The general director of the Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigation Agency (Cicpc), José Gregorio Sierralta, confirmed on Thursday the detention of seven individuals allegedly involved in the robbery and murder of Venezuelan actress and former beauty queen Mónica Spear and her partner, Thomas Berry. The individuals have also been held accountable for the injuries caused to the couple's five-year-old daughter.

The shooter was identified as 19-year-old Jean Carlos Colina Alcalá. Authorities are currently in search of four other people presumably involved in the killings, one of them a 21-year-old man who ran away with the murder weapon.

During raids, authorities found a professional digital camera that belonged to the actress.

Sierralta said police investigations have been completed.