{"id":416889,"date":"2026-08-26T04:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416889\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T04:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:20:14","slug":"edinburg-woman-indicted-in-san-antonio-after-children-found-dead-in-burning-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416889\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburg woman indicted in San Antonio after children found dead in burning car"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edinburg<\/p>\n

\nMarlene Vidal. Photo credit: KSAT-TV\n<\/p>\n

A 34-year-old woman from Edinburg was indicted in San Antonio in connection with the deaths of her two children, whom police said were found dead in a burning vehicle.<\/p>\n

Bexar County court records show Marlene Vidal was indicted on Aug. 6 on multiple charges, including two counts of capital murder of a person under 10 years of age, one count of capital murder of multiple persons, two counts of injury to a child, one charge of arson, and one count of tampering with physical evidence.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Edinburg mother in custody after children found dead in burning vehicle in San Antonio<\/a><\/p>\n

Vidal was arrested on May 15 in connection with the deaths of her two children. The children, believed to be ages 5 and 7, were found dead inside a burning vehicle in the 500 block of Richland Hills Drive in San Antonio between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n

Vidal was at the scene when police arrived, San Antonio Assistant Police Chief Jesus Salame Jr. said in a press conference.<\/p>\n

Statements from Vidal, surveillance video, and evidence gathered at the scene indicated Vidal is solely responsible for the deaths of the children, according to Salame.<\/p>\n

Court records indicate Vidal\u2019s next court hearing is set for Sept. 2. Bexar County jail records show Vidal remains in custody on a $1 million bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marlene Vidal. Photo credit: KSAT-TV A 34-year-old woman from Edinburg was indicted in San Antonio in connection with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416890,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[145278,102563,145277,145279,145273,42669,107835,145272,1473,145275,1472,82,84,83,145276,145274],"class_list":["post-416889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-arson-vehicle-deaths-texas","tag-bexar-county-court-records","tag-child-capital-murder-charges","tag-edinburg-crime-news","tag-edinburg-woman-capital-murder","tag-jesus-salame-jr","tag-marlene-vidal","tag-marlene-vidal-indictment","tag-rgv","tag-richland-hills-drive-san-antonio","tag-rio-grande-valley","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-police-department-investigation","tag-san-antonio-vehicle-fire-children"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}