A married Texas mother of three who was shot to death by her ex-husband in a murder-suicide had repeatedly asked police for protection because she feared for her life, but nothing was 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, broadcaster Fox 26 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 crime scene.
Nityadevi Ramroop, 35, was shot dead by her ex-husband, just days before their divorce was supposed to be finalized. KRIV Ramroop was ambushed in her own driveway in Katy, Texas, after returning home from work Tuesday night. KRIV
Uchi Ohia, Ramroop’s attorney, told ABC13 that she and her husband were just days away from finalizing their divorce, and she was concerned for her safety as the court date approached.
“Her growing fear was that in the approaching trial, he would do something to hurt her,” Ohia said. “His friends told him that he was saying very alarming things.”
Ramroop had filed a protective order against her husband a few weeks earlier, but was concerned that the legal measure would not be enough, according to the lawyer.
Ramroop had repeatedly sought help from police and filed a protection order against her ex-husband, but that did not protect her. KRIV
In June, she reported to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office that her abandoned husband had been following 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 they told her there was nothing they could do to protect her, Ohia said.
“They told him on a couple of occasions… since he didn’t commit a crime, that there was really nothing they could do to prosecute him,” the lawyer said.
Ohia added that he believes the system failed his client, despite showing strength and doing everything he could to protect himself.
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