A married Texas mother of three who was gunned down by her estranged husband in a murder-suicide has repeatedly called the police for protection because she feared for her life, but nothing has been done to help her, according to her divorce attorney.
Nityadevi Ramroop, 35, had just returned home from work around 11 p.m. Tuesday when she was ambushed by her husband and shot to death in her own driveway on Upland Springs Trace in Katy, authorities said.
The couple’s children, ages 7, 13 and 16, were all home at the time of the murder, Fox 26 station reported.
The gunman then tried to force his way into the house and stabbed Ramroop’s 25-year-old sister, who survived the attack.
The estranged husband was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound more than a mile from the scene.
Nityadevi Ramroop, 35, was shot and killed by her estranged husband, just days before their divorce was due to be finalised. KRIV Ramroop was ambushed in his own driveway in Katy, Texas, after returning from work Tuesday night. KRIV
Uchi Ohia, Ramroop’s lawyer, told the ABC13 station that she and her husband are just days away from finalizing their divorce, and she is worried about his safety as the court date approaches.
“Her growing fear is that the trial will come that he will do something to harm her,” Ohia said. “He was told by his friends that he said some very disturbing things.”
Ramroop had filed for a protective order against her husband a few weeks earlier, but she feared the legal action might not be enough, according to the lawyer.
Ramroop has repeatedly sought help from the police and filed a protection order against her estranged husband, but that has not protected her. KRIV
In June, she reported to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office that her estranged husband had followed her, but he was not charged.
Instead, Ramroop was advised to contact his attorney, a sheriff’s office spokesperson told ABC13.
The wife called the police three or four times, but she was told there was nothing they could do to protect her, Ohia said
“They told him several times… since he did not commit a crime, there was nothing they could do to prosecute him,” the lawyer said.
Ohia added that he believed his client, despite showing strength and doing all he could to protect himself, had been failed by the system.
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