Overview
- The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined this week that Santos‑Aviles died by suicide through self‑immolation.
- Rep. Tony Gonzales said he does not know the exact circumstances, has not been in contact with investigators, and is waiting for a final report.
- The Uvalde Police Department, working with the Texas Rangers, has reported no indication that anyone else was involved.
- Gonzales rejected tabloid reports alleging an affair as completely untruthful, and Santos‑Aviles’ family has called those claims completely false.
- Santos‑Aviles, 35, was critically burned at her Uvalde home on Sept. 13 and died the next day at Brooke Army Medical Center; she had served as a regional director in Gonzales’ office since 2021.