Amaya "Cookie" Diaz posted a $2 million bond in the Del Rio stabbing death of Caroline Pena.

A posted bond is release pending trial. It is not a finding that Amaya Cookie Diaz stabbed Caroline Pena. The 830 Times and KSAT report she is one of three women charged with murder. Kitty Marie Diaz's bond was also cut to $2 million, and she remains in custody. Kyandra Renee Faz's reduction was denied, KSAT reported. Custody status is process. It is not a verdict.

The 830 Times reported that Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, was released from custody on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, after posting bonds totaling $2 million — $1 million on a murder charge and $1 million on a tampering or fabricating-evidence charge — according to information the Val Verde County Sheriff's Office released at the paper's request. KSAT reported Monday, Oct. 12, and updated Tuesday, Oct. 13, that a Val Verde County official said she posted her $2 million murder bond on Oct. 6 after it was reduced from $5 million the same day. A bond reduction and a posting are custody decisions. They are not a judgment on the charge.

Diaz, her sister Kitty Marie Diaz, and Kyandra Renee Faz were arrested by Del Rio police on June 25 and charged with murder in Pena's death, the 830 Times and KSAT reported. The 830 Times listed Kitty Marie Diaz as 21 and Faz as 22. KSAT listed Kitty Mia Diaz as 21 and Faz as 21. The outlets do not agree on Faz's age or on Kitty's middle name. KSAT reported all three were also charged with tampering with physical evidence. The 830 Times, citing a Del Rio police report, said officers were sent to Val Verde Regional Medical Center after 2 p.m. on June 25 for a stabbing victim later identified as Pena, and that witnesses placed the stabbing outside a residence in the 800 block of East 10th Street. KSAT placed the stabbing at a home and said Pena was flown to a San Antonio hospital and pronounced dead that night. The 830 Times said she was treated locally, transferred to San Antonio the same day, and died of her wounds there. Local treatment then transfer, and a helicopter flight, are two ways outlets described getting her to San Antonio. They are not two different deaths.

The 830 Times reported Faz told officers Pena came to her residence "to start a fight," that the Diaz sisters arrived, and that all four women became involved in an altercation in which Pena was stabbed. That is Faz's statement as the police report summarized it for the paper. It is not a finding. KSAT reported video of the arrest shows Cookie and Kitty Diaz laughing while being taken into custody. Arrest footage is evidence of demeanor in custody. It is not proof of the stabbing.

The 830 Times reported Kitty Marie Diaz's bond was reduced to $2 million from $5 million and that Faz's bond was increased to $5.2 million after she was also charged with tampering. KSAT reported Kitty Diaz's bond was reduced from $5 million to $2 million on July 22 and that she remained jailed as of Monday morning, and that on Tuesday the county said Faz's bond reduction was denied. As of the 830 Times account on Oct. 8 and KSAT's Monday report, Kitty Diaz and Faz remained in custody. Amaya Cookie Diaz's release on bond leaves her charged. It does not clear the charge. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.