Say What Now? Texas Mom Tossed Dead 2-Year-Old Into Lake, Then Dressed Life-Sized Doll to Look Like Her Daughter Before Claiming She Went Missing | lovebscott.com

Say What Now? Texas Mom Tossed Dead 2-Year-Old Into Lake, Then Dressed Life-Sized Doll to Look Like Her Daughter Before Claiming She Went Missing

Tiaundra Christon called 911 to report her 2-year-old daughter went missing in a Texas park, prompting a massive search-and-rescue response involving nearly 200 people — including police and first-responders.

Authorities have since learned that Tiaundra’s daughter was never missing and sadly suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Tiaundra and her boyfriend during a trip to Houston. Prior to the fake 911 call, Tiaundra had been carrying around a life-sized doll pretending it was her deceased child.

via People:

The urgent search for little Hazana Anderson, prompted by her mother’s frantic call on Oct. 28, 2018, took a dark turn after College Station police officers discovered a life-sized doll, dressed in clothing identical to what the mom said her child was wearing, in a trash can across the street from where Christon had parked.

As investigators unraveled the woman’s claims, they learned Hazana had died days earlier and the mother and her boyfriend had dumped the body in a lake, according to the Galveston County District Attorney’s office.

A coroner could not determine the cause or time of the child’s death. But on Monday, Christon was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of tampering with a human corpse, PEOPLE confirms.

The boyfriend, Kenny Hewett, received the same sentence in November 2019, after pleading guilty to an identical charge, reportsĀ KPRC.

A news release from the district attorney’s office describes the investigation.

After finding the doll, police learned Christon created and carried around the doll following her return from Houston, “pretending it was her baby.”

She later confessed that her child had died at the Downtowner Inn hotel room where she and her boyfriend had stayed while in Houston, “after the baby suffered abuse from Hewett and Christon.”

A probable cause affidavit says that on Oct. 19, 2018, Hewett left the hotel with the child to get food, returning after 30 minutes with the toddler crying, reportsĀ KHOU.

Hewett then began beating the child with a belt, according to the affidavit, and told Christon to do the same. But when he claimed she wasn’t hitting the child hard enough, Hewett resumed the beating himself.

Christon told police she noticed her daughter slipping in and out of consciousness, to which she and Hewett responded by placing Hazana in a bathtub, hoping to revive her.

While lifting her from the tub, Christon said she noticed the child had allegedly been sexually abused, the affidavit states.

With the little girl cold to the touch, Christon told police that she and Hewett used a hair dryer in an effort to warm her up, but the hair dryer burned her skin.

Hazana died that night, Christon said, according to the affidavit.

The mother hid the body inside a plastic bag in the backseat of her car for three days before, on Oct. 23, she and Hewett wrapped the bag with rope, and affixed a heavy rock to it.

Christon later led authorities to her daughter’s remains, which were recovered by a dive team in Moses Lake and identified on the scene, says the district attorney’s office.

A medical examiner testified at Christon’s trial testified that the injuries that caused Hazana’s bruising would not have been enough to cause her death, but she was otherwise unable to determine a cause that might have led to homicide charges.

Jurors deliberated for about 20 minutes before finding Christon guilty on Friday. They then spent 40 minutes deliberating on Monday before recommending the maximum punishment of 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Christon will be eligible for parole after serving at least five years.

Parole? She needs to stay locked up for the rest of her life.

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