A quiet Sunday on the far West Side of San Antonio, Texas, was shattered by a tragic act of violence that claimed the life of 43-year-old Martha Gonzalez May. On the evening of September 13, 2026, Bexar County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home in a new subdivision on Confluence Creek, where they discovered a grim scene. Inside the residence, which Martha had moved into with her partner just ten days prior, both she and Rene May, 36, were found deceased from gunshot wounds.
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investigation into the deaths quickly pointed towards a murder-suicide stemming from domestic violence. A housemate living with the couple told investigators that they had heard the two arguing on the morning of their deaths. This individual left the home and, upon returning in the evening, made the tragic discovery and alerted the authorities. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office later confirmed that Martha May's death was a homicide caused by multiple shotgun wounds. Rene May's death was ruled a suicide from a shotgun wound. Sheriff Javier Salazar stated that the case was being investigated as a domestic violence-related murder-suicide.
As the investigation is considered a murder-suicide, with the perpetrator being the deceased Rene May, there have been no arrests made in the case of Martha May's death. Consequently, there are no ongoing legal proceedings, convictions, or sentences to report. The incident stands as a somber illustration of the devastating consequences of domestic disputes. Sheriff's officials noted this was one of several domestic-violence related homicides in Bexar County that year, highlighting a tragic trend in the community. The case is a closed one, a heartbreaking narrative of a life cut short by violence within her own home.
