A Dallas County jury found Lisa Dykes of Mesquite guilty of the 2020 murder of Marisela Botello Valadez, a tourist from Seattle.
The jury got the case just before noon on Wednesday, had lunch and had the verdict two hours later.
During the trial the jury was convinced that Dykes stabbed to death 23-year old Marisela Botello Valadez, whom she caught in bed with her then-boyfriend.
According to an arrest warrant obtained by NBC 5, Dallas Police said Botello traveled to Dallas from Seattle to visit a friend in October 2020. Botello's family said she was last seen leaving a Deep Ellum bar on Oct. 5, 2020. Her body was found about six months later in a wooded area near Wilmer.
The jury sentenced Dykes to life in prison. Dykes was also found guilty of a second charge, tampering with a corpse. For that charge, she was sentenced to 20 years. For both verdicts, the jury also imposed a fine of $10,000 on each charge.
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