Tiona Lasaisha Islar, 28, of San Antonio, Texas, United States is in jail. She is accused of leaving her two children in a hot car.
San Antonio is the county seat of Bexar County, Texas. Javier Salazar has been the Bexar County sheriff since January 1, 2017.
Tiona Islar
Islar is the mother of Sevani Stevenson and Miyani Islar. Tiona gave birth to Stevenson in 2019 and Miyani in 2022.
Sevani was autistic. Whether he and Miyani had the same father has yet to be confirmed,
At around 3:00 p.m. on September 20, 2025, deputies were called to Tiona’s residence a on Chancery Gate and Appleton Way in San Antonio or reports of a hot car-related death involving Stevenson and Miyani. One of the deputies tried to perform life-saving measures including cardiopulmonary resuscitation on both children simultaneously until emergency medical services arrived.
Tiona told the deputies that she last saw Stevenson and Miyani alive at 10:00 a.m. that day inside the residence when she went to bed. The mother claimed that she had not seen her children again until she found them in the car.
Paramedics pronounced both Stevenson and Miyani dead at the scene. Tiona was later arrested and booked into the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio.
There were inconsistencies with the story Tiona gave the deputies, according to Salazar. The deputies also learned that she had a previous encounter with Child Protective Services regarding the welfare of her family.
Bail for Tiona was set at $300,000. She was charged with two counts of causing serious bodily injury or death to a child.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s office is seeking information from Tiona’s neighbors and urges anyone with relevant video footage or details to contact the agency. The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has yet to determine the cause and manner of the deaths of Stevenson and Miyani.
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