Police say fiery death of aide to Rep. Tony Gonzales was caught on video

Home surveillance video captured Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, an aide to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, with her body on fire in her backyard in Uvalde on Sept. 13, police said Tuesday.

Santos-Aviles, 35, died the next day at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio after suffering severe burns. Her death remains under investigation by the Uvalde Police Department and the Texas Rangers.

Authorities have not said how the fire started, and the Bexar County medical examiner has not yet issued a finding as to the manner of death — that is, whether it was natural, accidental, a suicide, a homicide or undetermined…

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