AUSTIN, Texas—A man has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend, whose body was discovered at a downtown apartment in April.
On Thursday, April 24, at approximately 5:49 a.m., Austin Police Department (APD) officers and EMS responded to a welfare check at 85 Trinity Street. The caller, Reginald Crosby, reported that his girlfriend, Regina Jones, was unconscious and not breathing. Ms. Jones, 57, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Crosby initially told investigators that he and Jones had argued the night before, and he suggested her death might have been medically related, possibly from choking on food. However, an autopsy revealed a subdural hematoma was the cause of death, contradicting his story…