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Crystina Schroer was sentenced to 215 months in prison after entering a no contest plea to multiple charges — including murder — in the death of her 6-year-old adopted daughter Natalie Garcia

Natalie died in 2020 after being suffocated inside a small box in which Crystina had forced the child. She was then buried in the backyard by Crystina, who said she was in a mental hospital

Police learned in 2024 that one of Natalie's sisters had witnessed the murder — and soon after, they located Natalie's remains on the property

A Kansas mother will spend close to two decades in prison for the murder of her adopted daughter .

Crystina Schroer appeared in a Butler County courtroom this week and was sentenced to 215 months in prison for offenses including second-degree murder, chil

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