Overview
- The victim was identified as 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez, and the coroner ruled her death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the head.
- Whitestown police say the shot was fired from inside through a closed front door, the pair did not enter the home, a bullet hole was visible, and a firearm was recovered.
- Authorities have not identified or arrested the shooter, and investigators are interviewing multiple people with an update expected next week.
- Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood said the review will consider whether deadly force was a reasonable response under state self-defense law that protects a dwelling.
- Her husband says they were at the wrong address for a cleaning job, the family includes four children, and relatives are raising funds to return her body to Guatemala.