A 28-year-old Texas man, Valerian O’Steen, was sentenced to death for the 2022 murder of 26-year-old Marissa Grimes, his ex-girlfriend, a mother of two. After he beat and tortured her to death, O’Steen stuffed her in a crawl space, living on top of her for 10 days before the gruesome discovery.

According to a release issued by the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office, O’Steen was sentenced to death on Monday, September 22.

“This is not a place for mercy,” Assistant District Attorney Allena Bangs told the jury. “That is not what we dispense. In this courthouse, we administer justice.”

The incident occurred back in 2022. By January of that year, Grimes had been involved in an abusive relationship with O’Steen for a brief period of time. At the time, he had threatened to kill her and

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