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San Antonio Mother Arrested After Two Children Found Dead in Car

Investigators cite inconsistencies in the mother's account, seek neighbor video, await medical examiner findings.

Overview

  • Deputies responded Saturday afternoon to the 7600 block of Chancery Gate in Alamo Ranch after the mother reported finding her 3-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son in a vehicle.
  • First responders attempted life-saving measures, including CPR, but both children were pronounced dead at the scene.
  • The mother, identified as 28-year-old Tiona Lasaisha Islar, faces two counts of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury or death and remains in custody on $300,000 bond.
  • Sheriff Javier Salazar said there are inconsistencies in Islar’s account of how the children ended up in the vehicle, and the cause of death has not been determined.
  • BCSO requested neighbor video from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., called in the medical examiner and Child Protective Services, and noted at least one recent CPS response to the home.