Trini born, Vero Beach woman killed by husband in murder-suicide
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- <span style="font-weight: 400;">A Trinidad-born, Vero Beach woman was killed by her husband Sunday in what the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is blaming on domestic violence.
- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Vicky Leela Samaroo-Torres, 45, originally from Williamsville, Victoria in South Trinidad, according to her Facebook page, </span>was killed by her husband, Pedro Torres, inside their home Sunday morning.
- <span style="font-weight: 400;">The mother of three married Torres in 1994 and the couple have two children.
- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Torres was later found dead by police Monday near the Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, from “a self-inflicted gunshot wound” inside a green 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan.
- </span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">“We spotted the vehicle in the area, tried to make contact and he was found deceased,” Sunrise Police Officer Chris Piper said.
A Trinidad-born, Vero Beach woman was killed by her husband Sunday in what the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office is blaming on domestic violence.
Vicky Leela Samaroo-Torres, 45, originally from Williamsville, Victoria in South Trinidad, according to her Facebook page, was killed by her husband, Pedro Torres, inside their home Sunday morning.
The mother of three married Torres in 1994 and the couple have two children.
Torres was later found dead by police Monday near the Sawgrass Mills mall in Sunrise, from “a self-inflicted gunshot wound” inside a green 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan.
“We spotted the vehicle in the area, tried to make contact and he was found deceased,” Sunrise Police Officer Chris Piper said.
“No officers fired their weapons.”
A Linked-In profile showed Samaroo-Torres worked as a tax specialist at the Florida Department of Revenue from May 2004 until the time of her death.
Torres reportedly had called his mother after killing his wife to tell her what he had done. She went to the couple’s home at around 7:45 am on Sunday morning and then called the sheriff’s office.
Samaroo-Torres is survived by two children, Arianna and Nick along with sisters Vidyma and Vishma.
