Iowa woman convicted in Minneapolis girlfriend’s murder
A Hennepin County jury on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, convicted 32-year-old Margot Lewis of second-degree murder with intent and second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony for the June 14 killing of her girlfriend, 35-year-old Liara Tsai, at a Minneapolis apartment. Tsai’s body was later found wrapped in bedding and a futon mattress in Lewis’s car after a high‑speed crash on I‑90 near Highway 42 in Olmsted County; sentencing is set for Nov. 18, and Lewis remains in Hennepin County Jail.
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- Defendant: Margot Lewis, 32, convicted on two second-degree murder counts in Hennepin County
- Victim: Liara Tsai, 35; fatal sharp-force injuries, including a neck puncture
- Body discovered after ~105 mph crash on I-90 near Hwy 42; wrapped in bedding and futon mattress
- Crime scene: bloody bed and bedding in victim’s 16th Street Minneapolis studio apartment
- Sentencing scheduled for Nov. 18, 2025
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Woman convicted of murdering girlfriend at Minneapolis apartment, hiding body in car
- Defendant: Margot Lewis, 32, convicted on two second-degree murder counts in Hennepin County
- Victim: Liara Tsai, 35; fatal sharp-force injuries, including a neck puncture
- Body discovered after ~105 mph crash on I-90 near Hwy 42; wrapped in bedding and futon mattress