Left: Christopher Paul Robertson (Tarrant County Jail). Right: Kristlynne Robertson (Facebook).
A Texas man was sentenced to a half-century behind bars for killing his wife and wrapping her body in a tarp, authorities say.
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday a jury convicted 34-year-old Christopher Robertson of murder in the death of his wife Kristlynne Robertson and a judge sentenced him to 50 years in prison.
“He left five children without a mother,” Assistant District Attorney Riley Reynolds told the jury.
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The Fort Worth Police Department responded around 9:40 p.m. April 19, 2024, to a home in the 5500 block of Whitman Avenue, a probable cause arrest affidavit said. The suspect’s brother, who lived with the couple, had been gone for several days and returned to the home, Law&Crime previously reported.
“When he returned, he observed Christopher extremely intoxicated inside the house,” authorities said. “He then saw Christopher walk into his bedroom at which time [the brother] smelled a strong foul odor.”
Robertson allegedly tripped over something in the bedroom. Having seen that, the brother looked inside and saw his 34-year-old sister-in-law Kristlynne wrapped in a tarp, officers said.
The brother got Christopher Robertson out of the home, called for police and medical help, and took the handgun from the desk in the defendant’s room and put it inside his own room for safekeeping, according to documents. According to cops, the brother later gave them this firearm.
Responding officers said they found the victim in the far south bedroom of the residence. She had been wrapped in a tarp, was shirtless, and had been shot in the face.
“I briefly met with Christopher Robertson, but he was too intoxicated to understand what I was saying or provide a meaningful response,” the affiant wrote.
Officers said they got a search warrant for the residence early the next morning. It was later that day, at 12:41 p.m., that Christopher Robertson allegedly called 911, and confessed:
- “My father-in-law is going to kill me.”
- “I actually killed his daughter.”
- “I killed his daughter.”
Detectives said they met with Robertson at the home. He told them he shot his wife, and he said he wanted to go to jail.
“Christopher Robertson also handed us a gun that he had on his person and stated that it was the gun that he used to shoot his wife,” they wrote.
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Alberto Luperon contributed to this report
