SAN ANTONIO — The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that a Republican congressman's staffer who passed away in Uvalde in September died of self-immolation, meaning she intentionally set herself on fire.

Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died Sept. 13 in the South Texas city, sparking an investigation led by the Texas Rangers. Local authorities had said from the start there were no indications of foul play in her death, and a subsequent report from the Uvalde Leader News said Santos-Aviles had "doused herself in gasoline and was ignited into flames."

Officials ruled her manner of death as suicide.

According to LinkedIn, Santos-Aviles had worked for U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, which includes San Antonio and Uvalde, since 2021. The third-term Texas Republican said in a statement soon a

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