Texas jury Wednesday convicted Lisa Dykes, 60, of fatally stabbing Marisela Botello-Valadez, 23, in October 2020, after 90 minutes of deliberation

Dykes killed Botello-Valadez after she found her in bed with Charles Beltran – who was her partner in a three-way relationship

Though lesbian and married to Nina Marano, 52, the couple were in a three way sexual relationship with 34-year-old Charles Beltran

Remains of Botello-Valadez were found in the woods near Wilmer, about 20 miles southeast of Dallas, in March 2021, almost six months after she went missing

Marano helped Dykes dispose of the victim, then the couple cut their ankle monitors and fled US after being released on $500,000 bond

A The fugitives eventually turned up in Cambodia, where they were arrested by local police with help from the FBI 

Dykes showed no emotion as the judge read the verdict aloud and she was sentenced to life in prison, with an additional 20 years for a tampering charge

After prosecutors dropped the murder charge against Marano and Beltran, they will be tried for tampering with evidence 

Killer: Lisa Dykes, 60, [photo], who cut off her ankle monitor and fled the country while awaiting trial last year, has been found guilty of murdering a 23-year-old Marisela Botello-Valadez, who was visiting Dallas from Seattle. She was sentenced to life with an additional 20 years 

A Texas jury Wednesday convicted a married Texan woman of the murder of a woman she found in bed with a man that was a partner in a ménage trois that included her spouse.
Lisa Dykes is a lesbian married to Nina Marano. However, the wedded couple were in a sexual threesome with a male, Charles Beltran and they trio lived in the same house.
The jury, reaching the verdict after only 90 minutes of deliberation, found Dykes guilty of fatally stabbing Marisela Botello-Valadez three years ago.

Lisa Dykes [left] and Nina Marano [center], are a wedded couple, but they were in a three-way relationship with Beltran [right]. All three lived in the same home. Dykes was accused of killing Marisela Botello-Valadez in a jealous rage after finding her in bed with Beltran

Dykes killed Botello-Valadez who was visiting Dallas from Seattle, on October 4, 2020, after she found the victim in bed with Charles Beltran. Beltran, 34, Lisa Dykes, 60, and her wife Nina Marano, 52, were in a three-way affair. 
The killer showed no emotion as the judge read the verdict aloud and she was sentenced to life in prison with an additional 20 years for the tampering charge.

Victim: Dykes was convicted of fatally stabbing Marisela Botello-Valadez, 23, [photo], and of tampering with evidence by a jury on Wednesday following a seven-day trial

Investigators say Marano then helped Dykes dispose of the victim. The remains of Botello-Valadez were found in the woods near Wilmer, about 20 miles southeast of Dallas, in March 2021, almost six months after she went missing.
Dykes and Marano fled the country in December 2021 after cutting their GPS monitors while out on Bond.  They were recaptured in south east Asia.
The jury convicted Dykes of murder and evidence tampering after deliberating for an hour and a half.
‘May God have mercy on your soul,’ the judge said after reading the sentence. 
Dykes’ lawyer Heath Harris said his client maintains her innocence and has already filed paperwork to appeal the verdict. 
Dykes on the stand Tuesday and Wednesday denied knowing the victim and further claimed that her cellphone pinged near the location where the victim’s body was discarded because she was picking up a package at a FedEx distribution center nearby. 

Dykes killed Botello-Valadez in October 2020 after she found her in bed with Charles Beltran [photo]. The murder charge against him was dropped by prosecutors, but he will be tried for tampering with evidence

Dykes was in a three-way relationship with her wife Nina Marano, [photo], and Charles Beltran the man she found in bed with the victim. Prosecutors also dropped murder charges against Marano. She will be tried for tampering with evidence

She was accused of stabbing Botello-Valadez to death when she saw her in bed with Beltran, after the pair met following a night out in Deep Ellum. Dykes also denied being in a relationship with Beltran, claiming they were only business associates. 
Her conviction comes days after prosecutors had dropped murder charges against Beltran and Marano who they’d previously accused in the Botello-Valadez killing. Accessories after the fact, the pair will face trial charged with tampering with evidence.
Prosecutors moved to dismiss the murder charges soon after Beltran took the witness stand.
The 34-year-old testified last week that he lived with Marano and Dykes. He said he met Botello-Valadez at a nightclub and the two went to his house, where they had sex.
Beltran said he fell asleep and awoke to screaming as Dykes stabbed Botello-Valadez. 

The jury, not believing her testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday that she did not know Botello-Valadez, convicted Dykes of murder and evidence tampering after 90 minutes of deliberation. For both verdicts, the jury also imposed a fine of $10,000 on each charge

The trio was arrested soon after Botello-Valadez was reported missing. 
Under questioning by Harris, he acknowledged that he initially lied to investigators about what had happened.
A police affidavit said that Botello-Valadez flew from Seattle to Dallas on October 2, 2020, to visit a friend. That friend said she left his apartment on October 4 to meet some friends at a nightclub, and a Lyft driver picked her up.
Botello-Valadez was last seen on video leaving the club with Beltran, at 1.15am.
She never returned to her friend’s home and missed her flight back to Seattle.

Fugitive killer Lisa Dykes showed no emotion as the judge sentenced her to life in prison with an additional 20 years for the tampering charge

The case drew international attention last year when Dykes and Marano, 52, cut off their ankle monitors while free on $500,000 bonds. They made their escape on Christmas morning of 2021.
They removed their GPS trackers on Christmas Day in 2021 within moments of each other and at the same location. On Christmas Day, the signal to both their monitors was lost. Two days later, police emailed and texted the fugitives, but received no response.
Then, ten days after the couple’s GPS monitors stopped emitting signals,  authorities in Dallas County were finally notified of their fugitive status.
Officials blamed the delay on being understaffed over the winter holidays.
Authorities said they eventually tracked down to Cambodia, using a trial of ATM transactions, where they were arrested by local police with help from the FBI.