A mother who beheaded her five year-old daughter after the youngster asked for cereal has been jailed for life.
A Texas woman will serve a life sentence without parole after she was convicted Thursday of stabbing and beheading her 5-year-old daughter, according to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office.

Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, 27, claimed after the brutal 2017 murder that her daughter and father-in-law “had been replaced by clones and had to be killed to bring back her real family members,” the District Attorney’s Office said.

The case was “probably the most horrific case in the history of Hays County,” the county’s sheriff, Gary Cutler, told KVUE-TV. Hays County is between Austin and San Antonio.

Villanueva’s father-in-law called 911 on Jan. 5, 2017, to report that she stabbed him in the back without warning, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The father-in-law fled and crisis negotiators came to the Kyle, Texas, home when police learned the woman’s 5-year-old daughter was still with her inside, according to District Attorney Wes Mau.

The woman also called 911 and said she killed her daughter, Giovanna Hernandez, because “she asked for cereal,” Mau said in a statement. The SWAT team broke into the home and restrained Villanueva, who was naked, according to the district attorney.

SWAT team members found the young girl stabbed and decapitated in a bedroom, Mau said.
Villanueva’s father-in-law called 911 on Jan. 5, 2017, to report that she stabbed him in the back without warning, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The father-in-law fled and crisis negotiators came to the Kyle, Texas, home when police learned the woman’s 5-year-old daughter was still with her inside, according to District Attorney Wes Mau.

The woman also called 911 and said she killed her daughter, Giovanna Hernandez, because “she asked for cereal,” Mau said in a statement. The SWAT team broke into the home and restrained Villanueva, who was naked, according to the district attorney.

SWAT team members found the young girl stabbed and decapitated in a bedroom, Mau said.
Villanueva was found to be under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, the District Attorney’s Office said.

Villanueva’s defense team urged the jury not to find her guilty because of insanity, but the jury rejected that defense, according to the District Attorney’s Office. She was found guilty of capital murder of a child under 10 and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

“A case like this leaves an unforgettable mark on everyone involved, especially the child’s family.” Mau said. “Every law enforcement member who worked on this case will forever be traumatized by what Ms. Villanueva did to her innocent daughter. I commend all the investigators and officers who endured this horror with calm professionalism so that justice could be done.”