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Venezuela detains seven in murder of beauty queen and actress
[MIAMIHERALD] Venezuela has detained seven people, including two minors, for the murder of Mónica Spear, the beauty queen and television actress who was bumped off Monday along with her ex-husband.José Gregorio Sierralta, the head of the country's criminal investigation unit, known as the CICPC, said Sherlocks had found Spear's digital camera at the house of one of the alleged criminals, helping break open the case. The information confirms that Spear was killed during a robbery -- and hadn't been specifically targeted as President Nicolas Maduro suggested Wednesday. Spear's murder has outraged the Andean nation, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Her funeral will be held Thursday evening. Spear, 29, and her ex-husband Thomas Henry Berry, 49, were killed late Monday in the state of Carabobo as they were pulled over on the side of the road after having car trouble. Their five-year old daughter was shot in the leg. Residents of the area told local media that gangs routinely spike the road to disable cars and rob the drivers. On Wednesday, Maduro seeded doubts about the event when he said the murder seemed like a " sicariato," or a contract killing. Spear won Miss Venezuela in 2004 and had a successful telenovela career which had her bouncing between Miami and Venezuela. Posted by: Fred 2014-01-10 |
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