering devastation that. happened in an instant. And right now, we actually got our hands on newly. released body cam footage. And it. captures the moment that officers took. Andress into custody. All right, Jeff. Yeah. Thank you. It's time. You're under. arrest. I'm transporting you to the jail. >> How's that feel on your shoulders? No. pain, anything in your back? >> All right, sir. >> It'll be a quick ride.

Is that a surge? You patted him down.

>> here. Jeff, step back out. >> Sorry. All right. We do got to search you. before going in the car. You guys. >> All right. Nice.

probably. >> And the footage shows officers. transporting him to jail and going. through the standard booking procedure. All right, let's get out. You got it.

We kind of forgot that. Let's. just go over to this.

We're gonna have a couple questions, Jeff. This is just what um. anyone that comes here. It's just basic. information. This one. we're going to need some help with. State ID. We'll come back to that. >> Yeah. So, by the way, this is a story. that we definitely wanted to bring to.

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All right. The speech. quiet. slur annunciate. articulate. >> I'll leave it to your. Okay.

Jeff, can you open your mouth or smile? Your teeth are good. All right. >> What uh city were you born? >> Madison. Madison,

anything on you? >> Are you taking me right now? >> An attorney. You have that.

>> he wanted. >> Oh. >> Oh, I see. >> St. Mary's. >> Yeah, they did. >> Jeff, what religion? >> Catholic. You're married, correct?

>> So, Andress was formerly booked into the. Dayne County Jail on charges including. firstdegree intentional homicide, two. counts of attempted first-degree. intentional homicide, and mistreatment. of animals causing death. Now, to talk. about what police uncover during their. investigation, and there is a lot to get. into about that, I want to welcome back. onto the show criminal defense attorney. John Day. Uh, John, thanks so much for. taking the time to talk about this. So, first your reaction to this right off. the bat because if the allegations are. true, we are talking a about a.

deliberate attack on a family. The. charges, by the way, our understanding. were upgraded from reckless to. intentional homicide here, >> right? Well, thanks for having me. Yes. Initially, law enforcement thinks this. is a reckless homicide. This is an. accident. This is a situation where a. car goes off the road, hits a family, and there's no backstory. But a couple. days later, uh, in getting interviews. from family members, the officers. understand that there is a backstory.

And the backstory is pretty serious. You've got a situation where suddenly. there is no longer just an accidental. crash and a a death. There is an actual. motive potentially behind what happened. When the officers find out that there. was this incident, alleged incident. between the children of the two. families, and apparently the families. were friends for years. They were. neighbors. They socialized. But what we. see happening is there's this incident. and then the driver of the car, eventually the defendant gets the police.

report about the incident three hours. before uh Cammy Hansen is killed. And so. suddenly there's a motive. >> Yeah. Because you know, some people. might say, "How on earth could someone. intentionally do this to a mother or. doctor like this?" Well, here's the. thing. With the release of the April. 28th, 2025 police report, well, here's. the thing. With the release of that. April 28th, 2025 police report, there. are new potentially critical details. that are emerging about the moments. leading up to and immediately after this.

collision allegedly involving Jeffrey M. Andress and the Hansen family. And after. reviewing the full report, there are. several details that stand out. So, according to Paul Hansen's account to. law enforcement that was documented in. the initial incident report, he was. walking with his wife Cammy, their. child, the family dog, along their usual. neighborhood route. Hansen was on the. left side of the sidewalk. Cammy was in. the middle and their child was on the. right closest to the street. The report. reads, "Paul Hansen stated as they were.

walking, he heard a car accelerating and. looked up and saw a gray 2013 Chevrolet. Traverse bearing Wisconsin plate 868 STT. flooring it." Paul Hansen stated he saw. this vehicle drive up onto the curb. straight into us. Paul Hansen stated he. was unsure if he jumped to the side, but. stated his leg was grazed by the. vehicle. Paul Hansen stated the vehicle. was accelerating right into us. He. stated the driver hit hard enough that.

the vehicle went flying over the edge, quote, "Like he never hit the brakes.". After the impact, Hansen looked around, found his child lying on the grass near. the street, conscious but injured. But. Cammy, however, was nowhere in sight. According to the report, Paul Hansen. stated he then started looking for Cammy. Hansen and noticed she was knocked 40 to. 50 feet away. Paul Hansen stated he was. fairly certain it hit her straight on. Paul Hansen stated he also saw his dog.

was hit as they were walking their dog. at this time. Paul stated, "I remember. seeing that." Now, the Hansen's younger. child, who had been playing baseball in. a backyard across the street, ran over. in shock, reportedly yelling, "He tried. to hit you." and then asked if everyone. was okay. And when Hansen saw the. overturned SUV, he immediately. recognized the driver as allegedly. Jeffrey M. Andress was certain of the. intent, telling police, "I'm confident. he was intentionally trying to kill us.".

