A Texas mother of five desperately fought for her life after she was allegedly ambushed and repeatedly stabbed by two sisters and a friend in broad daylight, according to a close friend who described the horrifying attack.

Caroline "Caro" Peña, 32, was allegedly attacked by sisters Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, and Amaya "Cookie" Diaz, 19, along with their 21-year-old friend Kyandra Renee Faz, at around 2PM on Thursday in Del Rio, Texas. The three women have been charged with murder and are being held on a combined $15 million bail.

As Peña was rushed to a local hospital, a chilling photo allegedly taken during the attack appeared on a local Facebook page before later being deleted. The image became the first sign to Peña's longtime friend, Zelina Ochoa, that something terrible had happened.

Mom of five, Caroline “Caro” Peña. Credit: Facebook/Caro Peña

Friend says Peña refused to back down

The now deleted image allegedly showed Peña standing as blood soaked through the back of her pink shirt while the three accused women surrounded her.

"It’s a photo of her standing up and you see the back side of her, and her shirt in the back is completely filled with blood," Ochoa told the New York Post.

Meanwhile, "the three girls are in front of her, they’re surrounding her," Ochoa said.

The stay-at-home mother, whose children range in age from 17 to 3 and include two with special needs, fought back despite having no weapon.

"She had just collapsed and she stood right back up," Ochoa said. "She was a fighter."

"It’s a very powerful picture because it shows, you know, these three girls showed up with their weapons and Caro showed up with nothing but her hands," she added.

"She didn’t show up there thinking that today is my last day."

Witnesses said the attack unfolded in seconds

According to Ochoa, comments from people who said they witnessed the stabbing suggested there was little warning before violence broke out.

"Where this incident occurred, it’s a very busy intersection. It’s on the main street of our town, so there were a lot of passersby," she explained.

Additionally, "This wasn’t something that was done in an alley at 12AM this was done in broad daylight on the busiest intersection at the corner of Sonic."

Based on those witness accounts, "there was really no verbal altercation" before the attack and "it went from 0 to 100 very quickly," Ochoa recalled.

"It confused a lot of people because it happened so quick and everybody was like, ‘Wait, hold on, what did we just witness?’" she added.

Police have not released a motive for the killing.

Kitty Mia Diaz, 21; Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19; and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21. Credit: City of Del Rio Police Department

Mother of five remembered by lifelong friend

Ochoa said Peña, whom she met when they were both teen moms, was devoted to her children and avoided conflict.

"Caro was not the type to go to the clubs or be involved in any type of altercation or drama or anything like that, that’s just not who she was," Ochoa said.

"She was that one friend that tried to bring peace among everyone, so it’s just so confusing how this even happened."

"I don’t know if it was just an unlucky day and she happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. I don’t know. I really don’t know," she lamented.

Ochoa also questioned why one of the accused women, who she said is also a mother, would allegedly take another children's parent away.

"It’s very unclear as to why a mother would do this to another mother and why she herself wouldn’t consider her own son," she said.

"She’s still gonna see her son grow up through the glass and Caro’s kids are only gonna have a tombstone."

A GoFundMe created to support Peña's children, two of whom are autistic according to the fundraiser, has currently raised more than $5,000.

Remembering her friend, Ochoa said: "She was one of those people that were born to be a mom…she made it look so easy."

"Everyone says your kids love you, but her kids really love her. She wasn’t just their mom, she was their friend…her life was her children."

Featured image credit: City of Del Rio Police Department

New court documents have identified the youngest of three women charged over the fatal stabbing of a Texas mother of five as the person police say carried out the deadly attack.

According to the City of Del Rio Police Department, Amaya "Cookie" Diaz, 19, her sister Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, and their friend Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, have all been charged with first-degree murder following the death of 32-year-old Caroline "Caro" Peña.

Authorities say the attack happened in broad daylight on June 25 in Del Rio, Texas, with Peña later dying from her injuries after being transferred to a trauma hospital in San Antonio.

