A Mother of Five Stabbed in Broad Daylight — Two Sisters and a Friend Are Charged in Del Rio.

On the afternoon of Thursday, June 25, 2026, a 32-year-old mother of five was stabbed at a busy intersection in Del Rio, Texas, a border city of roughly 35,000 in Val Verde County. She was rushed to the hospital with multiple wounds and died that night. Within hours, police had arrested three women and charged each with murder.

The Del Rio Police Department identified the suspects as two sisters — Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, and Amaya “Cookie” Diaz, 19 — and a friend, Kyandra Renee Faz, 21. The victim was Caroline “Caro” Peña, described by family and friends as a devoted mother. Police have not publicly released a motive.

This page lays out what authorities have confirmed: the timeline, the location, the charges, and who is responsible for prosecuting the case. All three women are charged, not convicted, and are presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise. The facts here come from the Del Rio Police Department and local Texas news desks — not speculation.

• 32 — age of Caroline 'Caro' Peña, the mother killed; she is survived by five children — the oldest a 17-year-old son — and a twin sister · Source: Fox News; KENS 5
• 3 charged — two sisters, Kitty Mia Diaz (21) and Amaya 'Cookie' Diaz (19), plus a friend, Kyandra Renee Faz (21), each charged with murder · Source: Del Rio Police Department
• ~2:10 p.m. — Thursday, June 25, 2026 — daylight attack in the 800 block of East 10th Street; the victim arrived at Val Verde Regional Medical Center with multiple stab wounds · Source: KSAT
• 3 wounds — the victim was stabbed twice in the back and once in the stomach, then transferred to a San Antonio-area hospital, where she was pronounced dead that evening · Source: Fox News; KSAT
• No motive released — police have not announced why the attack happened; the investigation is open and additional charges are possible · Source: KSAT
• Presumed innocent — all three women are charged, not convicted — guilt is for a court to determine, not a police press release · Source: U.S. and Texas due-process standards

According to the Del Rio Police Department, officers were called just after 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2026, to Val Verde Regional Medical Center, where a woman had arrived suffering from multiple stab wounds. Investigators determined the assault had occurred a short distance away, in the 800 block of East 10th Street— a busy stretch near a Sonic restaurant, in plain daylight. Witnesses were present.

The victim was stabbed twice in the back and once in the stomach, police said. She was transferred to a San Antonio-area hospital for emergency treatment but did not survive; investigators were notified around 9 p.m. that she had died. What had begun as an assault call became a homicide investigation the same day.

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Caroline “Caro” Peña was 32 years old. She was the mother of five children — the oldest a 17-year-old son — and had a twin sister, according to local reporting. Friends remembered her as someone whose entire identity was wrapped up in raising her kids. “She was one of those people that she was born to be a mom,” a friend, Zelina Ochoa, told reporters.

The ledger here is human, not statistical. Five children, the youngest far from grown, lost their mother on an ordinary Thursday afternoon. That is the human ledger a charging document does not capture, and it is the reason a daylight street killing in a small border city drew national attention.

The Del Rio Police Department named three suspects, each charged with murder. Two are sisters: Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, and Amaya “Cookie” Diaz, 19. The third is described as their friend, Kyandra Renee Faz, 21. All three are adults, and police identified each by name in a public release.

A charge is an accusation, not a verdict. Each of the three women is presumed innocentand is entitled to a defense and a trial. What police have alleged — that these three were involved in the fatal stabbing — will have to be proven in court, on evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt. This site does not assert guilt absent a conviction, and nothing below should be read as doing so.

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What stands out is how quickly the case moved. Police said that within roughly two hours of the victim arriving at the hospital, detectives had reviewed surveillance footage, interviewed witnesses, and processed physical evidence at the scene. By about 4 p.m. Thursday — the same afternoon as the attack — the two Diaz sisters were arrested without incident, and Faz was taken into custody a short time later.

The Del Rio Police Department announced the arrests in a public statement and cautioned that the investigation remains active. Detectives indicated that additional charges are possible as they continue gathering evidence. Police have not stated a motive, and have not said publicly whether anyone else may have been involved. Those are open questions a prosecution will have to answer.

A murder case in Del Rio is investigated by the city police but prosecuted by the District Attorney for the 63rd Judicial District, which covers Val Verde, Kinney, and Terrell counties. That office is led by District Attorney Suzanne West (R), who was elected in 2020 and took office in January 2021. Whether the three defendants are indicted, what degree of offense they face, and how the case proceeds are decisions that now run through her office and a Val Verde County grand jury.

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Note on coverage: this is a local crime story, not a partisan one. We are not aware of relevant, verifiable Truth Social commentary tied to this case, so we have not manufactured any — the embedded reporting above comes from the Texas news desks and the police department that actually covered it.

A 32-year-old mother of five was stabbed in daylight at a Del Rio street corner on June 25, 2026, and died that night. Police arrested three women — two sisters, Kitty Mia Diaz and Amaya “Cookie” Diaz, and their friend Kyandra Renee Faz — the same afternoon, and charged each with murder. No motive has been released, the investigation remains open, and additional charges are possible. All three defendants are presumed innocent until a court rules otherwise. The unanswered question — why a young mother was killed on a busy street in front of witnesses — now belongs to the courts of Val Verde County. We will follow the case as it moves from arrest to indictment to trial.

“She was one of those people that she was born to be a mom.”

Zelina Ochoa, friend of Caroline 'Caro' Peña

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