NEWS UPDATE: Hays County Grand Jury Indicts Mother On Stabbing Death Of Daughter

Authorities detained the suspect and escorted her from the house. Her five-year-old daughter was found dead in a bedroom.

A Hays County grand jury has today issued an indictment against Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, 25, for the offenses of Capital Murder of a Child and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The indictment reads as follows:

Count I

CAPITAL MURDER OF PERSON UNDER TEN

On or about the 5th day of January, 2017, in Hays County, Texas, the Defendant, Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, did then and there intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual under 10 years of age, namely: G.H., by cutting and stabbing the said G.H. with a deadly weapon, to wit: a knife or other sharp implement;

Count II

Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon – Family violence

On or about the 5th day of January, 2017, in Hays County, Texas, the Defendant, Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, did then and there intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly cause serious bodily injury to Eustorgio Arellano by cutting and stabbing him with a knife, and the defendant did then and there use or exhibit a deadly weapon, to-wit: a knife, during the commission of said assault, and the said Eustorgio Arellano was then and there a member of the Defendant’s family or household.

Deputies responded to an aggravated assault call on Jan. 5 and discovered a 58-year-old man, Eustorgio Arellano-Uresti, in the driveway of a Kyle home. Arellano-Uresti was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds.

Arellano-Uresti told police he had been stabbed his daughter-in-law, Villaneuva, who was now alone in the house with a child.

Villanueva was found by Hays County SWAT right after exiting the shower. Authorities detained the suspect and escorted her from the house. Her five-year-old daughter, Giovanna Larae Hernandez was found dead in a bedroom.

According to the Hays County district Attorney’s office, some aspects of the investigation remain ongoing, and no decision on whether or not to seek the death penalty has been made at this time.