MINNEAPOLIS — An Iowa woman will serve an aggravated sentence for a brutal and bizarre murder that claimed the life of a Minneapolis DJ who was her romantic partner.

Margot Lewis was sentenced to 40 years (480 months) in prison after a Hennepin County jury found her guilty on Sept. 23 of three counts of second-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Liara Tsai.

The crime was discovered on June 22, 2024, when Tsai's crashed car was spotted crashed into a guardrail on I-90 near Rochester. First responders found Lewis sitting in the median on a folding chair, and then located Tsai's body wrapped in bedding and lying on the back seat.

Authorities then called Minneapolis police, who went to Tsai's apartment and found a scene of "significant violence." A medical examiner later determine

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