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What happened to Joseph Banales? Details explored as nursing student’s death ruled a homicide

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Robert Young

Updated on February 25, 2026

22-year-old Joseph Banales was found dead in his vehicle on April 15 after he was purportedly engaged with a solitary vehicle crash. At the point when specialists found him, they likewise saw a discharge twisted to his head.

At first, specialists felt that Joseph Banales died because of the accident, in any case, a post-mortem uncovered that he died from the shot. Banales was going home when the heartbreaking episode occurred.

Joseph Banales was a nursing understudy at the College of the Manifest Word in San Antonio. Specialists are yet to uncover further insights regarding his passing.

A dissection uncovered nursing understudy Joseph Banales died from a shot to his headThe lamentable occurrence occurred on April 15, 2023, when the collection of Joseph Banales was recuperated from a crashed vehicle. At around 11:45 pm, Selma police recuperated the vehicle and his body in the 15400 block of I-35 N. The police division gave a public statement saying that the answering officials found the body of a unidentified male in the vehicle, who was subsequently distinguished as Banales.

As per the public statement: The public statement further expressed that few observers saw Joseph’s vehicle nearly collide with another vehicle in no time prior to running inside a middle on IH-35 N. After the post-mortem examination, the Bexar Province Clinical Inspector’s Office uncovered that Joseph Banales died because of a gunfire, and not the accident. His passing was hence, governed a murder.

Joseph’s family referenced that he was getting back subsequent to going to a tactical ball with her sweetheart. The 22-year-old nursing understudy previously dropped his sweetheart off, and keeping in mind that he was driving, they talked via telephone. During the call, his better half heard a motor firing up, trailed by a noisy bang. Soon after that, the call was disengaged.

“In the event that anyone has any data, we would truly see the value in you approaching on the grounds that the shooter should be dealt with. It’s truly challenging to know this man or lady is out there actually carrying on with their life while we are wrestling with Joseph’s passing and how to cover him.”
The College of the Manifest Word’s VP, Sister Walter Maher, tended to the heartbreaking episode and said that the whole local area is in a “condition of shock.” A faith gathering was likewise coordinated by the college on Monday to recollect Joseph Banales.
“As he planned to leave the parkway close to the Selma leave, he might have removed a vehicle that continued to begin driving unpredictably around him. That is the point at which we figure he might have been shot. We desire to find solutions as any parent needs about what has been going on with their kid. We’re simply attempting to go moment by minute, step by step, and step by step as we can.”

It was found that 22-year-old Banales was a senior nursing understudy at the college and was likewise engaged with the ROTC program. Eckel further expressed that the family is sitting tight for replies from the specialists.