Del Rio sits along the United States and Mexico border, roughly 150 miles west of San Antonio, where Peña died after several hours of emergency treatment.

Following her death later that evening, the charges against all three suspects were upgraded to murder. Each woman was given a $5 million bond and requested a court-appointed attorney during a court appearance.

Court documents reveal who allegedly carried the knife

According to court documents obtained by The New York Post, police believe Cookie Diaz was the person who repeatedly stabbed Peña during the confrontation.

The complaint states that Faz told investigators Peña had "arrived at her residence looking to start a fight."

As detectives investigated the case, they reviewed surveillance footage, examined physical evidence and interviewed witnesses. Police say the video showed Peña arriving in her black Dodge pickup truck at Faz's residence before Cookie and Kitty Diaz arrived in a black Chrysler 300.

Mom of five Caroline “Caro” Peña. Credit: Facebook/Caro Peña.

According to investigators, the footage shows Cookie getting out of the passenger side of the vehicle while holding what officers believed was a knife in her right hand before confronting Peña.

Police allege Cookie then struck Peña in the back, with blood soon becoming visible on the mother's shirt. Court documents state that Kitty Diaz and Faz then joined the assault by physically attacking Peña before the three women fled the area.

Arrests were captured on video

Officers arrested Cookie and Kitty Diaz without incident at about 4PM on Thursday. Video recorded by a bystander showed the sisters being taken into custody by police, with footage circulating widely online following the arrests.

Faz was arrested a short time later.

All three women were transported to the GEO Correctional Facility in Del Rio, where they remain in custody.

Peña was initially taken to Val Verde Regional Medical Center before being transferred to a specialized trauma facility in San Antonio because of the severity of her injuries.

Investigators were notified at about 9PM that Peña had died.

Investigation remains ongoing

Authorities have not released a motive for the deadly attack, and investigators have not said what led up to the confrontation.

Police say the investigation remains active and ongoing as detectives continue gathering evidence and working to establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident. Authorities have also said additional charges could be filed as the investigation progresses.

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In newly released footage, two young sisters are seen pulling funny faces and laughing with each other as cops drag them away from their home in handcuffs.

Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, and Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, have been accused of fatally stabbing mom-of-five Caroline “Caro” Peña, 32, repeatedly in broad daylight.

The sisters joked around as they were arrested

The video of the young women being arrested showed Kitty smiling at the ground while being led into a police car by officers while wearing black shorts and a crop top with a graphic depicting hands over her breasts.

Moments later, her younger sister emerged in a similar outfit and performed to the camera. She giggled and joked with the person behind the camera, sarcastically yelling: “Stop recording."

Amaya Cookie Diaz. Credit: City of Del Rio Police Department

The Del Rio Police Department said officers also arrested a third woman, identified as 21-year-old Kyandra Renee Faz, in relation to the broad-daylight killing.

The trio was each charged with murder and transported to a local jail, according to police. No motive for the attack has been made public yet.

A journalist in Del Rio, a small town near the Mexican border where the murder took place, told the New York Post that he recorded the video after receiving a tip-off about the heavy police presence in the area, without knowing what the young women were being arrested for.

Neighbours witnessed the aftermath of the attack

Speaking about the five police cars outside the property where the sisters lived, Michael Elizondo said: “I didn’t know what was going on, but I knew it must be serious.

"I saw the first girl going into the car, and I thought, ‘Whatever.’ … But the second one caught my eye.

"That girl was in a happy mood. … She was all smiling, goofing off like nothing happened."

Recounting the shocking reaction to being arrested for murder, Elizondo said: “All of a sudden I see the window go down, and the girl was sticking out her face, sticking out her tongue and goofing off.”

Neighbours in the area told the independent journalist that they witnessed the sisters “driving recklessly” down the road earlier in the day.

Kitty Diaz’s laughed as she was being arrested. Credit: City of Del Rio Police Department

One person also alleged that they saw the victim covered in blood while facing her three attackers outside a Sonic drive-through before she died at a hospital in San Antonio at around 9PM.

