Filipina immigrant killed in Louisiana murder-suicide

Indra Marie Quisido-Sarong Jones was shot and killed by her husband in a murder-suicide. GOFUNDME PHOTO.

DALY CITY, California – A Filipina immigrant was shot and killed in a murder-suicide June 16 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Indra Marie Quisido-Sarong Jones, 36, was shot and killed by her husband, Avery Jones reportedly after a heated argument. Both were found dead with gunshot wounds, reported ABC News affiliate KATC.com.

Sarong-Jones had come to the U.S. from the Philippines to try to create a better life for herself.  Shocked friends described her as a “good person.” She “tried so hard to have a good life,” said her friend Morchel Elkins.

Jones came over from the Philippines about five years ago.  She was a student at Louisiana State University-Eunice. She also worked full-time at a gas station, and sent the money back to her family in the Philippines.

Friends said Sarong-Jones’ family, whom she had just recently visited, is “devastated.”

Her friends are raising money to send her body back to the Philippines. So far they have about $4,000, but say they now need about $15,000 because costs have gone up.  Click here if you would like to donate.
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