Maria Marcello, age 34

Lost to gun violence on June 26, 2018 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

It appears that Maria's husband shot her after mistaking her for an intruder in the night. He left a note stating this before taking his own life.

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  • Nickname:
    1 Maria Bee
    3 MER
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    2 La más agradable y hermosa persona, heart of gold
    3 María Elena Bendaña Rivera
    2 Mi tia
    4 Te extraño
    3 No matter what she was wearing, her beauty and elegance was always shining like a ⭐️
    2 Your innocent pure elegance was always a light in this world. ✨✨
  • Occupation:
    2 PhD student, full scholarship, in Geographical Sciences
    2 professor
    3 Please let them both be in La Paz con Dios. Tom loved Mer.
  • Workplace:
    1 Louisiana State University PhD student, a genius
  • Schools attended:
    2 Prepa-San Pedro Sula, BS-LSU, MA-Univ of Maryland, PhD student-LSU
  • Comments:
    1 My daughter in law, the beautiful soul, in Peace
    2 Con muchísima tristeza, the world is missing you forever, María Elena.
    1 ❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕
    4 She was a citizen of the world.
    2 María traveled
    2 She had a constant yearning to know the people of the world
    2 She spoke Spanish, French, and English.
    1 The little red rose 🌹 from The Little Prince is permanently illuminated in your memory
    2 I cry for you and Tom everyday, forever.
    1 🌹💐❤️🌹💐❤️🌹💐❤️🌹💐❤️🌹
    1 Thinking about you constantly. Soon it will be 3 years
    1 I love you 💕 and cry everyday for you.💕
    1 I miss you ❤️💐💕🌺❤️💐💜🌺❤️💐💜🌺❤️💐💜🌺
    1 Soon it will be 3 years. The grief
    1 Peter carries your spirit in him. He is the most affectionate kitty in the world.❤️
    1 Tom’s sister loves Peter so so much. She says Peter has a very spiritual presence. ❤️
    1 This life is not the same without you here. These days are so difficult. ❤️💕❤️
    1 My heart is still broken 💔. 3 years tomorrow.
    1 It’s 3 years now. I’m awake in the night because my body feels the acute pain. I love you ❤️💕
    1 💔💐💔💐💔💐💔💐💔💐💔💐💔
    1 You are in the Peace
    1 Happy Birthday in Heaven. ❤️💕❤️
    1 Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary in the Heavenly Cosmos, I love 💕 you both so much.
    1 4th Christmas without y’all. God, this hurts so much. I want y’all back. It’s all I think about.
    1 ❤️💖❤️💗❤️❣️❤️💖❤️💗
    2 Flor
    2 Rest In Peace MER.
    1 Year 4 is almost here but the sorrow
    1 El dolor nunca termina pero rezamos por el descanso y paz para ambos
    3 In 19 days it makes 4 years. I can’t believe all that has happened on Earth without you here.
    3 I imagine the beautiful happy faces of y’all’s babies, the grandchildren, the birthday parties…
    2 Tomorrow makes 4 years without you here. Your niece never had the joy to know her brilliant tia.❤️
    1 ❤️💕🌷❤️🌷💕❤️🌷💕
    1 Feliz Cumpleaños en el Cielo Divino, María Elena, 39 years old now. ❤️
    1 ❤️I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it, your 5th birthday in Heaven.❤️
    2 The beautiful Autumn 🍂 Forest is here, but you are not with us😞—missing you
    1 Feliz Navidad 🎄 María Elena. Another Christmas passes without you. ❤️ The sorrow stays.
    1 Thinking of you María Elena. Our hearts are always filled with sorrow. Another new year without you.
    2 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
    1 Thank you, Maria Elena, for finding the necklace. I feel your presence & peace❤️
    3 5 years is almost here, this World is always missing your shining Light⭐️
    2 Tap-dancing through the Cosmos with the Divine Love of Christ in the Eternal Journey of Love
    3 A beautiful soul, María Elena is in the Stars above us for Eternity 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
    1 Five years have gone by. Maria Elena, you are missed more & more. ❤️❤️❤️
    1 All our love to you, Maria Elena, tap dancing through the Heavenly Cosmos. 🌟💫🪐🌏✨🌙
    2 Happy Birthday María Elena, born 27 July. You were surely a beautiful in
    2 infant, cradled in your Mother’s loving arms. I wish I had pictures of you from that time.
    1 What a precious beautiful infant baby you surely were.
    1 ❤️😊💕😊❤️😊💕😊❤️😊💕 I lit a candle for you, like I do everyday.
    1 Happy Wedding Anniversary—30 October 2011. Love y’all so much, missing y’all so much.
    1 Thanksgiving🍁 is coming, missing y’all so so much💞
    1 21/noviembre /2023💔😔💔😔💔😔
    1 2023, Another Christmas without you ❤️
    1 Every day y’all are in my heart. Every day I miss you more & more.❤️❤️❤️
    1 Happy Birthday in Heaven, now 41 years old. You & Tom’s sister’s birthday is 1 day apart.
    1 💕💐🪷💕💐🪷💕💐🪷
    1 I want this nightmare to be over. I want to join you & Tom soon. Very sick, so maybe soon❤️
    1 You are not forgotten. I think about you and Tom everyday. I miss y’all so much.
    1 Christmas is coming. Another Christmas without y’all. Time does not heal all wounds.

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