An Atlanta mother went on a rampage, massacring her family by stabbing four of her children and her husband to death, but one child who survived, described the chilling moments the murders took place. Nine-year-old Diana Romero watched as her mother, Isabel Martinez, picked up a knife from the kitchen and slashed her family members one by one as they slept, KSDK reports. The woman took the lives of her husband, 33-year-old Martin Romero, 10-year-old Isabela Martinez, seven-year-old Dacota Romero, four-year-old Dillan Romero, and two-year-old Axel Romero, before she picked up the phone and called 911 to report they were dead. Diana was left in serious, but stable, condition after her mother's attack. The surviving child told investigators about her day to day life before she witnessed her mother viciously wiped out her entire family, describing playing outside with the neighbors, watching tv with her brothers and sisters, and spending time playing board games with them. …show more content…
According to WGRZ, Isabel also discussed the family trip to Savannah with investigators following the murders, but her story included some different details. The mother claimed she didn't want to be there because she felt "devil-like spirit in Savannah," adding the waves tried to take her and her children away, adding she she "just wanted to save them." Diana's happiness ended when the family returned home and the bloodshed began. The daughter described the minutes leading up to the murders which began when her father and brother's and sister's were all