Laisha Pérez’s father said she asked her permission to spend the night at the home where sisters Melany Torres and Sayuri Gill also died.
Laisha Pérez was 14 and a ninth-grade student at Crosby High School, the girl’s family has confirmed. In a crime that shocked Galena Park, a Harris County town in Houston, Texas.
The only thing on Laisha’s parents’ minds was that their daughter would be safe and they would look for her the next day.
“She wanted to watch a movie with her friends,” said Erik Romero, Laisha’s father.
Laisha Pérez was friends with 13-year-old Melany Torres (photo), who also died in the attack, and a 12-year-old girl who was raped by the three sisters’ killer.
The third victim in the deadly attack was Sayuri Gil (photo), who had a one-year-old daughter and was six months pregnant.
The boyfriend of Lily Izaguirre (left), mother of Melany and Sayuri, decided – for a reason still unknown – to kill the young women who were at home, including Laisha, according to authorities.
On Saturday night, the 38-year-old man murdered the three young women and raped a fourth victim, who managed to run off with Sayuri Gill’s one-year-old baby.
“She ran out of the house with no clothes on” to a neighbor’s home, who called Galena Park police.
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the man’s girlfriend is the mother of the 12-year-old and 19-year-old girls.
Sayuri was the baby’s mother and she was pregnant. Lily Izaguirre was not home at the time of the attack.
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Sayuri Gil
Melanie Torres
Laisha Perez
Killed in Galena Park
Houston
Sayuri Gil
Melanie Torres
Laisha Perez
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