A tragic incident unfolded on a Texas residential street as two sisters and their friend are accused of fatally stabbing a mother of five in broad daylight.
As stated in a press release from the Del Rio Police Department, Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, face charges of murder in connection with the death of Caroline “Caro” Peña.
Authorities reported that on June 25, they responded to a call from Val Verde Regional Medical Center about a woman who had arrived with stab injuries. The victim was subsequently taken to a hospital in San Antonio, where she succumbed to her injuries.
A friend, Christina Salinas, shared with KENS 5 that Caroline had been stabbed in her abdomen and twice in her back, resulting in punctured lungs.
On the same day, law enforcement reviewed surveillance footage and spoke with witnesses, leading to the arrests of Kitty, Cookie, and Kyandra. They were detained and taken to the GEO Correctional Facility.
In footage obtained by KENS 5, police escorted the handcuffed sisters into a patrol car, as one of them smiled.
“I saw the first girl going into the car, and I thought, ‘Whatever,’” journalist Michael Elizondo, who was on the scene, told the New York Post. “But the second one caught my eye. That girl was in a happy mood. She was all smiling, goofing off like nothing happened.”
He added, “All of the sudden I see the window go down, and the girl was sticking out her face, sticking out her tongue and goofing off.”
Meanwhile, according to the New York Post, footage showed a scantily clad Kitty in a black tank top and tight shorts grinning after the attack. Her sister allegedly giggled as she jokingly yelled at a cameraman, “Stop recording.”
A photo shared online reportedly showed Caroline covered in blood after the attack.
“Her hair was in the same bun. When I saw that, that’s all I needed to see was the back of her shirt. I knew it was her right off the bat,” Christina, who missed a call from her friend hours before the stabbing, told KENS 5. “That girl, she’s a fighter. She was still standing her ground.”