{"id":735175,"date":"2026-06-30T16:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735175\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:49:17","slug":"2-sisters-and-their-friend-charged-with-murder-in-fatal-stabbing-of-32-year-old-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735175\/","title":{"rendered":"2 sisters and their friend charged with murder in fatal stabbing of 32-year-old woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two sisters and their friend were arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old woman, police in Texas said. <\/p>\n

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Kitty Mia Diaz, 21; Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19; and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, are accused of beating and stabbing Caroline Pe\u00f1a to death during a fight outside a Del Rio home. <\/p>\n

The investigation began after 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<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Officers learned that an altercation had occurred between the victim and suspects at a residence on East 10th Street. <\/p>\n

The fight was captured on video and shows Pe\u00f1a arriving at Faz\u2019s 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 Pe\u00f1a, the document states. <\/p>\n

In the footage, Amaya Diaz is seen exiting the Chrysler and approaching the victim \u201cwith an object believed to be a knife in her right hand,\u201d the affidavit states. <\/p>\n

Police said that Amaya Diaz and the victim got into an altercation, and Amaya Diaz is seen striking Pe\u00f1a \u201cin the back, where blood can be observed on the back of her shirt.\u201d Kitty Diaz \u201cbegins physically assaulting\u201d Pe\u00f1a as Faz allegedly joins in, the affidavit says. <\/p>\n

The alleged attack was eventually broken up, police said, and the suspects left the area. <\/p>\n

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\u2019s child was also present, according to the affidavit. Police said that the two women had changed clothes and showered by the time officers arrived. <\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

The three women have each been held on $5 million bail, the court filing shows. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear if the women have obtained attorneys who can speak on their behalf. <\/p>\n

Police have not released details on a possible motive. According to the affidavit, Faz told officers that Pe\u00f1a came to her home \u201clooking to start a fight\u201d and that the Diaz sisters arrived around the same time. <\/p>\n

The stabbing remains under investigation and additional charges may be filed against the suspect, the police department said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two sisters and their friend were arrested and charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of a 32-year-old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-735175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}