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Mom kills kids, 3 and 5, their grandmother and herself after losing custody of kids to their father
A Texas mother who had shot to death her two young children and their grandmother had just lost custody of the kids to their father as part of a divorce, his lawyer reveals as the victims were recently buried.
The bodies of Karina Dietering, 37, of San Antonio, her two kids, Robert, 3, and Clara, 5, and her 68-year-old mother Galina Tenzeyevna Taypina had been found inside their apartment on April 27, according to police.
The children’s father Jason Dietering was the one who discovered the tragic scene.
The dad’s attorney Charles Hardy said Diertering went to meet the mom to get the kids two days earlier, after he had just won their custody, WOAI reports. However, when he went to meet the mother to make the exchange, she was a no-show.
He told KSAT: ‘When (Karina) did a no show for the exchange, (Jason) frantically made phone calls. He waited the appropriate time and then asked for welfare checks.’
‘(Jason) finally got there on Sunday and again asked for a welfare check but refused to go into the apartment. Monday morning, he looked into the window and found something was amiss,’ Hardy continued. ‘He actually broke into the apartment and found the scene.’
Police, upon being contacted by the father, went to the home at the Sedona Ranch Apartments.
The victims were laid out in two bedrooms, San Antonio Police Chief William McMannus says.
Authorities said the mother took her own life after shooting the children and their grandmother.
Funerals were held for the children on Saturday. The mother also was buried with the kids, as requested by their father, his lawyer says.
‘He said it was not about the mother,’ Hardy told KSAT. ‘It was about the children.’
Hardy explained how the parents initially split and ended up in divorce court.
He said that the family originally was from Mississippi, and that the mother had convinced the father to allow her to relocate to Texas temporarily for a job opportunity that never existed. ‘She lived in San Antonio long enough for Texas to have time to take jurisdiction over their divorce case,’ Hardy says.
Over the course of a year, the parents were able to share custody of the children. However, a judge granted full custody to the father in Mississippi where he lived upon the recommendation of two top psychologists, says the lawyer.
The custody swap should have taken place in Orange, Texas.
Instead the mother never showed up, Hardy says. He said the mom, ‘killed her mother, these two wonderful children and herself instead of following the court’s order.’
‘Terrible. I can’t even imagine. I can’t even describe it,’ says Hardy, reacting to the murder-suicide found by his client.
There was no previous indication the mother would harm the children, he says.
Newly sworn-in Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tunji Disu has declared that the establishment of state police in Nigeria has come to stay.
Speaking to reporters on the committee for state police implementation after his official swearing-in by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Disu emphasized that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is not opposed to the initiative but views it as a critical partnership to strengthen national security.
JomogNews had reported that President Bola Tinubu recently asked Nigerian senators to expedite action to enact a law for the establishment of state police.
Speaking on Wednesday, the new IGP said, “From the angle of the Nigerian Police, we don’t want it to seem as if others are taking decisions, and we, the most important people concerned, didn’t do anything.
“We want to ensure that the best thing is done. The police should be able to contribute and do their own part in making it succeed.
“The police are not afraid. Our jobs are not being taken; it’s just an issue of partnership.”
About 140 people are missing after an Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena sank in the Indian Ocean approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Galle, Sri Lanka, after being struck by a torpedo from a United States Navy submarine.
The Sri Lankan navy says around 180 people were on board, with 32 rescued.
A spokesman tells the BBC the cause of the sinking is not known.
Sri Lanka’s navy has confirmed that it’s rescued 32 people after it received a distress call from Iranian navy ship ‘IRIS Dena’ early this morning, March 4.
Budhika Sampath, the spokesman of Sri Lanka’s navy says: “Though it was beyond our waters, it was within our search and rescue region. So we were obliged to respond as per international obligations.”
He adds: “We found people floating on the water, rescued them, and later when we inquired we found that those people are from an Iranian ship.”
He also says that according to the documentation of the ship 180 people are believed to have been on board, although the exact number of missing is unknown.
The spokesman says at the time of launching the rescue operations they did not see the vessel but saw oil patches on the water and floating life rafts.
He also tells the BBC that he rejects the reports of a submarine attack causing the sinking, and that the cause is unknown.
So far, Sri Lanka’s military has not been able to confirm what might have caused the ship to sink.
Israel launched a fresh wave of strikes across the region, with several people reportedly killed in attacks on Lebanon that the IDF says were targeting Hezbollah operatives and facilities
President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in Olatunji Rilwan Disu as the 23rd substantive Inspector-General of Police (IGP) on Wednesday.
The ceremony took place at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, just before the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of 2026.
The Disu took the oath of office shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
The President also administered the oath of office to six commissioners of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and two from the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC).
The ceremonies were witnessed by ministers, senior government officials, and family members of the appointees.
The council meeting began shortly after the swearing-in ceremonies.
In attendance were Vice President Kashim Shettima; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume; the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila; the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; and the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Esther Walson-Jack.
Disu was appointed as the acting IGP on February 25, 2026, by Tinubu, following the resignation of former IGP Kayode Egbetokun.
Disu was decorated as acting IGP by President Bola Tinubu in February, 2026.
His appointment was endorsed by the Nigeria Police Council (NPC).
The former Assistant Inspector-General assumed office last Wednesday.
He had previously served as AIG in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos, after his promotion to the rank last year.
Disu, a former head of the Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), has promised to provide an accountable, modern, and professional policing.
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