Mother of woman shot in head says she hopes suspected killer ‘goes to hell’

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The mom of a 25-year-old girl who was fatally shot within the head earlier this week in northwest Miami-Dade spoke to Native 10 Information Thursday, saying “she didn’t need to die like she died.”

Surrounded by family members and clutching her daughter’s photograph, the mom of Wendy Daniel talked about her beloved daughter.

“I simply need everyone to know that my child was no throw away. She was nicely taken care of,” Tiffany Williams mentioned. “She had respect. She beloved everyone. She had folks’s respect.”

Surveillance video obtained by Native 10 captured the Tuesday morning homicide in a northwest Miami-Dade alleyway.

Within the video, you possibly can see Daniel, who was partially bare, falling out of the entrance passenger aspect door of a automobile.

Miami-Dade police say 43-year-old Ron Donaldson is the person who’s then seen getting out of the identical door, bare.

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Detectives mentioned he grabbed her and shot her within the head earlier than driving away.

It took police lower than 24 hours to trace him all the way down to his Miami Seaside condominium. He was taken into custody and arrested on a homicide cost.

A regulation enforcement supply informed Native 10 that Donaldson is a suspect in at the very least 5 rapes that had been reported in Miami-Dade County.

Donaldson was an insurance coverage agent and unit supervisor with Bankers Life in North Miami.

“We’re saddened to be taught of this tragedy, and our hearts exit to the household and mates of the sufferer,” Bankers Life spokesperson Valerie Dolenga mentioned. “The person is not employed with the corporate. Since that is an ongoing investigation, we can’t remark additional at the moment.”

Donaldson has no earlier legal historical past.

He’s at the moment being held on the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Heart with out bond.

“I hope the person that killed her dies and goes to hell!” Williams mentioned. “And I simply need them to know in his household as a result of he didn’t should do my daughter or no different lady like he has executed previously. And I hope he will get consecutive life sentences and I hope he dies! I hope anyone kills him!”

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Whereas Donaldson has been arrested, Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers is providing a $5,000 reward for anybody with data as to what might have led as much as Daniel’s demise.

Tipsters might name 305-471-8477. All callers will stay nameless.