KNEW THEM VERY WELL. EVAN, ONE THING WE HEARD TIME AND TIME AGAIN WAS HOW MUCH THAT YOUNG MOTHER, CASSANDRA FLORES, PRIORITIZED PROVIDING HER KIDS WITH THE BEST LIFE POSSIBLE. SHE JUST WANTED EVERYTHING FOR THE KIDS SHE ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT BUYING THEM A HOUSE AND YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERY MOTHER, EVERY MOTHER DREAMS. KASEY WAS ALWAYS SAYING THAT SHE WANTED EVERYTHING BETTER FOR HER CHILDREN. AND I MEAN BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED, SHE’S NEVER GOING TO GET THE CHANCE ANYMORE. JOSE FLORES IS CASSANDRA’S YOUNGER BROTHER AND UNCLE TO HER THREE CHILDREN, HILLARY, DAMARIS AND MATTIS. I WOULD ALWAYS TEASE THEM, BUT EVEN IF I TEASED THEM, THEY THEY WOULD STILL RUN TO ME. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THEM WITH EVERYTHING, MAN. IT’S THEY WERE THE BEST THING EVER. JOSE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS STILL IN DISBELIEF, TRYING TO PROCESS WHAT HAPPENED LATE WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY RUBEN ARMENDARIZ SHOT AND KILLED HIS ESTRANGED WIFE, CASSANDRA, AND THEIR THREE KIDS BEFORE TURNING THE GUN ON HIMSELF. TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I SAW HIM LIKE A BIG BROTHER. YOU KNOW, HE WAS MARRIED TO MY SISTER FOR 11 YEARS. AND EVER SINCE THEY WERE SEPARATING, HE WOULD COME TO ME. HE WOULD CRY. HE WOULD TELL ME HOW HURT HE WAS. JOSE SAYS THEY NEVER SAW A SIGN THAT HIS BROTHER IN LAW WOULD DO SOMETHING SO HORRIBLE. BUT BELIEVE ME, WE NEVER SAW ANY SIGNS OF NOTHING. NO, NO HATRED, NOTHING. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE DID, WE WOULD NEVER, EVER LEAVE HIM ALONE WITH MY SISTER. AND THE FLORES FAMILY HAS SET UP A GOFUNDME PAGE TO COVER THE FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR CASSANDRA AND HER THREE CHILDREN. YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO THA
'Never saw any signs': Brother, uncle of quadruple murder-suicide victims speaks out
Jose Flores said his family is still trying to process what happened.
Updated: 6:20 PM CDT Aug 18, 2023
Family and friends remembered the victims in a murder-suicide that killed four people in northwest Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The victims were 29-year-old Cassandra Flores and her three children, 9-year-old Hillary Armendariz, 5-year-old Damaris Armendariz and 2-year-old Matias Armendariz. | MORE | Suspect who shot, killed wife and 3 kids called victims' family before turning gun on himselfCassandra was remembered by her loved ones as being a mom who always prioritized giving her three kids the best life possible. “She just wanted everything for the kids. She always wanted to buy them a house, what every mother dreamed," Cassandra's friend, Yanelle Hernandez, said. Jose Flores, Cassandra's youngest brother and uncle to her three children, said his family is still trying to process what happened. "Cassie was always saying that she wanted everything better for children. Because of what happened, she’s never going to get that chance anymore," Jose said. “I would always tease them, but even if I tease them, they would still run to me. I loved them with everything, man. They were the best thing ever."Police said Ruben Armendariz shot and killed his estranged wife and their three children before turning the gun on himself. "To tell you the truth, I saw him like a big brother. He was married to my sister for 11 years, and ever since they were separating, he would come to me. He would cry. He would tell me how hurt he was," Jose said. Jose said they never saw a sign that his brother-in-law would do something so horrible. “Believe me, we never saw any signs, no hatred. Because if we did, we would have never left him alone with my sister," Jose said. Top Headlines Police search for suspect who fled from traffic stop on I-40 and ran into wooded area Eastbound I-40 in Oklahoma City metro narrowed due to semi-trailer rollover 3 children, woman dead after suspected murder-suicide in OKC; suspect found with gunshot wound to head Travel goals: Triplets accomplish goal of seeing all 50 states by their 25th birthday
OKLAHOMA CITY — Family and friends remembered the victims in a murder-suicide that killed four people in northwest Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
The victims were 29-year-old Cassandra Flores and her three children, 9-year-old Hillary Armendariz, 5-year-old Damaris Armendariz and 2-year-old Matias Armendariz.
| MORE | Suspect who shot, killed wife and 3 kids called victims' family before turning gun on himself
Cassandra was remembered by her loved ones as being a mom who always prioritized giving her three kids the best life possible.
“She just wanted everything for the kids. She always wanted to buy them a house, what every mother dreamed," Cassandra's friend, Yanelle Hernandez, said.
Jose Flores, Cassandra's youngest brother and uncle to her three children, said his family is still trying to process what happened.
"Cassie was always saying that she wanted everything better for children. Because of what happened, she’s never going to get that chance anymore," Jose said. “I would always tease them, but even if I tease them, they would still run to me. I loved them with everything, man. They were the best thing ever."
Police said Ruben Armendariz shot and killed his estranged wife and their three children before turning the gun on himself.
"To tell you the truth, I saw him like a big brother. He was married to my sister for 11 years, and ever since they were separating, he would come to me. He would cry. He would tell me how hurt he was," Jose said.
Jose said they never saw a sign that his brother-in-law would do something so horrible.
“Believe me, we never saw any signs, no hatred. Because if we did, we would have never left him alone with my sister," Jose said.
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