Children killed

Friends and family grieve during a vigil for the slain children.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Eddie Larsen, a neighbor, stops to say a prayer during a memorial vigil.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

A photo of the three slain girls: Xenia, 2 months, top; Sophia, 2 1/2, bottom right; Yazmine, 16 months, bottom left.   (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

Angelica Maldonado, a neighbor, gets emotional while talking to reporters about the three young children who were found slain.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Karina Hernandez, 3, bottom right, walks along the fence separating her home from the neighboring driveway, at left, that leads to a house where three young children were found slain.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Rudy Coronado, the father of the three dead children, is escorted down the driveway of the home on Wednesday morning.   (Christina House / For The Times)