WICHITA, Kansas (Court TV) — A Kansas woman was sentenced Monday to 215 months in prison for the torture and murder of her 6-year-old adopted daughter, ending a case that revealed years of systematic abuse hidden behind a carefully constructed facade.

Crystina Schroer, 46, received the sentence after pleading no contest to charges including second-degree murder in the death of Natalie Garcia, whom she renamed Kennedy Schroer after adoption. Investigators believe the child died in November 2020 when Schroer forced her into a reinforced cardboard box as punishment for moving in bed the previous night.

“This is nowhere near a high enough price for her torturous killing of Natalie Garcia, a beautiful six-year-old child,” Rose Hill Police stated in a lengthy statement released after sentenci

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