TX Mother Who Killed Husband, Child At Galveston Resort Identified

Baytown mother, Flor De Maria Pineda Canas, killed her husband and two children Monday before she shot herself in a room at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, according to click2houston.

Galveston police said they received a phone call about 4:30 a.m. from someone who reported hearing several gunshots coming from the eighth floor of the resort.

Officers said they first heard faint moaning, then forced their way into the room and found 39-year-old Mauricio Canas, (pictured,) and a 5-year-old boy dead. A 10-year-old boy and 37-year-old Flor were found critically wounded, police said.

The injured were taken to UTMB, where they later died, police said.

Capt. Joshua Schirard of the Galveston Police Department said:

“Detectives with the Major Crimes Division have been able to confirm that this family arrived at the San Luis Resort and checked in around 7 p.m. last night (Sunday). The motive is unknown at this time, but forensic data collected at the scene indicates that the female is believed to be the shooter at this time, and is believed to have killed her two children and her husband before apparently taking her own life with a 9mm handgun found adjacent to her body.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends at this difficult time.