Valerian “Will” O’Steen has been sentenced to death by a Tarrant County jury for the 2022 murder of Marissa Grimes, a 26-year-old mother of two.
Grimes’ body was found in the crawl space under O’Steen’s pier-and-beam rental home in Fort Worth after her family reported her missing.
“There was one person with the motive, opportunity, and the desire to kill Marissa Grimes,” said Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Allenna Bangs, who prosecuted the case along with Peter Gieseking.
Court documents reveal threats, last sightings of Grimes before disappearance
O’Steen, now 28 years old, was arrested on Jan. 9, 2022, for a domestic violence offense against Grimes.
According to court documents, O’Steen threatened to kill Grimes. He refused to let her leave his house for days, but she was eventually able to text her father, which led to police intervention…