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