According to a new report, the Texas GOP congressional staffer who died earlier this month after she caught on fire in her home doused herself in gasoline and set her body on fire.
After reviewing surveillance video, authorities determined Regina Santos-Aviles was in her backyard alone when she caught fire on September 13.
Santos-Aviles was alive when first responders arrived at her home late in the evening on September 13; however, she passed away the next morning.
Firefighters also had to put out burning gas cans, according to the report obtained by Uvalde Leader-News.
Texas officials did not disclose whether Santos-Aviles deliberately set herself on fire; however, her family insists it was an accident.
“Her last words were, ‘I don’t want to die,’” a family member previously told KSAT.
The 35-year-old worked for US Rep. Tony Gonzales as a congressional staffer.
The official cause of death is still pending.
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