Family spoke to Gilbert Rivera multiple times just a day before finding he had frozen to death in winter storm
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As temperatures dropped last week, Gilbert Rivera hunkered down in his second-floor garage apartment. Around 1 a.m. Monday, the power went out, cutting all sources of heat. Rivera dressed in layers and bundled up in blankets as his neighbors sought shelter elsewhere. "The wind was blowing. Upstairs, it's cold," said neighbor Sammy Hernandez. "He didn't want to leave. He told me he wanted to stay," explained another neighbor, Juan Garza. Rivera's family found him Wednesday morning. The primary cause of death was hypothermia, according to the Harris County Medical Exami...