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A Hays County woman is facing capital murder charges in what Sheriff Gary Cutler called one of the most horrific cases in the county's history.
Testimony began Tuesday in the case against Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, 27, a Kyle woman who is accused of killing and dismembering her 5-year-old daughter, Giovanna Larae Hernandez in January 2017. Villanueva's father-in-law Eustorgio Arellano-Uresti, grandfather to Giovanna, was also attacked, bringing an additional charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony.
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