Paul Hansen stated, "The suspect vehicle. was driving at least 40 mph." Now, John, that is a incredibly harrowing account. You have an eyewitness account. How. accurate is it? Right? You talk about. eyewitness accounts and traumatic events. like this, there is a specificity to it. How reliable do you think it is? So, what's significant here is that not. only is there a witness account from. another family member, but there's a. neighbor, a woman who sees this and. whose initial reaction when she's.

talking to the police was this was. intentional. The woman put the speed at. about 60 miles an hour. a somewhat. different account of how fast it was. going. But regardless, the all the. witnesses who saw this said the same. thing, which was this was not an. accident. This was an intentional act. This was an intentional act to run this. family over. And so the witness. accounts, when you have one, that's one. account, but when you have two witnesses. who they might differ on the speed. I. mean, they're not professionally trained. to judge that. But they're they're in.

the way they saw this, the way they. perceived this was this was absolutely. intentional. this was not corroboration. and that's the information corroboration. that's what the police get and that's. why initially um it may be a reckless. homicide charge to start with but when. all the pieces fit together then it. becomes intentional homicide. >> and you have the young child too who ran. across the street which by the way is I. don't know how horrifying that is to. think about seeing your family in this. state but again going back to that idea. of trauma there are some experts who. will say in those moments you have like.

tunnel vision you see things very. clearly maybe even the license plate. Right. But there are others who will say. memory can be altered by a traumatic. event. Isn't that a battle at a trial? >> It is. And you know there's a classic. example of this. Every law student in. the country had this uh law professor is. given a lecture and all of a sudden. something happens in the classroom. People burst in. Nine or 10 different. things happen. Then they leave and the. law professor says, "Okay, uh who saw. what and what happened?" And each law. student in that lecture hall sees.

something different. And the point of. that is that when you're watching. something as an eyewitness, you're not. prepared for it. Your accounts can. differ, but there may be one or two. facts that stand out that are. consistent, but it just highlights how. difficult eyewitness testimony can be. >> Let's talk more about this apparent. history between the families, the. strained history because the uh report. details that. So Hansen explained to. investigators that his family and the. Endrris family had once been close, but. then a sexual assault allegation.

involving one of Hansen's children and a. member of the Andress family led to a. complete breakdown in contact and. heightened daily safety precautions. To. be clear, we don't know a whole lot more. about what happened there. John, that's. an interesting aspect to it. You talked. about his potential motive. Is there. anything I don't again I don't want to. jump to conclusions here but when we're. talking about what might have happened. is that something that the defense can. work with potentially would any of that. come into play at a trial?

>> I mean it's got to come in from the. defense perspective if the idea is that. the information or the the the event was. so disturbing to a defendant that that's. what happened. They lose control. they. decide that, you know, they're going to. take this action and it goes to their. state of mind. But again, you remember. in this particular case, you have not. only the um the fact that there was this. incident allegedly that wound up in. juvenile court, but also the public. records that the police have show that.

three hours before Cammy Hansen was. killed by that speeding car the. defendant had obtained through the. normal public records inspection. process, he had obtained the police. report about the uh sexual assault. incident or whatever it was supposed to. be. And in his request, he says, "We are. the parents of the victim." So, I mean, you know, a coincidence or not, you have. the fact that he gets this information. three hours before. Prosecution is going. to use that and say he was stewing on. that. He was using that to plan.

something that was going to happen. And. when he was out in his car and he sees. the family, that's when it all clicked. So, there was some premeditation. There. was a there was an event that triggered. that. Um, but whether they can say that. he planned an actual, you know, incident. where he's going to hit the family with. the car, that's going to be difficult. But there is a timeline that shows when. he got this information and then when. the uh the car hit the family and killed. Cammy and the dog. >> Let's go back to this eyewitness. testimony. You mentioned it. This.

bystander, An McNelte, spoke to police. about what she saw leading up to the. crash. and she recounted, according to. the report, quote, "As McNelte was. placing her recycling into the. receptacle, she was facing west towards. Landmark Drive and noticed a dark SUV. traveling at a noticeably high rate of. speed. After the vehicle left McNelie's. point of view, McNelte heard the sound. of wood breaking, which made her believe. the abovementioned vehicle was involved. in a car wreck." McNelte described the. abovementioned vehicle as flying so fast.

