Murder-Suicide Med for Depression 04/05/2004 New York Man Shoots Girlfriend & Self
 
 Summary:<br><br><!--StartFragment -->Paragraph seven reads: &quot;<strong>Torres family said the order upset him and he was already on medication for depression&quot;.<br /><br /><br /></strong><a href="http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=FA933FA7-AA16-490D-9F22-D209515C6350">http://www.wokr13.tv/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=FA933FA7-AA16-490D-9F22-D209515C6350</a><br /><br /><br />Patrice Walsh (Rochester, NY) 05/04/04 - Carmelo Torres, 40, shot and killed his former girlfriend Angelica Segarra, 23, as she sat in her car on Goodman Street, Tuesday morning. Torres then killed himself. <br /><br />Segarra and Torres moved to Rochester from Massachusetts three years ago. Their seven-year relationship ended several months ago. <br /><br />Segarra?s family said Torres began stalking her so she went to court and got an order of protection last week. <br /><br />Veronica Segarra, sister of the slain woman, said, &quot;I feel kind of sad because she called police on Thursday and said he was hitting her. Why didn&#39;t they put him in jail?? <br /><br />Veronica then said her sister did not want Torres put in jail and so did not sign the papers. An order of protection makes it a crime to have contact of any kind with the person whose name is on the order. <br /><br />Although it didn&#39;t work in Segarra?s case, it wasn&#39;t the system that failed. No criminal charges were ever filed against Carmelo Torres. Prosecutors said because of that, the system didn&#39;t have a chance to work. <br /><br />Torres? family said the order upset him and he was already on medication for depression. They also denied he was stalking Segarra. <br /><br />Torres? sister, Maria Quail said, &quot;He was not a violent person. They argued because of the kids. He loved her dearly; he would not have done anything this stupid.&quot; <br /><br />Both families prayed and shared their grief. <br /><br />Segarra&#39;s family said she spent the night before her death crying because she feared Torres would hurt her. <br /><br />Her sister Veronica said, ?She said she feared she was going to die.&quot; <br /><br />The day she died, she was supposed to move into a shelter. Her family said she hoped to find shelter at <em>Alternatives for Battered Women</em>, but they were full. <br /><br />The agency confirmed that all 38 of its beds are taken. But a spokesperson said no women are turned away; instead, they are referred to other agencies. Sometimes those agencies are outside the county. <br /><br />It is often the case that victims ask for help and then don&#39;t return to a shelter, out of fear their problems will become worse.<br /><br /> 
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