Former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear shot dead Monday Jan 06,2014

Gunmen shot dead a Monica Spear(29),former Miss Venezuela and her British-born partner Thomas Henry Berry(39) in front of their five-year-old daughter,Maya Berry Spear, who was wounded in the attack

Monica Spear and Thomas Henry Berry were killed in what appears to have been a botched robbery after their car broke down on a highway in northwestern Venezuela late on Monday Jan 06,2014.The couple were killed on a highway between Valencia and Puerto Cabello

Five people have been detained and were interrogated in connection with the killings, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said after a televised meeting with President Nicolas Maduro, who vowed to use an "iron hand" to crack down on crime.

Monica Spear,the 2004 Miss Venezuela winner lived in the United States but was vacationing in Venezuela

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Venezuela has one of the world's highest murder rates, with 79 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to the non-profit Venezuelan Observatory of Violence