Closing arguments in the trial of a woman accused of killing her romantic rival in 2022 in Tamarac wrapped up on Tuesday.

Sakiyna Thompson, 31, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the July 2022 killing of 23-year-old Kayla Hodgson.

She is accused of flying to South Florida from New York days before the murder with the intent of killing Hodgson.

Prosecutors said Thompson was jealous that Hodgson was dating Thompson's ex-boyfriend.

During the trial, jurors heard four hours of closing arguments that were centered on whether Thompson planned to kill Hodgson or whether Thompson acted in self-defense.

In July of 2022, prosecutors argued that Thompson surprised Hodgson at her Tamarac apartment at 5 a.m., confronted her about two women dating the same man, and then stabbed her to de

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