Homicide Trial to Start Tuesday for Woman Found With Body in Truck of Crashed Car on I-90
Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News)- The murder trial for the woman found with a body at the scene of a crash near Rochester is scheduled to start on Tuesday.
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She is facing charges in Hennepin County Court and in Olmsted County Court.
The case in Olmsted County, in which she is facing an interference with a dead body charge, is on hold pending the proceedings of the murder case.
Authorities discovered the victim’s body at the scene of a crash along Interstate 90 at the Eyota interchange last June, court documents say.
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33-year-old Margot Lewis is charged in Hennepin County with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the death of 35-year-old Liaria Tsai, whose body was found in the crashed vehicle Lewis was driving.
The criminal complaint in the case says law enforcement officers discovered a bloody scene at the victim's Minneapolis apartment during a search conducted in late June after Tsai's body was found in the back of Lewis's crashed vehicle.
The court document also indicated that a knife was missing from the home and that an autopsy determined the victim died from multiple sharp-force injuries.
The charges against Lewis also say that video recorded by a security camera outside of the victim's apartment shows a woman, who appears to be Lewis, driving Tsai's vehicle just two hours before the crash occurred on I-90.
The criminal complaint also states that investigators learned the two women were previously in a relationship and that Lewis had flown to Minneapolis from Boston the day before the murder.
Last October, Lewis was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. The exam found her competent to stand trial.
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