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A’s family Cleaner dies while trying to enter wrong house Incidentally, there are calls for his killer to be brought to justice, but it is possible that the murder may not result in criminal charges.
Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32, was murdered on Wednesday After accidentally trying to break into the wrong house to start her cleaning job in Whitestown, IndianaShe was shot in the head through a door and died in her husband’s arms.
Over $100,000 has already been raised through two separate gofundme Page for Perez’s family who say they want The person responsible for his death should be brought to justice,
Her husband, Mauricio Velazquez, said, “I need justice now because he took her life… I don’t believe he’s human.” wrtv. “She’s a beast… Now, I’m father and mother to my children, to my daughters and she’s happy at home.”
In an update on the case the Whitestown Police Department said the Boone County Coroner’s Office had determined that Perez’s manner of death was “homicideBut such a decision cannot lead to criminal charges.
According to the department, the term “homicide” in this incident is a medical classification indicating that a human being caused the death of another. “This designation does not indicate criminal intent or legal culpability, and should not be interpreted as a criminal finding,” the department wrote online.
The name of the person responsible for the murder has not been released by police, who have said it would be “inappropriate and potentially dangerous” to disclose that information. Perez’s case has been referred to the Boone County Prosecutor.
A spokesperson for the office said he was contacted over phone on Friday evening. Independent There has been no decision yet on the charges, and declined to comment further. Independent Also sent a follow-up email asking for clarification.
It is possible that no further charges may be filed due to the strength and extended protections of Indiana’s “stand-your-ground” laws.
Among the provisions is that a person is justified in using deadly force against someone if they have a reasonable belief that the force is necessary “to prevent unlawful entry into the defendant’s home or trespass (the area around their home).” Purdue Global Law School,
Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood explained, “When it comes to habitation, individuals can use reasonable force, including deadly force, against another person.” nbc news,
“They have no duty to retreat, it’s in the law. The person who uses that force must reasonably believe that force is necessary to prevent or end an unlawful entry or assault on that person’s dwelling.”
Perez was trying to enter the residence with a key from a different house. Her husband said he had double-checked the address – he had been given the wrong address.
Eastwood told The Associated Press Bringing charges won’t be easy and will have to look at investigators’ findings to understand what happened in the moments before the shooting.
“You need to understand all the details so you can understand what happened and what’s appropriate,” Eastwood said. “One of the hardest things in this world today is to agree on what is fair. As a prosecutor, these are things we have to grapple with.”
On a fundraising page that aims to hire a lawyer and help bring Perez’s body back to Guatemala, her brother Rudy Rojas described the late mother of four as “a devoted mother, loving wife and beautiful soul whose light will never fade.”
“It’s very unfair. She was just trying to bring home a living to support her family,” Rios told NBC News in Spanish. “She wasn’t threatening.”