and that she had the sense that it can't. make that curve. It's going way too. fast. Now, McNelte apparently took a. guess at the SUV's speed, described her. immediate reaction, telling police. McNelte estimated the vehicle's speed to. be traveling at at least 50 mph, and. does not remember hearing an engine rev. or brake squeal before she heard the. sound of wood breaking, meaning it. wasn't trying to stop. McNelte dropped. her recycling and alerted her daughter, who was inside of the residence, that. there was a car wreck, and instructed. her to call 911. McNelte went to the.

scene of the crash north of her. residence on foot. Upon arriving at the. scene, McNelte helped one of the. victims. And per the report, McNelte. stated she observed a minor child who. was later verbally identified as. redacted lying down in the easement. between the sidewalk and the road with. legs in the gutter of the road. McNelte. approached and assessed to make sure the. child was breathing and stayed with them. until the first responders arrived. McNelte also noted a prior observation,

telling police McNelte recalled earlier. that day seeing a vehicle matching the. description of above mentioned speeding. dark gray SUV possibly traveling. southbound around 1 2 hours prior to the. wreck. However, McNelte stated that this. speeding vehicle could have been the. suspect vehicle or an unrelated vehicle. matching that description that was. speeding and did not look at it long. enough to tell for sure. John, that's. interesting. That goes to her. credibility, right? Because some would.

say, "Oh, the best thing for for a case. here would to say, you saw the same. vehicle. You saw it before, you can. match it." But kind of couching that and. being conservative about that, that. makes arguably her more credible, right? >> I think that's right. And you've got a. witness again, she doesn't have, you. know, the expression is she doesn't have. a dog in the fight. She's not a family. member. She's a neighbor. She's not, you. know, the young child who witnessed. this. Of course, the trauma and. unbelievable because that was a family. member witnessing something like that.

This woman, Anne McNolte, a neighbor, an. adult, you know, mature perceptions. And. if she does see a car speeding earlier, is that something that could be tied to. the defendant in terms of well, did he. get this information in the police. reports through the public records. inspection uh request? And did that. trigger something that led to somebody. driving at a high rate of speed through. the neighborhood? And did that person. come back through? I mean, these are. theories. There's nothing obviously. that's been established yet, but these. are all interesting facts. And these are. interesting facts that are being.

supplied by a witness whose credibility. seems pretty good. >> Let's dive into this a little bit more. So, police end up talking to Paul Hansen. again, and he provided additional. details of the crash and continue to. insist that this was intentional. So, per the report, it says Paul Hansen. began by detailing his recollection of. the incident that occurred on Monday, April 28th, 2025. Paul Hansen stated he. arrived home from work in the afternoon. and went on a walk with his child, wife. Cammy Hansen, and their family dog. They.

walked the route they typically take. when going on family walks, which. includes walking the business park. located near their home and stopping at. the retention pond near Johnson Health. Tech. As they were nearing the end of. their walk and returning home, they were. on Landmark Drive. Paul Hansen was. walking on the left side of the. sidewalk. Cammy Hansen was in the middle. of the sidewalk and and Redacted was on. the right side of the sidewalk. The. family dog was walking in front of them. They were having a normal conversation. when Paul Hansen heard the revving of an.

engine. He looked up and saw a vehicle. jumping the curb and running into them. Paul Hansen recalls stepping back and to. the left. He realized later he was. struck by the vehicle as his left leg. had an abrasion and he had lost his left. shoe. He heard a crash as the vehicle. went through the fence and hit the. building. He saw Redacted lying on the. grass between the road and the sidewalk. He ran over to Redacted and called 911. He could see that Redacted was breathing. and could hear moaning. Redacted was. conscious and making sounds but was not. fully responding. And after ensuring his.

child was breathing, Hansen then. searched for his wife. Quote, "This is. when he noticed the vehicle upside down. next to Grand Appliance. He found Cammy. Hansen at the bottom of the retaining. wall on the ground. He began running. toward Cammy Hansen when he noticed his. other child, who did not go on the walk, was standing in the yard to their. residence. The child did not go on the. walk because the child was playing. baseball in the backyard. The child saw. the family returning from their walk and. was leaving the backyard of the. residence to walk toward them. Paul.

