People accused of the death of Marisela Botello.
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DALLASTx.- Two women who were accused of cutting off their ankle monitors and fleeing after being accused of stabbing a Seattle woman in Texas have been arrested in Cambodia, authorities said.
Nina Marano, 50, and her wife, Lisa Dykes, 58, were arrested last week by Cambodian police with the help of the FBI, reported The Dallas Morning News.
They are among three people charged in the October 2020 death of Marisela Botello-Valadez, who was fatally stabbed while visiting a friend in Dallas.
Marano and Dykes were free on $500,000 bail when they removed their GPS trackers on Christmas Day times apart and in the same location, according to court documents.
Authorities have not said how the women were found in Cambodia. Dykes’ attorney, Heath Harris, told The Dallas Morning News that his flight was not evidence of guilt.
He said the women feared Charles Beltran, who was also charged in the death. “I don’t think they fled because they felt they were guilty of murder,” Harris said.
“I think they fled because they are worried about their safety and they didn’t want to have to cooperate against the co-defendant,” he argued.
Marisela Bottle.
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