A 33-year-old woman from Iowa was sentenced to the maximum prison sentence of 40 years for the murder of Liara Tsai, a Minneapolis DJ.

Margot Lewis was convicted by a Hennepin County jury on two counts of second-degree murder in late September. One count was with intent to cause Tsai’s death and the other without intent, using a dangerous weapon.

Prosecutors say Lewis stabbed her former romantic partner, Tsai, to death in the bedroom of Tsai’s Minneapolis apartment on June 22, 2024, and attempted to conceal Tsai’s body by wrapping it in bedding and a mattress.

Lewis then moved her body into the backseat of a car and drove over an hour and 40 minutes to southern Minnesota before crashing the car, according to court documents. Police found Tsai’s body in the car, while Lewis was seated in

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