The brutal murder of Miss Venezuela

Model, actress and winner of the beauty contest "Miss Venezuela 2004" Monica Spear was killed by unknown Monday night with her husband on the road in Venezuela. Their 5-year-old daughter was injured, and now doctors are fighting for her life.





Winner of the title "Miss Venezuela 2004" 29-year-old Monica Spear and her husband, an Irishman by birth, were killed in an attack in Venezuela, their five year old daughter was shot in the leg.



The attack took place on January 6 at the road between the towns of Puerto Cabello and Valencia in the central part of the country. The car, which was traveling the whole family, punctured tires. Most likely, it was not an accident, and criminals specially planted something on the road to trigger the machine to stop in a deserted place in the dark.



Bodies were found inside the car. Wounded in the leg girl girl was rushed to the hospital, where she had the necessary assistance.



Monica Spear Mutz born on October 1, 1984 in Maracaibo. In 2004 was chosen as the new Miss Venezuela, after which represented the country at the Miss Universe contest in Bangkok. The winner then became Natalie Glebova, Russian emigrant from Canada. Monica Spear became the fourth runner-up.



After the end of the contract with the organizers of the competition Monika studied theater arts at the University of Central Florida. She made her debut on television role in the TV series My cousin Cielo in 2007, after which repeatedly appeared in various TV shows.



Speer recently resided in the United States, where, in addition to acting, worked as a TV presenter on Spanish-language channels. In his native Venezuela, she, her husband and the baby came on vacation.



Venezuelan law enforcement agencies have launched an investigation and arrested five suspects, some of which are not and 18 years. According to preliminary data, the family tried to rob. Couple resisted the criminals, for which he paid with his life.



The murder of former "Miss Venezuela" has caused a great stir in the country. About him, speaking on local television, saying even President Nicolas Maduro. According to him, the robbers literally riddled with bullets Spear and her husband.

Such crimes in Venezuela are not uncommon. The country is in first place on the level of crime in South America. According to official figures, 100 thousand. People a year with 39 murders. However, human rights groups say that this figure is understated by at least half, and call other numbers - 79 murders for every 100,000 inhabitants.