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A prominent American expatriate lawyer was killed and his girlfriend wounded in an attack at their home in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, the authorities and family members said Monday. The lawyer, John Ralston Pate, 70, was found dead Sunday in an apartment in an affluent neighborhood of eastern Caracas, the country’s public prosecutor said. Mr. Pate had lived in Venezuela since the 1970s and helped build up a once-thriving expatriate community. Prosecutors identified the woman who was injured as Sally Elizabeth Evans, 67. Venezuela is the second most violent country in the world after Honduras, according to the United Nations. Mr. Pate moved to Caracas after studying at Brown and Boston Universities, helping found the locally based law firm De Sola Pate & Brown. “He never wanted to leave,” said his son Thomas Pate, a lawyer in Miami. He added: “His family, we were always nervous. He told us that he couldn’t stop living, but he was being careful.” A prominent American expatriate lawyer was killed and his girlfriend wounded in an attack at their home in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital, the authorities and relatives said Monday. The lawyer, John Ralston Pate, 70, was found dead on Sunday in an apartment in an affluent neighborhood of eastern Caracas, the country’s public prosecutor said. Mr. Pate had lived in Venezuela since the 1970s and helped build up a once-thriving expatriate community. Prosecutors identified the woman who was wounded as Sally Elizabeth Evans, 67. Venezuela has the second-highest murder rate in the world after Honduras, according to the United Nations. Mr. Pate moved to Caracas after studying at Brown and Boston Universities, helping found the locally based law firm De Sola Pate & Brown. “He never wanted to leave,” said his son Thomas Pate, a lawyer in Miami. He added: “His family, we were always nervous. He told us that he couldn’t stop living, but he was being careful.”