Mom who handed her teen son a gun and told him to shoot a homeless woman is convicted of murder

A New Mexico ma who handed her lad a firearm and told him to sprout a homeless pistillate was recovered blameworthy of second-degree murder.

According to a Facebook station by Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, 46-year-old Kristina Withrow was convicted by a assemblage Thursday of second-degree execution with a firearm enhancement, aggravated battle with a firearm enhancement, and tampering with grounds pursuing a assemblage trial. The verdict marked the extremity of 1 section of the fallout related to the shooting decease of 36-year-old Monique Garcia, who died of gunshot wounds she received astatine the hands of Kristian Crespin, 20, Withrow’s son, successful April 2023.

On April 3, 2023, Withrow saw Garcia successful the walkway of her flat gathering and told her to permission due to the fact that she “assumed the unfortunate was homeless,” according to a property merchandise by the Albuquerque Police Department at the time of the shooting. The 2 women past got into a verbal argument, during which clip Withrow retrieved her handgun.

Withrow past handed her weapon to Crespin and “told her lad to shoot” Garcia. Crespin fired 3 shots astatine Garcia, who was past rushed to the hospital. She died the pursuing time from her injuries.

In an interrogation with police, Withrow said that she had fired astatine Garcia. But eyewitnesses came guardant and reported seeing a antheral occurrence shots earlier fleeing from the scene.

Crespin yet confessed to the shooting and was charged with an unfastened number of murder, conspiracy to perpetrate murder, and tampering with evidence. He pleaded blameworthy to some charges successful April 2024 and was sentenced to 18 years successful prison.

Withrow was besides charged with first-degree execution and conspiracy to perpetrate first-degree murder, but was not convicted connected those counts. She is acceptable to beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

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