Jessica Arroyo was brought to tears on Tuesday when she saw the memorial on Chancery Drive.

“They’re not going to be forgotten,” she said.

The memorial honors Sevani Stevenson, 6, and Miyani Islar, 3, who were found dead over the weekend in west Bexar County. As their mother faces two charges of injury to a child, people close to the family say they’re heartbroken.

“We might not be a family by blood, but this was our family,” Sirena Ray said. “This was our village.”

The four women who started the memorial met Tiona Islar and her two children at Haven for Hope.

“We looked after each other’s kids,” Crystal Henry said.

As of Tuesday evening, Tiona Islar is in the Bexar County jail.

On Tuesday, a spokesperson with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said the Bexar County Medical Examiner’

See Full Page