Young Loganville Stabbing Victim Released From Hospital

LOGANVILLE, GA — Diana Romero, the 9-year-old girl who was the lone survivor of a brutal stabbing spree that took the lives of her father and four siblings, has been released from the hospital.

Diana was critically wounded in the July 6 stabbing in Loganville. Police say her mother, 33-year-old Isabel Martinez, carried out the brutal, early-morning attack before calling police herself.

On fundraising site GoFundMe, Diana's aunt, Hallie Romero, wrote that Diana was out of the hospital on Sunday.

"She is still recovering both physically and emotionally but is getting better every day," Hallie Romero wrote. "She is living with her Uncle and Aunt and is surrounded by medical professionals and a family who love and support her.

"She still has a lot of healing to do and it will be a long road but with time and help we know she will come back from this."

The fundraising campaign has raised $41,400 of a $50,000 goal to help with medical care for Diana and funeral expenses for Martin Romero, 33, Isabela Martinex, 10, Dacota Romero, 7, Dillan Romero, 4 and Axel Romero, 2.

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Isabel Martinez is in the Gwinnett County Jail, charged with multiple counts of murder and aggravated assault and on hold for federal immigration officials, who say she was in the country illegally.

Authorities received a 911 call at 4:47 a.m. Thursday, July 6 from a woman at a home on Emory Lane in Loganville. Police say that woman was Martinez. Officers arrived to find Romero and the four children dead and Diana badly wounded.

Martinez was held for questioning and later arrested.

At her first court appearance the following day, Martinez displayed bizarre behavior. Video from WSB-TV shows her in a jailhouse jumpsuit, smiling broadly and repeatedly giving a two-handed "thumbs up" sign to news cameras.

She made a hand gesture that looked like prayer several times and at one point dropped to her knees as if praying before being told by a sheriff's deputy to return to her seat. With the help of a translator, she told a judge she wanted to represent herself in court, saying her "attorney is the people we are fighting for." She was appointed an attorney anyway.

A Gwinnett County Police spokeswoman called the crime one of the worst local authorities have seen.

"What prompts a person to take the life of such innocent children and her spouse is something we may never understand," said Gwinnett Police Cpl. Michele Pihera said. "This is a horrendous crime not only for the victims but for the extended family, neighborhood and community. We are hoping and praying that the remaining victim survives his/her injuries and makes a full recovery."

Photo via GoFundMe