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Person of Interest in Far West Side Home Death Believed Dead

The development shifts focus to investigators working to confirm identities, recover evidence, determine motive.

Overview

  • Deputies responding to a welfare check on Tuesday found a 22-year-old man dead and a woman in her 60s severely injured inside a home on the 7900 block of Cactus Plum Drive.
  • Authorities say the younger man showed evidence of gunshot wounds and a laceration to his throat while the woman suffered severe head trauma, is conscious in hospital and cannot recall events.
  • The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office identified 65-year-old Anthony Wayne Neasham as a person of interest and said Texas Department of Public Safety troopers located him; officials now believe Neasham is deceased.
  • Officials have given inconsistent statements about whether a firearm was recovered at the scene, with investigators saying a gun was likely used but later saying the weapon has not been recovered.
  • The Bexar County Medical Examiner is working to identify the 22-year-old, detectives continue evidence collection and interviews, and neighbors say the incident has left the community shaken.