Villanueva found guilty on all charges

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Hays County Assistant District Attorney Michael McCarthy brandished the same knife Krystle Villanueva used to kill her 5-year-old daughter Giovanna Hernandez during Thursday’s closing arguments. 

McCarthy, with the knife’s blade up, turned to the jury and told them:  “Just before Krystle Villanueva plunged this knife into her, (Giovanna) said, ‘No mommy. No mommy.’ Ladies and gentlemen, now you get the chance to adopt that as your battle cry, to hold her accountable, to tell her ‘No mommy’ and to protect this community … find her guilty as charged.”