Hansen later learned that witnessed the. incident. As Paul Hansen was running. toward Cammy Hansen, he could hear the. child running and yelling, "Mommy, mommy." The child ran to their mother, Cammy Hansen, and looked distraught. Paul Hansen could see that Cammy Hansen. was breathing and could hear her. moaning. Now, as heartbreaking as that. is, neighbors they quickly joined to. assist. And the report reads he could. not remember the neighbor's name, but. stated they lived at the house closest. to Grand Appliance. The neighbor called. 911 and told Paul Hansen he would care.

for Redacted. The other neighbor, Anne, also stayed with Redacted. Paul Hansen. recalled the first responders started to. arrive on scene. Once there was a. paramedic with Cammy Hansen. Paul Hansen. ran to see if redacted was still alive. Cammy Hansen was placed on a stretcher. and was complaining that she could not. breathe. Paul Hansen told the other. child to go find the oldest child who. was still inside the residence so. redacted had someone to be with. Hansen. was then asked about the driver. Before. the ambulance left the scene, Paul.

Hansen noticed the family dog was dead. lying in the grass. Paul Hansen recalled. looking at the scene and noticed the. vehicle was still upside down. He could. see the driver, who looked familiar to. him, crawling out of the vehicle. Paul. Hansen recognized the driver as Jeffrey. Endrris. When Paul Hansen finished. detailing his recollection of the. incident, Detective Carter and I began. to ask him questions. When asked for his. immediate impressions, Hansen said he. had concern for his family and felt the. vehicle aimed at the family and. intentionally hit them. He felt the. impact was intentional due to the engine.

revving and there was no reason a. vehicle would jump the curve at that. location. He did not recall hearing. tires squealing or a horn honking. He. recalled hearing an engine revving, the. sound of the vehicle bouncing over the. curb, and then an extremely loud bang as. the vehicle hit the fence and building. He does not recall hearing any other. vehicles around the time of the crash. If there were other vehicles, there was. nothing out of the ordinary to draw his. attention to them. The revving sound of. the vehicle that struck them sounded. like someone punching the accelerator.

down to the floor rapidly trying to. increase speed, which is what caught his. attention and caused him to look up. And. even days later, Hansen's view hadn't. changed. Paul Hansen stated he has. recalled the incident multiple times. over the past few days in an attempt to. see if there was anything different that. would make him feel the crash was not. intentional. Paul Hansen stated he could. not come up with any reason to make him. feel the crash was not intentional. He. does not believe there were any vehicles. or other factors that would have caused. the crash other than intention. He does. not believe there was a medical. emergency that caused the crash as he.

witnessed Jeffrey Andress crawl out of. the vehicle within approximately one. minute after the crash. Paul Hansen and. Jeffrey Andress did not have any. interaction with each other during the. incident. You know, John, as I'm going. through this and I'm going through these. details and how heartbreaking they are, you also have to wonder and whether or. not this is going to come out, if the. allegations are true, where they were. walking, it would have It's interesting. Their typical route, the one they take. all the time, is there a chance that. Andress, again, assuming the allegations.

are true, knew they were going to be on. that route, like went towards that area, knew they were going to be there at that. time, >> right? These are some really good. questions. the idea of whether there was. actually some kind of uh was it. coincidence or synchronicity? Was this. something that was intentional because. Andress had an idea of when the family. would be out there or was he just out. driving according to police uh and then. he happened to see this family. But a. couple of interesting things here. First. of all, this is actually a pretty good. police report. I mean, you and I have.

seen thousands and thousands of the of. these things and this was some pretty. detailed uh police work. And I think. after reviewing the many pages of this. thing, the other thing is that you've. got uh a timing situation. So here you. have the father, you have Paul who knows. about the allegations of the incident. involving the two children. When does he. raise that with law enforcement? Now you. know that law enforcement the minute. they identified Andress, you know, they. they're going to see what's in their. files and the name the last name is.

somehow you would expect would come up. with this earlier report. So, at some. point, an investigator is going to link. those two together. When did Paul. mention that as a potential motive? And. again, you have to understand this guy's. watched his family essentially get. massacred in front of him. So, you have. to understand that the trauma that's. going on and the and the disbelief that. it happened. But at some point, at what. point does he make the connection to uh. the intent and as the police said. publicly, it was a vigilante killing on.

the part of the defendant? That's how. they defined it. So, what's curious of. the police report is it looks like the. first mention from Paul, the father, is. about two days later. Did police already. have that information beforehand? And my. guess is that they did. >> By the way, so this interview also. covered the family's walking routine, the relationship with the Endrris family. prior to the sexual assault allegations. So, it adds a little more context there. It says Paul Hansen stated that his. family and the Endrris family had a. positive relationship before the sexual. assault allegations. The relationship.

