Salinas was with family in Mexico when her daughter died. But she had been worried about Uresti’s well-being.

Her son-inlaw had killed her daughter and then himself in their southwest Houston house in a suspected murder-suicide.

The Houston Police Department arrived at 4822 Grasilla Drive at about 10:17 pm on Christmas Day. They found a man who seemed to have shot his wife and then himself in the home.

Police records show that Uresti filed a report regarding trouble in her marriage on December 14. She told police that her husband was tracking her every move and that she was preparing to file for divorce.

Salinas calls the actions of Roberto both “controlling” and “obsessive.”

“Very obsessive,” Salinas said. “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. 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.”

Despite Salinas gut telling her to stay in Houston, her daughter convinced her to go back to Mexico for the holidays. That was the last time this mother saw her daughter.