Thomas Berry and Monica Spear Mootz, were both gunned down by thieves after their car came to a halt on the Puerto-Cabello to Valencia highway in Venezuela in front of their five-year-old daughter Maya who was also injured. Today, she is being comforted by her grandparents, unaware that her parents are dead. Authorities have said that a gang known as 'The Quick Ones' are being investigated for the double murder. Meanwhile in Caracas, demonstrators gathered to protest the death of Ms Spear, a former Miss Venezuela and soap opera star.
The five-year-old daughter of British expat Thomas Berry and his ex-wife, former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz, is unaware that they have been murdered, it emerged today.
Mr Berry, 39, and his 29-year-old wife, who was Miss Venezuela 2004 and is an American citizen, were gunned down by thieves after their car broke down on the Puerto-Cabello to Valencia highway at about 10pm on Monday.
Police had said that the pair were shot in front of Maya - who was also hit in the leg - as their car was being loaded onto a tow truck they had stopped after puncturing a tyre on the motorway between Puerto Cabello and Venezuela's third largest city Valencia.
But in an interview today, Ms Spear's brother Ricardo claimed the girl was not yet aware of her parents' fate.
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