and all contact with Jeffrey Endrris and. Maria Elise Atkinson ended after the. sexual assault allegations. Paul Hansen. stated there was no contact between any. of them from the time of the sexual. assault allegations to the time of the. crash. The Hansen family took. precautions and changed the routines to. ensure the child was in compliance with. the court order and the family avoided. any contact with the Endress family. as. part of conditions regarding the sexual. assault was court ordered to have no. contact with Jeffrey Endrris's family. and stay 200 feet away from the Endrris.

residence which by the way if they can. prove he was the driver you know John. real quick how coincidental that he's. the one responsible right you know out. of all people to have an accident it's. him so let's just let's just talk about. that for a quick second. >> right well you've got to backtrack. you've got to sort of build it backward. on this one because you've got the. situation of Endrris getting three hours. before actually getting in his hands. apparently or on his computer screen the.

report the police report involving the. sexual assault between the children of. the two families and then you have him. out reported to a neighbor possibly. driving around the neighborhood maybe an. hour before in a car, a gray car. Um and. then you have the actual uh incident. where Cammy gets killed, the dog gets. killed, children injured, child's. injured. So, what's going to be. important for law enforcement is to be. able to do this chron chronological. timeline that establishes all this, but. also the idea in the eyes of prosecution.

and law enforcement that um you have a a. motive and you have plenty of time um. based on the sexual assault allegations. and the receipt of the police report. I. mean, you can create um you know, intent. to kill in a short amount of time. this. in this case, you're going to have. prosecutors arguing that at least the. three hours between the time he got the. police report and the time of the the. homicide that that was more than enough. to establish um an intent to kill. And.

it just was was it a crime of. opportunity? Was it something that he. had planned? Did he just happen to see. this family walking and yeah, >> according to prosecutors decide to take. that action? >> Or did he know their schedule? Did he. think they're going to be out taking a. walk? They do that regularly. I know. them well enough. We're in the. neighborhood. We've known them socially. So, a lot of these pieces have to be fit. together, but what we do know for sure. is the timeline of all the information. and all the backstory. And. >> and let me just go real quick into the. autopsy. So, there was an autopsy that.

was conducted on Cammy and it details. catastrophic injuries. On April 30th, 2025 at 9:00 a.m., I attended the. autopsy of Cammy Hansen. This occurred. at the Dayne County Medical Examiner's. Office and was performed by Dr. Regalski. I could see a large opening. which appeared to be a cut or laceration. on the front right side of Cammy Hansen. between her chest and stomach area. Dr. Rogowski described that injury as a. tear. Dr. Regowski said Cammy Hansen's. left femur and right femur were broken.

Dr. Regowski also said there were. aulsion pockets on Cammy Hansen's right. side and left side. Dr. Ogowski said. Cammy Hansen's liver was shattered, pelvis was ruptured, and Cammy Hansen. had swelling on her brain. Dr. Dr. Rosowski told me blunt force injuries. caused Cammy Hansen's death. Sometimes, John, it takes a minute for the medical. examiner to determine cause and matter. of death. Doesn't appear like this is. the case. >> Not in this case. This is again, you. know, how many autopsy reports you've.

seen and I've seen, but this is. absolutely tragic. And one of the issues. that comes up in the uh accident. reconstruction or the investigation is. that not only is she hit by the car and. is it is flung a long distance 30 feet. apparently, but she hits a building, her. body hits a building and then falls to. the ground. So there there's the initial. trauma of the contact with the vehicle. and then there's a subsequent trauma. apparently when um tragically her body. hits a hits a building. You can only. hope that the initial contact was was.

immediately fatal that she didn't. suffer. But the autopsy reports they are. revealing they they describe in. incredible detail just how horrific. these injuries were caused by that car. and then the subsequent collision with a. solid building. >> Now there's one thing I have to end on. I was talking about how witnesses at. trial evidence. Unfortunately for the Hansen family, Andrris will never get to see his day in.

court as he was discovered dead in the. Dayne County Jail on the morning of May. 6. As far as we know, a cause of death. has not been released here. Though the. criminal complaint does indicate Andrris. was having thoughts of leaving the world. on his own terms. So, John, we could. take that for what it is. We will see. where that goes. But obviously for the. Hansen family this is a immense. disappointment I have to imagine. >> Right. Is it in their minds? Is it some.

kind of justice? Of course Andrew never. convicted of anything, never had to. stand trial. Um does the family get. closure from this? Does the family not. get closure? I mean they've had such a. horrific time of it and now the person. who police say was responsible will. never be in court with them. they'll. never get to look him in the eye and. tell the person who did this what this. has meant to their lives. >> John Day, thanks for taking the time. Appreciate it. And that's all we have.

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