Overview
- The Bexar County Medical Examiner determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head with the manner ruled a suicide.
- Deputies recovered a firearm near the body, and investigators have not confirmed whether it matches a family member’s missing gun.
- Authorities discontinued the statewide CLEAR Alert, and community search efforts for Mendoza Olmos have ended.
- The remains were found around late afternoon in a previously checked field near a landscaping business, where tall brush had obscured visibility.
- Sheriff Javier Salazar said foul play is not suspected, citing prior indicators of suicidal ideation as multiple agencies, volunteers and Texas EquuSearch aided the case.