George Macias’s family is seeking answers after his body was found at Woodlawn Lake in late May.
SAN ANTONIO — A family is seeking answers after George Macias’s body was found at Woodlawn Lake in late May.
The medical examiner and authorities have yet to determine what caused his death, but his family isn’t giving up.
His family held a fundraiser Saturday to raise money in order to pay for his funeral costs.
“He was thinking of the next step of life, he was just trying to figure it out, he was 18 and had just turned 18,” George’s mother, Betsabeth Vallecillo, said.
It should have been the beginning of Vallecillo’s son’s adult life. She had just recently moved them across town.
“I wanted better, I wanted more,” she said.
She said he enjoyed family, anime and was a good-hearted kid. She and her family wanted George to live a fulfilling life.
That dream suddenly ended sometime during the night of May 28..
“I felt like he was murdered. He was with friends, from videos he was with friends.”
The 18-year-old’s body was found in Woodlawn Lake on the 29th after his family said he spent a night out with friends.
“They haven’t attempted to come by the house or even call, so what does that tell you?” George’s grandfather said.
“We want the truth, he did not deserve this. Why did y’all have to do this to him?” Vallecillo asked.
The medical examiner has not determined how George died, but SAPD stated at the initial scene that it was determined to be an apparent sudden death.
The family said they need answers and support after such an abrupt end.
A GoFundMe has been created to raise money in addition to the barbecue fundraiser they held Saturday, so their beloved George can be buried properly.
“He was an 18-year-old still acting like a kid, and if he were here, he’d be running with the kids; he didn’t deserve that, going out with friends, not knowing what they had planned for him.”
George’s funeral will be on June 17.
This is an ongoing investigation.