Authorities are investigating after a staffer for U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-San Antonio, died Sunday after catching fireplace, KSAT experiences.
The demise of Gonzales’ Uvalde Regional District Director Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, is being seemed into by the Uvalde Police Division and the Texas Rangers. Nonetheless, Uvalde Police Chief Homer Delgado advised the TV station there’s no indication of foul play.
Nonetheless, it stays unclear what ignited the blaze that ended Santos-Aviles’ life.
In keeping with KSAT, police and paramedics have been known as to the staffer’s Uvalde dwelling round 9:30 p.m. Saturday after a member of the family discovered Santos-Aviles on fireplace exterior.
Paramedics airlifted Santos-Aviles to SAMMC in San Antonio, the place she succumbed to her in depth burns the subsequent morning, KSAT experiences.
The precise explanation for demise stays beneath investigation, based on the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s workplace.
Gonzales’ workplace didn’t instantly reply to the Present’s request for remark. The congressman additionally hasn’t posted on social media about Santos-Aviles’ demise.
In a press release equipped to KSAT, Gonzales stated that he’s “heart-stricken” by the information of his staffer’s demise.
“Regina devoted her career towards making a distinction in her group,” Gonzales stated. “She is going to at all times be remembered for her ardour in direction of Uvalde and serving to the group turn out to be a greater place.”
Alt-right on-line publication Present Revolt has described Santos-Aviles’ demise as a “suicide,” citing unnamed sources. Nonetheless, a member of the family of Santos-Aviles disputed that declare in feedback to KSAT.
“Her final phrases have been ‘I don’t need to die,” the member of the family advised the TV station.
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