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[–] cogman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

Ah yes, refusing to release documents you are required to by law. Nothing fishy there.

https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/regina-santos-aviles-tony-gonzales-charges-death-21129425.php

[–] Blueliner@lemmy.world 33 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Calling it now. He killed her.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Waiting to hear how she shot herself in the back of the head six times before the immolation

It's a lag thing. Sometimes you click the shoot button 6 times with perfect aim off the wall but it doesn't seem like it loads, so you just drop a cocktail and it all suddenly loads at once.

Life is a simulation I hear

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 52 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Regina Santos-Aviles, 35, died on Sept. 14 after she doused herself with an accelerant and set herself ablaze at her home on Geraldine Avenue in Uvalde, Texas, Bexar County officials determined.

What a horrible way to go. Self-immolating isn't really a typical suicide plan, is it? I'm sure the Uvalde PD did a thorough job investigating it, and are total professionals, and there's no chance they are covering something up and it was really a murder.

... Wait, that town sounds familiar, where did I hear of that place before?

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Seriously. I really doubt a female commited suicide by self immolation.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

It's pretty rare that anyone does that. The only cases I'm aware of is someone doing a protest.

Ima bet poison then burning the body.

[–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 minutes ago

Gaslight someone enough and they will eventually light the match themselves.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 18 points 2 hours ago

Of course the Republican rep carries on life as usual when his affair partner sets herself on fire

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 14 points 2 hours ago

GOP bodycount +1, put it over there with the rest of the crime.