Man who killed Arlington mother of two receives death penalty

ARLINGTON, Texas — A Tarrant County jury has sentenced 28-year-old Valerian “Will” O’Steen to death for the 2022 killing of 26-year-old Marissa Grimes , a mother of two from Arlington.

Grimes was reported missing by her family in February 2022 . Days later, police discovered her body in the crawl space beneath O’Steen’s Fort Worth rental home in the 5800 block of Locke Avenue, near Interstate 30 and Camp Bowie Boulevard.

Prosecutors said O’Steen wrapped her in blankets and a tarp, dug a shallow grave and lived above her body for 10 days.

Assistant District Attorneys Allenna Bangs and Peter Gieseking presented the case, citing O’Steen’s history of domestic violence against Grimes. In January 2022, O’Steen threatened to kill her and held her in his home against her will until she was