It s an injustice. We just hope he doesn t take off. According to the preliminary autopsy report, Santos died from suffocation. She had also suffered internal bleeding and had numerous cuts and bruises on her lips, mouth, nose, scalp and eyes, the pathologist wrote. This is not a natural death.
Manner of death appears to be homicide and being asphyxial and consistent with suffocation.
The case has yet to go to a grand jury. Gamez said he intends to fight the use of any statements Antonio Santos may have made to police after his arrest, claiming an attorney from his office was initially denied repeated requests to see him in jail. Gamez pointed out that Santos, who works with a trucking company, has three children from a previous wife, served in the military and has no prior felonies.