(CNN) The carnage was so horrific, family members didn't recognize the remains of nine relatives.

"All they found was charred remains, ash and bones," family member Kendra Lee Miller said. "There were remains inside and outside of the vehicle."

Yet inside a torched car riddled with bullet holes, a tiny sign of life emerged.

A 7-month-old baby -- aptly named Faith -- was alive. She survived a grisly ambush attack in Mexico that killed her mother and eight relatives as their caravan of cars was headed to see other family members Monday.

7-month-old Faith Marie Johnson survived depsite the gunshots and fire all around her.

In this remote, mountainous part of northern Mexico, extended family members found the horrific scene before authorities did.

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