Recently released court documents reveal chilling images and footage capturing the moments leading up to and the murder of Caroline Raquel Peña, a mother of five from Texas. The entire tragic incident was recorded by home surveillance cameras.
Doorbell camera footage features 32-year-old Peña with a slight smile, engaged in a phone conversation on the porch of Kyandra Renee Faz, aged 21, who is now implicated in the case. This encounter took place on June 25.
Shortly thereafter, the complaint details, sisters Amaya “Cookie” Diaz, 19, and Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, arrived at the scene driving a black Chrysler 300.
Cookie allegedly exited the car wielding what appeared to be a knife, confronting Peña and purportedly stabbing her in the back. This assault was documented by the footage, which showed blood soaking through Peña’s shirt.
After the stabbing, authorities claim Cookie, along with her sister and a friend, proceeded to brutally attack the severely injured Peña before fleeing the location of the crime.
“The entirety of the incident” was captured by a home surveillance camera near the scene, the complaint said.
It is not yet clear how the women knew each other, but Faz claimed the slain mother showed up at her house “looking to start a fight,” according to the complaint.
Just two hours after the brutal attack, Cookie and Kitty flashed twisted smiles as police hauled them off in handcuffs.
Investigators say Cookie, who appeared grinning from ear to ear as police led her to a squad car in handcuffs, stabbed Peña in the back before
Peña was reportedly driven to a local hospital by her nephew. She succumbed to the stab wounds about seven hours later, around 9 p.m., after she was airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio.
Police have not yet offered a motive for the alleged attack, which remains under investigation, a department spokesperson told The Post.
Faz and the Diaz sisters are behind bars, a judge imposing a $5 million bond for each of the suspects during their first court appearance Friday, when they all requested court-appointed attorneys.