REMEMBER Santos Simiona
Santos Simiona Gonzalez Lopez
32 YEARS OLD ·
Ruskin,
Florida
Publicly available sources reviewed by The Violet Thread provide limited information about Santos’s life outside of the circumstances surrounding her death. This profile will be updated if additional reliable biographical or remembrance information becomes available.
THE RECORD
Three weeks after Santos Simiona Gonzalez-Lopez ended her relationship with Leopoldo Galarza-Espinosa, he went to her Ruskin residence and began banging on the front door, demanding that she let him inside. After Santos allowed him in, the two argued. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Galarza-Espinosa pulled a semiautomatic handgun from his pocket, chambered a round, and told Santos that two people were going to die. He then shot Santos three times before shooting himself in the head. Santos was found unresponsive and died from her injuries; Galarza-Espinosa survived.
RELATIONSHIP CONTEXT
Former Partner
Santos and Galarza-Espinosa had previously been in a romantic relationship that ended approximately three weeks before her death. According to law enforcement, Galarza-Espinosa went to Santos’s home, demanded to be let inside, and confronted her shortly before the shooting. Afterward, while speaking to deputies, he reportedly referenced finding Santos with someone else.
PATTERNS DOCUMENTED IN AVAILABLE RECORDS
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LEGAL / SYSTEM RESPONSE
Hillsborough County deputies responded to Santos’s residence and found her unresponsive and Galarza-Espinosa alive with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was transported to Tampa General Hospital in stable condition. Authorities charged him with first-degree murder in connection with Santos’s death.
INFORMATION LIMITATIONS
Limited reliable biographical information about Santos was located. Available reporting primarily documents the homicide and immediate law-enforcement response. Prior relationship history, prior system involvement, whether children were present or affected, and the final criminal case disposition were not established by the sources reviewed.
TRANSPARENCY / RECORD NOTE
This profile is based on available public reporting and community memorial information. Some aspects of Santos’s life and relationship history were not documented in the sources located.
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