Tomas Donard Calavera Jr., 30, was found dead at his home in the Alamo Ranch area of far west Bexar County, San Antonio, on December 23, 2024. Deputies responding to a welfare check discovered him inside the master bedroom closet with a fatal gunshot wound to the face. His father was at the scene when deputies arrived.

Investigators quickly identified 40-year-old Faith Paige Goynes, Calavera’s common-law wife and the mother of his child, as the primary suspect. An arrest affidavit says Goynes confessed to shooting Calavera, then took his 2024 GMC pickup truck. Deputies later found the truck burning in Port O'Connor about 150 miles southeast of San Antonio; a yellow gas can and a lighter were nearby. A witness saw a woman, later identified as Goynes, with severe burns trying to extinguish herself; she was found paddling away in a kayak and had Calavera’s identification. Goynes was arrested and charged with murder and arson causing serious bodily injury or death and is held at the Calhoun County Detention Center.

Calavera, known as Keola, was born January 31, 1994, in Honolulu, Hawaii, and served in the U.S. Army from 2013 to 2020 as a Staff Sergeant and 19D Cavalry Scout. His family and friends describe his death as sudden and tragic. If anyone knew Tomas, his movements that day, or has information about the shooting or the vehicle fire, please come forward.