Man Arrested in 2019 Cold Case Death of San Antonio Woman, Bexar County Sheriff's Office Says
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office arrested a 24-year-old man Thursday evening in connection with the 2019 death of Megan Gonzalez, whose burned body was found in a field in southwest Bexar County — and a second man, Joey Emiliano Tovar-Vargas, has been charged with tampering with evidence of a corpse, KSAT reported from BCSO.
The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in a seven-year-old cold case. Deputies arrested a 24-year-old man on Thursday evening in connection with the 2019 death of Megan Gonzalez, whose burned body was found in a field in southwest Bexar County, according to the sheriff's office as reported by KSAT. Sheriff Javier Salazar announced the arrest in the cold case, per KSAT's account.
A second man, Joey Emiliano Tovar-Vargas, has been charged with tampering with evidence of a corpse in connection with the case, according to officials as reported by KSAT. The charge is carried here exactly as reported; what role investigators allege for either man beyond the arrest and the tampering charge has not been detailed in the accounts read this cycle, and the station does not fill that gap.
Gonzalez's death had gone unsolved since 2019. The accounts read this cycle do not carry a court date or bond information for either man; this story will be updated when the sheriff's office or court records release more. An arrest and a charge are allegations, not findings — both men are presumed innocent unless and until a court decides otherwise.
