The five-year-old daughter of British expat Thomas Berry and his ex-wife, former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz, is unaware that they have been murdered, it emerged today. Mr Berry, 39, and his 29-year-old wife, who was Miss Venezuela 2004 and is an American citizen, were gunned down by thieves after their car broke down on the Puerto-Cabello to Valencia highway at about 10pm on Monday. Police had said that the pair were shot in front of Maya - who was also hit in the leg - as their car was being loaded onto a tow truck they had stopped after puncturing a tyre on the motorway between Puerto Cabello and Venezuela's third largest city Valencia.
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Thomas Berry and Monica Spear Mootz were stranded after car broke down
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Couple killed in front of five-year-old daughter Maya, who was shot in leg
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She is being cared for by her grandparents, unaware that her parents are dead
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Gang known as 'The Quick Ones', including 'Little Adolfo' among those being questioned
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Police fear they fell into trap by gang who deliberately incapacitated car with holes in road or missing drain covers
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People gather in Caracas to protest death of former Miss Venezuela
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Further protests and funeral to be held on Friday
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