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Newlywed seeking answers for death of her husband

Car crash turns into a homicide investigation

CONVERSE – What started as a report of a major car crash on Loop 1604 and Gray Town Road has now turned into a homicide investigation.

Converse police are still working to figure out who is responsible for the death of 36-year-old James Fede on May 5.

James was immediately taken to a local hospital for what was believed to be injuries he sustained in the crash. However, police said it was the medical staff who discovered that James also had a gunshot wound to the torso.

As if the news of James’ involvement in a crash wasn’t shocking enough, Ruby Fede said learning her husband had been shot was devastating.

James had recently celebrated his first wedding anniversary to Ruby, who said she doesn’t know who would have wanted to harm him.

“He wasn’t the type to be out there making enemies or anything like that. So I don’t know what happened. I don’t know what could have happened to him,” Ruby said.

James and his wife had just purchased their new home and were still in the process of unpacking when the incident happened.

“James knew right away it was our home. He said he didn’t even need to look at any other floor plans, and we just put in the paperwork right away. We bought it, we moved in about three weeks ago,” said Ruby.

James was a driver for Uber Eats and was out on deliveries at the time of the incident. Police said they did find a gunshot to the exterior of his Pathfinder, but they have not determined if his cause of death was related to injuries from the crash or the gunshot.

The case remains under investigation. If anyone has information that could lead to an arrest, call the Converse Police Department at 210-658-2322.


About the Authors
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Jonathan Cotto is a reporter for KSAT’s Good Morning San Antonio. He’s a bilingual award-winning news reporter and he joined KSAT in 2021. Before coming to San Antonio, Cotto was reporting along the U.S.-Mexico border in South Texas. He’s a veteran of the United States Navy.

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Before starting KSAT in 2017, Lee was a photojournalist at KENS 5, where he won a Lone Star Emmy in 2014 for Best Weather Segment. In 2009 and 2010 Lee garnered first-place awards with the Texas Association of Broadcasters for Best Investigative Series in College Station, as well as winning first place for Staff Photojournalism in 2011 at KBTX.

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