Devastated is the family of Laisha Pérez, a 14-year-old teenager, who tragically died while at a friend’s house.
“We gave her permission to go to the movies and arranged to pick her up the next day. It was only one night he would be gone… we never could have imagined something like this”.
The speaker is Erick Romero, Laisha’s father. The man stated that he was shocked in contact with Telemundo.
At the moment there is a benefit benefit going on for Laisha Perez. She is 1 of 3 teens shot and killed by a man who then turned the gun on himself in Galena Park. We learned more about this 14-year-old and her story is coming @I LOVE at 4. pic.twitter.com/7YGUszbUkp
— Anayeli Ruiz KHOU (@AnayeliNews) February 21, 2023
Laisha, victim of a massacre
Laisha got permission from her parents to go to the house of one of her friends, 13-year-old Melany Torres, who had invited her to watch the movie for a night.
To Melany’s place, in Galena Park in northeast HoustonMelany’s mother’s boyfriend arrived and misfortune came with him too.
That man already lived in that house, so the reasons that led to this triple murder, rape and suicide are unknown.
In the night of Saturday, February 18, 2023, Humberto Valdez he killed Laisha and his wife’s two daughters. The subject, carrying a firearm, shot and killed Melany and her sister Sayuri Gil, who was in her second pregnancy at age 19.
Melanie’s mother Lily Izaguirrewas not at home at the time of the attack, media reported.
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➡️ https://t.co/bXddWBfQ7c pic.twitter.com/Tn0leMiDtX— News45Houston (@newshouston) February 21, 2023
sexual abuse
The violent 38-year-old man released the younger sister of the shot sisters alive. But before that, he sexually assaulted her.
The girl ran away, naked and carrying a 1-year-old girl in her arms, a police officer said.
“We were at home and my children heard a woman screaming and a baby crying. When we came out, we saw the 12-year-old girl with no clothes… we helped her and called 911,” a Galena Park neighbor said. The baby rescued from the horror house is the daughter of the murdered pregnant woman.
📹 “God Has Gained An Angel”: Family mourns the death of a young woman while visiting neighbors in Galena Park. ➡️ https://t.co/nZOKMG7RWr pic.twitter.com/Bgovd9q8Ov
— News45Houston (@newshouston) February 22, 2023
When the police arrived at the house, they found four bodies. The killer and rapist committed suicide.
Neither Erick Romero nor his wife have answers to this tragedy that has taken Laisha, their eldest daughter, from them. As a family, they express their conviction: “God has gained an angel.”
Source: Eluniverso

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