Fannie Uresti: Texas mother-of-three killed by her husband in a case of apparent murder-suicide

HOUSTON, TEXAS: A Texas mother of three lost her life after she was killed by her husband in an apparent case of murder-suicide, per NBC affiliate KPRC2. The Houston Police Department (HPD) was dispatched to 4822 Grasilla Drive at around 10.17 pm on Christmas Day. 

The authorities, after entering the home, found a man who appeared to have murdered his wife before killing himself, police said, according to the reports of the outlet and ABC affiliate KTRK. Medical examination records obtained by KPRC2 identified the victim as Fannie Uresti, 34, and her husband Roberto Hernandez, 43.

Fannie Uresti previously filed a police report

Uresti reportedly filed a police report regarding marriage trouble on December 14 last year, 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.

What did Fannie Uresti's mother say?

"A week before the incident, they [Hernandez and Uresti] had an argument," Salinas recalled. She added that Hernandez had taken out a gun. "He took it out threatening himself. And scaring my daughter and the boys," she further said.

Uresti was found dead in the home she shared with Hernandez just 11 days after she filed her December 14 police report. Salinas went on to share her thoughts on Uresti and Hernandez's relationship, highlighting his alleged "obsessive" tendencies, as 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, adding "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 has been created to cover Fannie Uresti's funeral expenses

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."