Rhonda Tavey is accused of kidnapping five children, whom she took in three years ago after... 
(Courtesy Harris County District Attorney's Office)
The youngest of the children, 3-year-old twins Erin and Eric, were born a few days before Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. The babies, along with their three siblings and their young mother, all got bused to the Astrodome in Houston.
Rhonda Tavey was passing by the Astrodome on her way to the doctor when she decided to stop and volunteer.
"I was recovering from a bout of breast cancer and surgery, and God turned my car around that day," she told WFAA.
She could not resist the need she saw in the Alphonse family.
"This mom needed my help, she was very young, and she had all these babies," Tavey said.
So she took the whole family home with her. She has taken care of the children ever since, and in the process became very attached to them.
She is now charged with five counts of kidnapping. If and when she turns herself in, it remains to be seen who will be left to care for the children she sheltered for three years.
Elisa Roupenian contributed to this story
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