Three women charged in Del Rio stabbing death investigation
Police say a stabbing in the 800 block of East 10th Street became a murder case after Caroline Raquel Peña, 32, died and three women were charged.
Del Rio police said a stabbing in the 800 block of East 10th Street turned into a murder investigation after Caroline Raquel Peña, 32, died from her injuries. Officers were called at about 2:10 p.m. Thursday, June 25, after Peña arrived at Val Verde Regional Medical Center with multiple stab wounds.
Investigators said the attack did not happen at the hospital. They traced the violence to a residence in the East 10th Street corridor, then moved quickly to piece together the sequence of events through surveillance video, witness interviews and evidence processing.
Peña was taken from Val Verde Regional Medical Center to a San Antonio-area medical facility for emergency treatment, but she died that evening. A funeral home obituary said Peña was born on Oct. 28, 1993, in Del Rio. Family members remembered her as a mother of five and described her as “a great mom.”
Police identified three suspects in the case: Kitty Mia Diaz, 21; Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19; and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21. Investigators said all three were taken into custody the same afternoon, with the final arrest made shortly after the first two.
Once Peña was pronounced dead, police charged each suspect with murder and booked them into the GEO Correctional Facility pending magistration. The department said the investigation remained active and that more charges could follow as detectives continue to assemble the full timeline and motive.
The case has drawn close attention in Val Verde County because the violence unfolded in a residential stretch of Del Rio in broad daylight and ended with an emergency transfer outside the county. Val Verde Regional Medical Center, the first hospital to receive Peña, says it has served the community for more than 60 years.
For neighbors near East 10th Street, the biggest unanswered questions now are where the confrontation began, whether anyone else was involved and whether police believe there was any broader risk beyond the immediate scene. The case now moves into court as detectives continue building the record behind one of Del Rio’s most serious recent violent crime investigations.
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