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(10 Nov 2025)
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Lebanon, Indiana – 10 November 2025
1. Close up of framed photo of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez
2. Wide of people gathered and chanting in front of the Boone County Prosecutors’ office chanting
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Limontes, Velasquez’s family attorney
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“Today's meeting was about the prosecutor explaining that process to us, explaining what appears to be mounds of evidence that they have to go to, which is gonna take time, introducing us to his team and those folks that are gonna be looking at that evidence.”
4. Wide of people gathered and chanting in front of the Boone County Prosecutors’ office chanting
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Limontes, Velasquez’s family attorney
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“My clients just want justice for Maria. They just want to see justice be done. And however that comes and whatever form that comes in, they are willing to be patient with the process.”
6. Close of protest sign that reads “Justice for Maria” held by someone
7. Medium of a woman chanting and crying
8. Medium of two women chanting
9. Close up of cameras of members of the press
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Mauricio Velasquez Rio, Velasquez’s husband
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“Although we're immigrants, we still have rights. We’re not animals — we’re people, just like everyone else. We have blood, too. All I’m asking for is justice.”
11. Wide of people gathered and chanting in front of the Boone County Prosecutors’ office chanting
12. Close up of Velasquez’s father, Mario Ríos Ramírez, chanting
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexander Limontes, Velasquez’s family attorney
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“This case is about public safety, plain and simple. Every person in Indiana, regardless of where they came from, the color of their skin or what language they speak, deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood.”
14. Medium of framed photo of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez
15. Close of sign that reads (English) “Charge her killer to the fullest extent of the law”
STORYLINE:
Several family members, accompanied by an attorney, met Monday with Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood to discuss the case of Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez, a house cleaner who was shot and killed last week after mistakenly going to the wrong address.

“My clients just want justice for Maria,” said Alexander Limontes, the family’s attorney, speaking to reporters after the meeting. “They just want to see justice be done. And however that comes, in whatever form, they are willing to be patient with the process.”

Outside the prosecutor’s office, a crowd of relatives and community members gathered, chanting “No justice, no peace” in both Spanish and English. Some demonstrators, visibly emotional, broke into tears as they held signs reading “Justice for Maria.”

“We know we’re immigrants, but we still have rights. We’re not animals — we’re people, just like everyone else. We have blood, too. All I’m asking for is justice,” said Mauricio Velasquez Rio, Velasquez’s husband

Police officers found 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez De Velasquez dead just before 7 a.m. Wednesday on the front porch of the home in Whitestown, an Indianapolis suburb of about 10,000 people, according to a police news release. She was part of a cleaning crew that had gone to the wrong address, the release said.


Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood told the AP on Friday that he expects police to finish their investigation early next week but the decision on whether to file charges won't be easy.





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