• The homeowner shot a woman thinking she was breaking into his house, but she had entered the wrong address
• The trial will be difficult due to the state’s home defense laws

Authorities in Indiana are considering whether to charge a homeowner after he killed a woman working as a cleaner when she accidentally entered his address.

Police found the body of 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez on the porch of the home in Whitestown, a suburb of Indianapolis with about 10,000 residents.

Rios Perez was part of a cleaning crew that went to the wrong address, according to a police statement.

Her husband, Mauricio Velazquez, said he was standing next to her at the front door and did not realize she had been shot until she fell into his arms bleeding.

Her brother described Rios Perez on a fundraising page as a mother of four children.

Police said the victim was from Indianapolis, but the family plans to bury her in Guatemala, according to her obituary and her brother’s fundraising page.

Authorities have not publicly identified the shooter.

Police handed over the investigation results to Boone County Prosecutor Kent Eastwood, who said the decision on whether to file charges would not be easy.

The prosecutor noted that the case involves the state’s home defense laws, which allow the use of force, including deadly force, to stop what a person reasonably believes is an unlawful entry into their home.

Similar laws exist in 31 other U.S. states.

In similar cases elsewhere, prosecutors have successfully charged people who fired outside their homes, including an elderly man who pleaded guilty after shooting a teenager who came to his house by mistake.