Hernandez leaves behind three young children, two of which were students at the school she taught at, according to WABC.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-kindergarten-teachers-body-found-shallow-grave-close/story?id=96999123

“I’m a grandmother myself,” neighbor China Aponte told WABC.

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/02/grandmother-charged-with-attempted-murder-after-7-year-old-stabbed-multiple-times-with-kitchen-knife/

In a statement to WABC, the superintendent of the local Connecticut school district where the family lives called the event 'the unimaginable.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11879917/New-York-car-crash-leaves-5-children-family-dead.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

"These poor kids, these kids are going to be traumatized for the rest of their lives," Baltch told WABC.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/bus-carrying-high-schoolers-headed-band-camp-involved/story?id=103385442