The sisters and Faz were each charged with murder and transported to a local jail, according to the Del Rio Police Department.

Featured image credit: Facebook/Caro Peña

A woman was caught on camera stabbing the car of a terrified family in what appears to have been a road rage attack, Metro Online reports.

Karl Camilo, the owner of the car and the individual who filmed the incident, says he and his family were at a CVS Pharmacy drive-thru in Providence, Rhode Island last week when a woman attempted to pull in front of his SUV and hit the car.

This is the moment a woman lashes out in an apparent road rage attack and stabs a family’s vehicle:

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The collision was said to be a minor one, however, that didn't stop 25-year-old Stephanie Dominguez from appearing to stab and slash at the car - all while Camilo's wife, teenage daughter, and dog were inside.

"She comes out with the knife, with a very aggressive face. She goes slowly on the back door, like this, with two hands very carefully to make sure the whole car got damaged, vandalized," he told NBC 10.

"She had the devil in her eyes," Camilo added.

The footage shows Dominguez stabbing the hood of his vehicle while screaming at the family. She also scraped the car and punctured all of its tires with the knife. According to police, Dominguez’s two young children were in her car during the incident.

"She looked like she was enjoying what she was doing, while she was vandalizing my car, she was enjoying it," Camilo said.

Dominguez can then be seen briefly going back to her car, before suddenly returning with the knife and continuing with the attack.

"At that point she was trying to attack us personally. I thought she was trying to attack or kill us," he added.

Police arrived at the scene and arrested Dominguez when Camilo showed them the footage. Dominguez was then charged with disorderly conduct, vandalism and having a weapon. However, the weapon charge was later dropped.

Dominguez’s lawyers have disputed the family’s version of the incident, claiming that Camilo hit her car, and refused to communicate an exchange of insurance information. They also argued that the way in which she reacted to the situation was out of concern for her children.

Dominguez pleaded not guilty to the charges of vandalism and disorderly conduct.

The family of a girl who survived Tuesday's Texas school shooting by covering herself in blood is crowdfunding for her therapy and medical treatment.

The nation continues to mourn the tragic events that occurred in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.

On Tuesday morning, an 18-year-old gunman - named by authorities as Salvador Ramos - entered Robb Elementary School carrying a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, and high-capacity magazines. After opening fire on a classroom, he ultimately killed 19 children between the ages of nine and 11 and two teachers.

Earlier this week, it was revealed that one of the students inside the classroom survived after covering herself with blood.

In an interview with NBC Los Angeles, the aunt and godmother of 11-year-old Miah Cerrillo recalled how the youngster made it through the horrific ordeal alive.

"Miah got some blood and put it on herself so she could pretend she was dead," godmother Blanca Rivera said. "It's too much for me to play that scene over and over again, but that's what my sister-in-law said is that she saw her friend full of blood and she got blood and put it on herself."

Rivera also explained that the child is struggling to cope with the trauma of what happened.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality now,'" Rivera said.

Blanca Rivera explained how her 11-year-old niece made it through the attack alive, and how she is struggling to cope with the trauma of what she witnessed.

"Around midnight my sister-in-law called me and she was just crying, like 'I think it just hit Miah. I think everything came to reality now,'" she said.

Miah's teacher, Irma Garcia, and many of her classmates were killed in the deadly attack.

Now, Miah's mom has started a GoFundMe in order to help her daughter through the trauma of what she experienced.

"Hello my name is Abigale [Veloz] my daughter is [Miah Cerrillo] she is a survivora from the Uvalde school shooting," the mom writes on the crowdfunding page. "Her class room was one of the main rooms that got targeted. [With] that [being] said we are asking if people could please donate to her Gofundme she will need a lot of help with all the trauma that she is going through.

"My daughter is amazing person and is a very good sister to her siblings," Cerrillo writes, before adding: "We will need help with her medical expenses that were caused by the bullet fragment on her back."

As of this writing, more than $340,000 has been raised from nearly 9,000 donations.

Our thoughts continue to go out to everybody affected by this horrendous tragedy...

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