The husband of “King of the Hill” star Jonathan Joss alleged that the voice actor was murdered by a homophobic neighbor after enduring “years” of violent threats on their avenue — however residents and police are telling a special story.
“He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other,” Joss’ husband, Tristan Kern de Gonzales, wrote in a Fb put up Monday, a day after the killing.
The San Antonio Police Division, nevertheless, quickly denied these claims.
“Currently the investigation has found no evidence to indicate that Mr. Joss’s murder was related to his sexual orientation,” the division wrote on X.
Gonzales claimed on social media that he and Joss had stopped by the location of their Texas house — which burned down in February — to select up their mail on Sunday, after they discovered the bones of their lifeless pet canine displayed on the property.
“This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw,” Gonzales wrote. “While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired.”
Joss — a 59-year-old finest identified for voicing John Redcorn on the bawdy cartoon comedy — was struck by the gunfire and killed.
A suspect and neighbor who lives doorways down from the couple, Sigfredo Alvarez Ceja, was arrested shortly after the capturing.
Gonzales claimed the killing was simply the fruits of a protracted saga of horrifying homophobia the couple endured on their avenue, alleging neighbors had spent “years” threatening to burn their house down, however that cops by no means intervened.
Residents, nevertheless, painted a special image, telling My San Antonio that Joss was an “erratic” neighbor, whose alarming antics brought on them to usually ignore him for their very own security.
“He would just walk up and down the street … he would just, like, scream,” mentioned neighbor Isabel Caballero. “We knew how he was, so we wouldn’t disturb him. Even if he looked at us, talked mess to us, we just ignored him.”
Others mentioned Joss “wasn’t a good neighbor” and would yell how “he was God” till neighbors known as the police.
San Antonio cops have been known as to Joss’ house at the very least 40 instances since January 2024, in response to the outlet, with complaints starting from psychological well being conditions, neighbor disturbances and welfare checks.
These calls culminated with the February hearth, which neighbors informed TMZ Joss set himself by making an attempt to warmth his house with a barbecue pit after its companies have been lower off as a result of the home had been deemed uninhabitable.
“We all knew it was going to end up like this because of his antics,” a neighbor who requested to stay nameless informed My San Antonio.
“It’s sad cause this could have been prevented if he had gotten the help he needed.”
