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Aug 2024
39m 2s

Wife, 29 Shot Dead Prepping Garage Sale,...

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About this episode

It’s a Friday morning, and Elizabeth Barraza picks up Starbucks coffee to sip with her husband before he heads off to work and she sets up for a garage sale.

As Elizabeth sets up in the driveway, a black truck pulls up. The driver gets out and approaches Elizabeth. She says good morning and they interact for a moment before the driver pulls a handgun and shoots Elizabeth three times. While she is on the ground, the driver shoots her again, then runs back to the truck and drives off.

Eliza Barra is life-flighted to a hospital where Doctors determine she will not survive her injuries. Sergio Barraza and the Nuelles make the impossible decision to let Elizabeth go and donate her organs.

JOINING NANCY GRACE TODAY:

  • Rosemary Nuelle  - Mother of Elizabeth Barraza 
  • Bob Nuelle -Father of Elizabeth Barazza  
  • Sergio Barraza - Husband of Elizabeth Barraza    
  • Andy Kahan – Director of Victim Services and Advocacy at Crime Stoppers of Houston; Facebook: “Andy Kahan and Crime Stoppers of Houston;” X @AKahanCrimeSto1; Instagram: AndyVictimAdvocate
  • Sgt. Michael Ritchie - Harris County Homicide Investigator / Lead investigator in Elizabeth Barraza Murder 
  • Corley Peel - News Reporter for KPRC2 Houston; Instagram: @KPRC2Corley, X: @KPRC2Corley, Facebook: @KPRC2CorleyPeel 

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