These are the five adults arrested over the motorway murders of former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her British-born ex-husband Thomas Berry.
Police in Venezuela released the mugshots today as they revealed they were hunting four more men including one thought to be on the run with the gun used to shoot the tragic pair dead in front of their five-year-old daughter.
Two minors aged 17 and 15 - whose names and photos have not been released - are also in custody.
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These are the five adults arrested over the motorway murders of former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear and her British-born ex-husband Thomas Berry
Police in Venezuela released the mugshots today as they revealed they were hunting four more men including one thought to be on the run with the gun used to shoot the tragic pair dead in front of their daughter
Police chief Jose Gregorio Sierralta said the discovery of Miss Spear's camera, right, at the house of the sole female detainee, left, was vital in helping them identify the gang alleged to have shot dead the former beauty queen and her ex-husband during a botched attempt to steal their car
Detectives named the alleged 'material author' of the double shooting as a 19-year-old called Jean Carlos Colina Alcala.
Police chief Jose Gregorio Sierralta said the discovery of Miss Spear's camera at the house of the sole female detainee was vital in helping them identify the gang alleged to have shot dead the former beauty queen and her ex-husband during a botched attempt to steal their car.
He also identified the gang as the 'Bloodthirsty Ones of El Cambur' the area 200 miles west of the capital Caracas where Monday's night horror shootings occurred.
The murders had been blamed by local papers on a gang called the 'Quick Ones.'
Police also released mugshots of the men they are hunting - including a 21-year-old named as Nelfren Antonio Jimenez who is believed to have the murder weapon.
Mr Berry, left with daughter Maya, 5, and right with Ms Spears. Their daughter is in the care of the authorities
Loving: Former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz and Thomas Berry had maintained a good relationship following their divorce and family say they were close to getting back together
The others were named as Franklin Alvarez, nicknamed 'The Stain'; Gerardo Contreras, nicknamed 'The Cat'; and a man police have yet to identify fully who is nicknamed 'The Junior One.'
Mr Sierralta said: 'Jean Carlos Colina Alcala is allegedly the material author of the homicides of Miss Spear and her partner and the others under arrest collaborated directly with the commission of the crime.
'The motive of robbery has been confirmed with the discovery of a digital camera belonging to Miss Spear during a search of Eva Josefina Armas Mejias' home.
Horrific: Robbers shot through the car windscreen when the terrified family locked themselves in
'The intention was to sell the camera to another of the suspects.
SOURCE-DAILYM
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