By Camelia Juarez and Anita Miller

A Hays County jury found Krystal Villanueva guilty of capital murder and aggravated assault on Thursday after deliberating for less than four hours.

She will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole, which is automatic in cases where the death penalty was not considered.

Krystle Villanueva

Villanueva killed and partially dismembered her five-year-old daughter Giavanna Hernandez and wounded her father in law in the family’s mobile home in Kyle ...