On January 6, 2014, the former Miss Venezuela, Monica Spear, He traveled with his family on the Puerto Cabello-Valencia utopia, a few kilometers west of Caracas.
to be man was driving The car he was driving and in the back was his daughter, who was 5 years old at the time, when a pothole in the road that could not be avoided, one of the tires of the Corolla they were traveling in punctured.
The marriage ended in one en route zone what was it famous for its dangerousness, so they called the emergency phone, but it didn’t work.
Monica Spear saw a crane in the distance, beckoning for help. They managed to get the car onto the crane platform, but suddenly 5 armed men appeared.
The men from the tow truck fled the scene, while the family could only hide in the car, but what looked like a attack, became one double murderbecause the criminals they shot and killed the couple, while the little girl was injured with a gunshot wound to the leg, being the sole survivor.
At that moment, the murder of the actress shocked the whole country and Adult, President of Venezuela, assured the criminals “They acted with violence which is an evil we have, an enormous evil”, so they let go demonstrations in Caracas, against violence, which was accompanied by public figures.
Monica Spear had already been attacked 5 times and she knew her country was unsafe, but she always returned, because in that place she decided to reconcile with her partner, Thomas Henry Berry, Of Irish descent and from whom he divorced in 2012.
Just 3 days after what happened, 7 people were arrested for the crime. In May 2015, a Venezuelan court ruled 25 years in prison a Gerardo Contreras 19 year old who agreed to be the one murdered spear.
“I didn’t kill her because I wanted to, but I shot and happened to be the bullet grabbed her … I don’t regret it, I know I’ll get out of here one day.Said the young man in July 2020 died in prison for tuberculosis, after being transferred to various prisons for his misconduct.
From Maya, Is known to be Monica’s daughter raised by her grandparents and to this day, he has thousands of followers on his social networks and lives with the traditions of Venezuela, despite having built a life in Orlando, Florida.