Prominent San Antonio Lawyer and Wife Found Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide



Jerry Hernandez, a well-known personal injury lawyer in Bexar County, was found murdered in his home in what appears to be a murder-suicide, according to law enforcement reports. The Bexar County Medical Examiner identified the victims early Friday as Hernandez, 61, and his wife, Sonia Patricia Hernandez, 52. The bodies were discovered in their Shavano Park home on Wednesday, as detailed in a San Antonio Express-News report.

According to the medical examiner, the attorney’s death was ruled a homicide, the result of multiple gunshot wounds. Further details are available in the complete report.