{"id":384592,"date":"2026-07-24T01:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384592\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T01:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T01:55:10","slug":"suspect-in-child-sex-abuse-probe-identified-after-committing-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384592\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in child sex abuse probe identified after committing suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as deputies were attempting to arrest him in connection with a child sexual abuse investigation.<\/p>\n<p>That suspect has since been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner&#8217;s Office as 71-year-old Raymond Delvalle.<\/p>\n<p>He died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His death has been ruled a suicide.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/local\/bexar-county-deputies-serve-arrest-warrant-suspect-dies-by-suicide-sheriff-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Suspect in child sex abuse probe dies by self-inflicted gunshot as deputies serve warrant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputies were serving an arrest warrant for the suspect on Wednesday at his home along Gristmill Way in Far West Bexar County.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, who Sheriff Salazar said was a military veteran and former law enforcement officer in another state, is accused of sexually abusing three young girls under the age of 14.<\/p>\n<p>As deputies were approaching the home, they heard a single gunshot. Despite life-saving measures, the man was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The abuse allegedly began in another state and continued in Bexar County. &#8220;Once we got a hold of the case, we began investigating it, and we applied for and were granted a warrant for sexual abuse of a child under 14 years of age, which is a first-degree felony,&#8221; Salazar said.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say the death of the suspect remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; A suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as deputies were attempting to arrest him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-384592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}