Judge Orders Home Confinement For Woman Accused In Del Rio Stabbing Death
Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, will remain free on bond in the June death of Caroline Pena, but a judge has ordered home confinement and electronic monitoring, according to other local news sources.
DEL RIO, Texas – A woman accused in the June stabbing death of Caroline Pena will remain free on bond, but a judge has ordered her confined to her home and placed on electronic monitoring, according to other local news sources.
Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, was in court on Friday, Nov. 13, according to those reports. The reports identified the judge as Roland Andrade of the 63rd Judicial District and said District Attorney Suzanne West asked the court to set conditions on Diaz’s release.

West said the conditions include home confinement, electronic monitoring, reporting to probation and drug testing, according to other local news sources. She also said Diaz is barred from contact with her co-defendants and with Pena’s family, and that she may leave home only for approved reasons such as a doctor’s appointment, those reports said.
West said the defense did not agree to home confinement, but the judge ordered it, according to other local news sources.
Diaz’s two co-defendants, identified as Kitty Mia Diaz and Kyandra Renee Faz, remain jailed, according to those reports. The Maverick Times reported Saturday that Andrade denied a request to lower Faz’s bond.
Del Rio police said officers were called at about 2:10 p.m. on June 25 to Val Verde Regional Medical Center after a report of a woman with multiple stab wounds. Police said the assault happened in the 800 block of East 10th Street. The woman was taken to a San Antonio hospital because of her injuries and was pronounced dead about 9 p.m., according to the department.
Police said they arrested and charged Kitty Mia Diaz, 21, Amaya Cookie Diaz, 19, and Kyandra Renee Faz, 21, with murder. The victim has been identified as Caroline Pena, 32, of Del Rio, as The Maverick Times previously reported.
Other local news sources have reported that Diaz was released from jail on Oct. 6 after her bond was reduced from an initial amount of $5 million. The Maverick Times has not reviewed a court docket or an official sheriff or prosecutor release for Friday’s hearing.
The charges are allegations. Diaz is presumed innocent unless and until she is proven guilty in a court of law.
