After a week of jury selection, lawyers presented opening statements in the murder trial of Margot Lewis to a group of jurors at the Hennepin County Government Center on Tuesday afternoon.
Lewis, 33, of North Liberty, Iowa, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder — one with intent to cause the death of Liara Tsai and the other without premeditation, using a dangerous weapon.
Tsai, a beloved DJ in Minneapolis’ underground electronic dance community, was found dead in the backseat of a car in southern Minnesota on June 22, 2024. Olmsted Sheriff County deputies initially responded to a report of a single vehicle crash and saw the driver of the car, identified as Lewis, sitting in a lawn chair at the median of Interstate 90 by exit Highway 42 near Eyota…