Girls slain

Students from Grant High School in Van Nuys gather outside the Sun Valley house where the throats of their classmate, Diana Moreno, and her sister Edith were slashed. (Stefano Paltera / For The TImes)

Gloria Fuentes holds photos of her granddaughters Diana and Edith Moreno in the converted garage where they lived. Fuentes owned the property and until days before the killings had rented out the house in the front. But she was unable to make the mortgage, and with the homes value plummeting, the property went into foreclosure, relatives said. (Stefano Paltera / For The TImes)

Schoolmates of Diana Moreno gather at the makeshift memorial in the frontyard of the Sun Valley property where the teenager and her sister Edith were found slain. The girl’s mother has been arrested in the case. (Stefano Paltera / For The TImes)