After one of his staffers died from dousing herself with gasoline and catching fire, a Texas Congressman has canceled all media events – seemingly to avoid questions about her death.
Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, poured gasoline on herself before she became engulfed in flames at her home on September 13 in Uvalde, Texas – about two hours outside of San Antonio.
The married mother of one, who was separated from her husband according to the San Antonio Express News, had worked for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales as regional district director since 2021.
‘The last thing she said is, “I don’t want to die,”‘ Aviles’ mother Nora Gonzales told the Express News.
She was airlifted to San Antonio, where she died at the hospital the next day.
Investigators have yet to determine her cause of death, with the medical examiner telling Daily Mail Thursday that the autopsy results are still pending.
However, Uvalde police believe she was alone in her backyard when she started to burn, according to the Express News, who reported her death as a self-immolation.
Days after her death, the media was disinvited to an event where Gonzales would be face-to-face with reporters.
Gonzales had been scheduled to visit Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio for the opening of a new research facility September 22.
Hellbound and Down 