Overview
- Britain’s Daily Mail published an unconfirmed claim from unnamed sources that Regina Santos-Aviles had a romantic relationship with Rep. Tony Gonzales, a report echoed by several outlets.
- A spokesman for Gonzales declined to deny the allegation in comments to the Daily Mail and criticized attempts to distort the circumstances of her death.
- Santos-Aviles’s family told the New York Post the affair claim lacks merit, with her mother calling the report completely false.
- Investigators say surveillance video showed Santos-Aviles alone in her backyard when the fire began and report no indication of foul play, with the footage sent to the Texas DPS crime lab.
- Uvalde police have petitioned to keep the 911 call, surveillance video, and related reports sealed, while final forensic and medical examiner determinations remain pending.