Texas Mom Filed Police Report Saying Husband Was Stalking Her. Then He Killed Her in Christmas Murder-Suicide

"He would control her psychologically at all times," the victim's mother alleged

A Texas mother of three was killed by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide, according to local NBC affiliate KPRC2 and ABC affiliate KTRK.

The Houston Police Department (HPD) was dispatched to 4822 Grasilla Drive around 10:17 p.m. on Christmas Day. Upon entering the home, officers found a man who appeared to have murdered his wife before killing himself, police said, according to the outlets.

Medical examination records obtained by KPRC2 identified the victim as Fannie Uresti, 34, and her husband Roberto Hernandez, 43.

PEOPLE reached out to the HPD for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

Uresti reportedly filed a police report regarding marriage trouble on Dec. 14, 2023, according to KPRC2. In her report, she highlighted that her husband was tracking her every move and that she was preparing to begin divorce proceedings. Her mother, Rosa Salinas, spoke with the outlet and provided further insight into the time leading up to her daughter's death.

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Salinas recalled, "A week before the incident, they [Hernandez and Uresti] had an argument."

She added that Hernandez had taken out a gun. "He took it out threatening himself. And scaring my daughter and the boys."

Just 11 days after Urseti filed her Dec. 14 police report, she was found dead in the home that she shared with Hernandez.

Salinas went on to share her thoughts on Uresti and Hernandez's relationship, highlighting his alleged "obsessive" tendencies, per KPRC2. "He wouldn’t let her, he didn’t let her go out, he didn’t even let her have friends, he didn’t let her be herself," she said. "In a word he wouldn’t let her be. He wouldn’t let her be. That’s why my daughter wanted to get away from him. He would control her psychologically at all times."

In the wake of Urseti's death, Salinas wants to "raise my voice on behalf of my daughter so that other women who are going through the same thing are aware and immediately leave the place where they are."

A GoFundMe was set up by an individual named America Lopez, who wrote on the fundraising page that they are "raising this fund with the permission of the De La Cruz family for the funeral services of Fannie Uresti who unfortunately passed away on December 25 of this year."

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

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