Caracas, Jan 8: Former Venezuelan beauty queen and actress Mónica Spear was dead during an tried road theft here in presence of her five-year-old daughter. She was 29.

The incident transpire Mon, when Spear’s car broke down in the Puerto Cabello-Valencia road here. Delinquents shot and killed her and her ex, Henry Thomas Berry. the former couple’s daughter Maya was shot in the leg, however she survived, reports eonline.com.

The family had met with atiny low accident that stranded their rented Toyota corolla, police aforesaid. Armed men approached the car and the family locked themselves inside. The assailants then opened hearth.

Spear, who lived in Miami, had been documenting their trip via Instagram before she was dead.

She had won the title of Miss Venezuela in 2004 and took part in Miss Universe 2005 in Thailand. She went on to look in a and participated of Venezuelan soap operas like “La Mujer Perfecta” and “Calle Luna, Calle Sol” before acting in US show “Flor Salvaje”.

Spear’s most up-to-date TV program “Pasión Prohibida” was showcased in 2013.