BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A Bakersfield grandmother who gained custody of four children after their mother was killed in a domestic violence incident has received a new home through the Open Door Network.

Sandra Apodaca is the mother of 32-year-old Taylor Estrada, who investigators say was stabbed and killed by her estranged husband, 44-year-old Rafael Estrada, in May.

"She will be with us through our memories and my grandkids cause every time I see them, I see her," Apodaca said.

According to the family, Taylor and her four children moved in with Apodaca in Bakersfield to escape what they called an abusive relationship with Rafael.

"She was very outgoing, she did things very spontaneously, she's been through a lot, so her thing was always about family," Apodac

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