Woman in car crash arrested in Minnesota after dead body hidden in mattress found in backseat

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The driver of the car, Margot Lewis, of North Liberty, Iowa, was found out of the vehicle being tended to by a passerby.

“In checking to see if anyone else was in the vehicle, a deceased individual, a 35-year-old female, was located in the back seat,” the sheriff’s office said.

The condition of the deceased woman was “suspicious” and “it was immediately apparent that the death was not a result of the motor vehicle accident” the sheriff’s office said.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed in the case, a deputy found the back seats of the Lewis' vehicle folded down and found the body wrapped in a bed sheet, blanket, a futon-style mattress and a tarp.

The body was cold to the touch and there appeared be dried blood soaked in the bed sheet.

An autopsy found, based on preliminary information, that the fatal injuries to the victim "were not caused by, and preceded, the car crash," the affidavit said.

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