Two sisters and their friend were arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing last week of a 32-year-old woman, police in Texas said.
Kitty Mia Diaz, 21; Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19; and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, are accused of beating and stabbing Caroline Peña to death during a fight outside a Del Rio home.
Del Rio officers were dispatched Thursday afternoon to Val Verde Regional Medical Center after receiving a report about a woman suffering multiple stab wounds, the police department said in a news release.
Officers learned that an altercation between the victim and suspects had occurred at a residence on East 10th Street.
Video of the fight shows Peña arriving at Faz’s home in a black pickup truck, according to a probable cause affidavit. Shortly afterward, the two sisters arrive in a black Chrysler, exit and confront Peña, the document states.
In the video, Amaya Diaz is seen exiting the Chrysler and approaching the victim “with an object believed to be a knife in her right hand,” the affidavit states.
Police said that Amaya Diaz and the victim got into an altercation, and Amaya Diaz is seen striking Peña “in the back, where blood can be observed on the back of her shirt.” Kitty Diaz “begins physically assaulting” Peña as Faz joins in, the affidavit states.
The alleged attack was eventually broken up, police said, and the suspects left the area.
All three were later arrested and taken to the Del Rio Police Department for booking. The sisters were taken into custody at a home where Kitty Diaz’s child was also present, according to the affidavit. Police said that the two women had changed clothes and showered by the time officers arrived.
During a search of the home, clothing that Kitty Diaz was seen wearing in the video had been placed in a washing machine, the affidavit said.
The three women have each been held on $5 million bail, the court filing shows.
It’s not clear if the women have obtained attorneys who can speak on their behalf.
Police have not released details about a possible motive. According to the affidavit, Faz told officers that Peña came to her home “looking to start a fight” and that the Diaz sisters arrived around the same time.
The stabbing remains under investigation, and additional charges may be filed against the suspect, the police department said.
