SAN ANTONIO -- Michelle Hensel's murder left behind her three daughters ages 17 to 20. They now face another struggle. Finding a place to live.
Baby Giselle was born Christmas day, just three days after her grandmother Michelle Hensel was shot in the head, allegedly by her boyfriend. The family says her 43-year-old boyfriend then turned the gun on himself.
Baby Giselle's mother and her two sisters all lived at the home in the 200 block of Ada, but now they face eviction.
Delia Leija Hensel is heartbroken over her daugter's death.
"They are struggling," she said of her granddaughters. "When she passed away the first thing Alexandria said is now we are going to be split apart."
The family said they found out the rent has not been paid and Michelle was getting back on her feet and had just landed a full time job before she was killed.
Her grandparents stepped into help, hoping to keep the family together, something they said Michelle would've wanted.
"We are bound and determined to keep our family together, that's the most important thing," said her father Fritz.
But there is one blessing they said that came out of this tragedy. The 42-year-old Michelle's kidney was donated to her daughter's father-in-law, whose life depended on it.
"She donated a liver, two kidneys and corneas. One kidney went to my daughter's father in law and it starting working as soon as it was put in," said Fritz.
The family says they are taking donations for funeral costs. Fritz Hensel can be contacted at fritzhensel@yahoo.com
