MIAMI (WSVN) - A woman’s social media account has revealed that she’d been living in fear of her ex-husband, who took both of their lives in an apparent murder-suicide at her place of employment on Monday.
Prior to 32-year-old Indiana del Socorro Guzman Mendoza’s life allegedly being taken at the hands of her former partner, 61-year-old Reynaldo Sandoval, she posted a video on her Facebook account warning loved ones that if anything happens to her—Sandoval is to be blame.
“Whatever happens to me, he is responsible. There is a report made by local police here in the US,” said Indiana del Socorro Guzman Mendoza in a video posted on Facebook.
Her fears sadly came true Monday morning, when police said it appears Sandoval shot her to death at her job, Del Toro Insurance on Northwest 27th Avenue, before taking his own life.
“I brought her here alive, and tragically, I have to send her back to my mother dead,” her sister, Maria Guzman Mendoza, said.
According to arrest records, the pair had been together for nine years. They got married in Nicaragua before migrating to the United States three years ago.
“It’s been a long time already that things have not been going right. More than 6 months of separation,” Guzman Mendoza can be heard saying in the video.
It appears things took a violent turn as Sandoval was arrested and charged with stalking and violating a domestic violence injunction on April 2.
Her family told 7News she had multiple restraining orders against him and thought she was protected.
“I lived in that house for four months and I know what my sister went through,” her sister said. “I’m the only one who can speak about it because now that bastard killed himself and took her with him.”
This came on the heels of a 911 call Indiana made on March 8. According to the arrest report, she told officers he had been showing up at her home and even followed her to the supermarket.
Her sister said he also showed up to her home in February in the middle of the night, with Guzman Mendoza escaping after being attacked.
“On February 6, he broke down the door at 4 in the morning. He was choking her, left bruises on her face and she had bruises all over her body. He was looking for a knife to kill her right then, but she managed to run out of the house,” she said.
In the report, it was written that, “The victim also stated that the defendant had been harassing her through phone calls, social media, and texts.”
While Sandoval was taken into custody and charged, he was ultimately released.
Less than two weeks later, both he and Guzman Mendoza would be found dead in, what police are calling, a murder-suicide.
This murder-suicide is the latest in a recent string of domestic incidents across South Florida.
The family tells 7News they want to raise funds to bring Indiana’s body back to Nicaragua. To help the family, click here.
If you, or someone you know is in an abusive home, help is available at the Florida Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline 1-800-500-1119. You can also contact Women in Distress at 954-761-1133 for help or to donate to their cause on their website.
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