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.