A Colombian couple's “American dream” ended in tragedy. A wife was stabbed to death in their Texas home days before her husband, the prime suspect, was found hanging from a tree.
John Venegas Romero, 24, and Annie Tatiana Montealegre, 23, came to the United States about a year ago to support their remaining children, family and relatives. said Kou.
Despite Montealegre's cousins claiming that Romero became abusive and tried to kill her while in Colombia, and tried to intervene in their relationship, the young mother remained with her husband anyway. Gone.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office (FBCSO) said Tuesday that officers found Romero dead in the Richmond mobile home where she lived with him Monday morning and that he is the suspect. announced that it had been identified.
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The search continued over the next few days, and officers found Romero's car abandoned near a wooded area, KHOU reported.
On Friday, FBCSO announced they were dispatched to Needville, about two miles from the couple's home, after “a deceased male subject was observed hanging from a tree along a fence.”
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The sheriff's office added that the body was “preliminarily” identified as Romero based on “the clothing he was wearing, identifiable tattoos on his body, and a passport found on his clothing.”
Identification awaits post-mortem examination.
Sheriff Eric Fagan said: “While a thorough investigation is underway to ensure all protocols were followed, this appears to be a suicide.” said FOX 26 Houston. “Our deepest sympathies go out to all the families affected by this tragedy.”
Colombian Consul General Andres Díaz told the media: “I regret it.''[s] Like me, from Colombia, to hear the news of Romero's death. ”
“But I wish he would have turned himself in to the authorities and faced the law,” Diaz said.
Montealegre's family, who are left with the couple's two-year-old daughter, who is now an orphan, said they hope Romero will be captured alive to receive justice.
In an interview with the local Fox affiliate, her relatives also said they want her body returned to Colombia.
“We will take them step by step. Unfortunately, it is not a short process. It will probably take four to six weeks to repatriate the bodies,” Diaz said.
“Unfortunately, this American dream ended really badly for this girl, and we are very sorry,” the consul added.
