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Graphic testimony about the murder of Marisela Botello Friday

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DallasDecember 8, 2023 6:06 pm

Graphic testimony about the murder of Marisela Botello Friday

A man who is one of three charges in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Seattle woman who vanished in Deep Ellum testified Friday. NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero was in the courtroom as Charles Beltran described the night he says Lisa Dykes killed Marisela Botello.

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Graphic testimony about the murder of Marisela Botello Friday

Graphic testimony about the murder of Marisela Botello Friday

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