Slain housekeeper planned to join kids in El Salvador after years of support
Slain housekeeper planned to join kids in El Salvador after years of support
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Veralicia Figueroa is seen with her two children at the Izalco Volcano in Western El Salvador last January. (Courtesy of Veralicia Figueroa's family)
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By Antonio Olivo May 18 at 8:33 PM
Veralicia Figueroa was close to reaching her ultimate goal. After years working as a housekeeper in the Washington area to support her children back home in El Salvador, she was preparing to return to her native country.
Figueroa, 57, talked frequently about her plans in recent months, proudly telling friends that her two children had made it through college and were building careers. Her son works as a maintenance engineer for the Kimberly-Clark international products company in San Salvador, El Salvador’s capital, and her daughter helps oversee supplies at a private hospital there.
Within the next few years, Figueroa said, she would move to El Salvador with the man she married in the United States, and the family would finally be together. “I already have my proper house over there,” she excitedly told one friend.
Before that day could arrive, D.C. police said, Figueroa was killed in a quadruple homicide in Northwest Washington. The deaths last week have devastated two families and, on Monday, the investigation was still laden with more questions than answers.
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