--- description: A family of children have lost their mother and father in the space of one week title: Children Lose Mother to Cave Collapse and Father to Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Children Lose Mother to Cave Collapse and Father to Shooting in Less Than a Week  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 11:52 PM CUT  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 11:52 PM CUT Four children whose mother was killed in an ice cave collapse earlier this month [lost their father as well six days later when he died in a bar shooting](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/15/us-usa-washington-collapse-idUSKCN0PP2IG20150715?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews "undefined"). Anna Santana, the children’s mother, died July 6 in a partial collapse at Big Four Ice Caves in Washington. Less than a week later, Adrian Martinez Cardona, the children’s father, was shot late on Sunday evening outside a San Bernardino bar, Reuters reports. Cardona had been asked to leave the bar after getting into an argument; he was shot multiple times soon afterward while standing near his car. Police have not arrested any suspects in Cardona’s murder. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/15/us-usa-washington-collapse-idUSKCN0PP2IG20150715?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3960101/father-shooting-mother-ice-collapse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3960101/father-shooting-mother-ice-collapse/"},"headline":"Children Lose Mother to Cave Collapse and Father to Shooting in Less Than a Week","datePublished":"2015-07-15T23:52:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:17:41.252Z","description":"Tragedy hits twice","url":"https://time.com/3960101/father-shooting-mother-ice-collapse/","keywords":["California","Crime","Accident","Washington"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3960101/father-shooting-mother-ice-collapse/","name":"Children Lose Mother to Cave Collapse and Father to Shooting in Less Than a Week"}}]}] ```