Alvarado-Ramirez was taken in for questioning and charged with first-degree murder.
Now, while Alvarado-Ramirez remains behind bars in Lake County Jail on $2 million bail, Galindo's family and friends are working together to help support her children.
"Due to the nature of the crime, Mez's mother Alba has accepted the role of guardian for her two children and her family is in desperate need of help during this trying time," the GoFundMe organizer writes.
According to the organizer, Galindo— or "Mez" to friends and family— had a "kind spirit" and always helped others, "no matter how long they had been in her life."