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Pay No Attention to the Body in the Backseat

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By News of the Weird

Published Sept. 19, 2025

Pay No Attention to the Body in the Backseat

After Margot Lewis, 32, of North Liberty, Iowa, crashed her car in Olmsted County, Minnesota, police arrived at the scene, the Des Moines Register reported.

There they discovered the dead body of 35-year-old Liara Tsai of Minneapolis in the back seat.

Tsai was "wrapped in a bedsheet, a blanket, a futon-style mattress and a tarp," court documents said.

Police said Tsai also had a "large wound on the right side of the neck around the carotid artery."

The medical examiner determined that Tsai's injuries were not related to the motor vehicle accident.

Lewis was arrested for interference with a dead body; her unconditional bond was set at $1 million. [Des Moines Register, 6/26/2024]