Fort Worth mother who cut daughter’s throat sentenced to 50 years

FORT WORTH (CBSNewsTexas.com) – Crystal Judy Lewandowski, the Fort Worth mother who slit the throat of her 4-year-old daughter Tzare, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison.

The 34-year-old man was sentenced in the 396th Circuit Court before Judge George Gallagher on March 2.

Lewandowski told police that her child went missing on August 23, 2020. At first, Lewandowski told the police that she had last seen her daughter in the backyard, and began to talk about her to the emergency dispatcher.

But Lewandowski changed her story and confessed to killing the girl. After slitting his daughter’s throat, Lewandowski wrapped her body and threw the child into a trash can in the backyard.

According to the affidavit, Lewandowski told investigators that she hurt her daughter because she was told to. Lewandowski was later taken to the Children’s Alliance to speak with a detective.

During interrogation, an affidavit states that she told the detective that she “saved” her daughter and prevented something worse from happening.

Lewandowski was charged with the murder of a child under the age of 10.