Police officers described a recent fatal domestic violence case in Hallandale Beach as "horrific." Relatives identified the victim as Delfina "Lily" Perez, a mother of two who was about 20 weeks pregnant. She was 41.
Perez left her two children, ages 8 and 9, at a daycare in Hallandale Beach, where she was known to be punctual, police said. It was 9 p.m., when police officers responded to the daycare after she didn't show up to pick them up, police said.
According to Grace Mariot, a spokeswoman for the Hallandale Beach Police Department, a relative picked up the kids from the daycare and later reported that while the cars that belonged to Perez and the kids' father, Victor Chavez, were parked outside the home - no one answered the door.
"The family members informed officers about the parent's history of domestic disputes, concerns over the father's mental health, and prior threats," Mariot wrote.
When Hallandale Beach police officers rushed into the home near Southwest Seventh Avenue and Seventh Court, they reported finding Chavez, 38, "lethargic and unresponsive" in a bedroom and Perez with 'severe injuries" in a bathroom. Anne Foss, a neighbor, was shaken Sunday.
