D Courier
March 31, 2015
Laura Stelmasek was found guilty Friday, March 27, in the trial of her husband Craig’s 2011 murder.
Marzet Farris III was convicted in February of actually stabbing Craig to death, but under the legal principal of accomplice liability, Laura could also be found guilty of first-degree murder.
Chief Deputy County Attorney Dennis McGrane said the jury returned a verdict of guilty on all four counts – murder, conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering, and concealment of a dead body – after about an hour of deliberations.
Stelmasek, 48, whose trial began March 5, was accused in the June 1, 2011, murder of her husband in their Prescott home. Farris, 50, whom she was romantically involved with, faces sentencing on April 8. Stelmasek will be sentenced shortly thereafter.