FORMER MISS VENEZUELA AND HER IRISH HUSBAND SHOOT DEAD.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

FORMER MISS VENEZUELA AND HER IRISH HUSBAND SHOOT DEAD.

Monica Spear Mootz and Thomas Henry Berry were slain along the side of Puerto Cabello-Valencia highway while on vacation in Venezuela.
A former Miss Venezuela and her Irish husband have been shot dead in front of their 5-year-old daughter in a botched roadside robbery.

Monica Spear Mootz, 29, and Thomas Henry Berry, 49, were reportedly murdered Monday night on the Puerto Cabello-Valencia highway in Venezuela, after being attacked by armed bandits.

The Miami-based model, who was on vacation with her London-based husband with whom she is believed to be separated, was held up after their grey 2002 Toyota broke down.

The robbers shoot them and fled the crime scene, and the couple's bodies were found dead in their vehicle while their daughter was injured after being shot in the leg during the attack.

The girl was rushed to hospital where she remains under police protection.
Spear Mootz, crowned Miss Venezuela in 2004, later became a telenovela actress in her home country. She broke into the U.S. market by starring in Telemundo's "Flor Salvaje" in 2011.
She also appeared opposite Jencarlos Canela in "Pasión Prohibida" last year.
Spear Mootz was living in Florida and was expected to return to the U.S. this week.
Hundreds of fans have paid tributes to the star on her Instagram account, where she posted a video just six hours before her death.
See more of there pictures below.

Monica Spear Mootz, 29, and her spouse Thomas Henry Berry, 49, were reportedly murdered Monday night on the Puerto Cabello-Valencia highway, in Venezuela, after being attacked by armed bandits.

Armed bandits apparently attacked the model, actress and former Miss Venezuela and her family on Monday night after their car broke down.

The Car attacked by robbers.

Monica Spear Mootz and Thomas Henry Berry had one daughter who witnessed the horrific attack Monday night.

Monica Spear Mootz and Thomas Henry Berry — seen in happier times — were apparently estranged. Although on vacation together, he was living in London while she was in Miami.

Monica Spear left the pageant circuit to become a telenovela actress in her native country of Venezuela.

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