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Police still searching for answers in year-old cold case

Ruth Clay, 90, fatally shot in her home on Jan. 2

SAN ANTONIO – Almost a year after a 90-year-old woman was shot and killed in her San Antonio home, police are still searching for the person who pulled the trigger. 

On Jan. 2, San Antonio police officers went to 90-year-old Ruth Clay's home, on Como Street, for a welfare check.

"When they got out to the residence, they entered the location and found the victim lying facedown in her bedroom with a gunshot wound," said Officer Misty Floyd, with the San Antonio Police Department.

KSAT-12 worked with San Antonio police, who reenacted the event as they believe it happened. Investigators say the bullet that ultimately killed Clay blasted through her bedroom wall and struck her while she was sitting in her wheelchair in her bedroom.

"We don't know at this time if it was a deliberate act or if it was someone being reckless," Floyd said.

All they do know is that no witnesses have come forward -- and Clay's family is desperate for closure.

"This has got to be a really hard thing for the family to take, and so finding closure for them is ultimately what we're trying to do," Floyd said.

In order to do that, police need the public's help.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the SAPD Homicide Unit at 210-207-7635. Crime Stoppers is offering up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.


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Courtney Friedman anchors KSAT’s weekend evening shows and reports during the week. Her ongoing Loving in Fear series confronts Bexar County’s domestic violence epidemic. She joined KSAT in 2014 and is proud to call the SA and South Texas community home. She came to San Antonio from KYTX CBS 19 in Tyler, where she also anchored & reported.

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