Edinburg mom accused of killing her 2 kids expected to be back in Bexar County court

An Edinburg mother accused of setting a vehicle on fire with her two children inside is expected to appear in court Thursday morning in San Antonio.

Records show Marlene Vidal, 34, is scheduled for a hearing in the 9 a.m. docket. She will appear before Judge Joel Perez in Bexar County’s 437th Criminal District Court.

The last time she was in court for a hearing on Sept. 2, prosecutors said they haven’t decided if they are seeking the death penalty at this time for Vidal.

KSAT will livestream the hearing in this article and on KSAT Plus.

Background

First responders found the bodies of Vidal’s two children just before 5 a.m. on May 15 behind a warehouse in the 500 block of Richland Hills Drive, which is located near Potranco Road.

San Antonio police detained Vidal at the scene. She was later identified as the children’s mother.

On May 26, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the children as Aleeza Elena Vidal, 6, and Adrian Akeel Vidal, 5.

Vidal’s indictment states they were both cut and stabbed with a knife. The medical examiner’s office ruled their deaths as homicides.

Vidal is charged with two counts of capital murder of a person under 10 years of age, capital murder of multiple persons, two counts of injury to a child with intent to cause serious bodily injury, arson and tampering with physical evidence with intent to impair a human corpse.

She is being held at the Bexar County jail on a $1,000,000 bond.

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