Anita Leal, an 89-year-old Hispanic woman from Galveston, Texas, was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head in her upstairs bedroom after a medical alert triggered a response in the early hours of November 17, 2025. Paramedics who entered the home on Dominique Drive encountered her husband, 88-year-old Ernest Leal, who told them he had shot his wife. A handgun was found on the bedroom floor.

Officers took Ernest into custody at the house; investigators say he admitted to shooting Anita and has been charged with murder. Court records quoted him saying Anita was terminally ill and had told him she no longer wished to live, and that he shot her while she slept before trying — unsuccessfully, he said — to shoot himself. Neighbors and a local restaurant owner described the couple as known in the community and suggested Anita had been experiencing memory problems.

No definitive motive beyond Ernest’s statements has been established and the investigation remains open. Does anyone in Galveston have information about the couple or the days leading up to November 17, 2025?