She and her husband, British citizen Thomas Henry Berry, were both found murdered in their car on January 6, 2014. While waiting for a tow truck outside her disabled vehicle with her ex-husband, Henry Thomas Berry, and their five year old daughter, Ms. Spear and Mr. Berry were shot by armed assailants and killed after nightfall on 6 January 2014. Their daughter witnessed the attack and survived with unspecified injuries.
