A Monroe County jury found 35-year-old Dylan Cody Lamb guilty on all counts following a jury trial before Circuit Judge James Morgan in connection with the April 2025 killing of a woman at a Key Largo resort.
Lamb was found guilty of second-degree murder, false imprisonment and atering, destroying, concealing or removing physical evidence. The jury returned its verdict today after deliberating for less than two hours. Lamb faces up to life in state prison when he is sentenced by Circuit Judge James Morgan on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m.
The case stemmed from an April 7, 2025, missing-person investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office after the victim’s family became concerned that they had not heard from her and her vehicle was found at a Key Largo resort.
As deputies investigated her disappearance, information developed at the resort led crime-scene detectives to process a room where Lamb had previously been staying. While examining the room, a detective opened a closet containing the AC handler and discovered the victim’s body concealed beneath it. Investigators documented significant injuries and evidence of a violent encounter.
Lamb was located and taken into custody the following day. At the time of his arrest, investigators found the victim’s credit card concealed inside his wallet.
After being advised of and waiving his Miranda rights, Lamb initially provided inconsistent and evolving accounts of what had occurred before ultimately admitting his involvement in the victim’s death and his subsequent efforts to clean the scene and conceal her body. Lamb also provided MCSO detectives with a sworn, handwritten statement detailing his involvement.
MSCO investigators determined Lamb had arranged to meet the victim after contacting her through an escort website and agreeing to pay $200 for sexual services. Lamb admitted that when the victim attempted to leave, he blocked the door with his body, preventing her from leaving. He admitted striking her during the confrontation and later discovering that she was not breathing and thereafter putting her in a closet that housed an air conditioner. The medical examiner determined the victim died from blunt-force head and neck, including fractures to her cervical vertebrae.
Rather than calling 911, Lamb admitted cleaning blood and other bodily fluids from the room with towels and linens. He moved the victim’s body from its original location and concealed it inside a closet beneath the water heater. He then packed soiled linens, towels, the victim’s cellphone and other belongings into three trash bags.
The following morning, Lamb moved to another room at the same resort, leaving the victim’s body concealed in his former room. Hotel staff later discovered three large trash bags containing heavily soiled towels and bed linens and discarded them before realizing their potential significance. By the time investigators learned of the bags, the resort’s dumpster had already been emptied and the items could not be recovered.
Major Crimes Prosecutor Colleen Dunne, who prosecuted the case with Assistant State Attorney Trey Evans, said the verdict was about accountability for the victim and her family.
“This was a tragic and senseless loss of life, and our responsibility was to present the evidence and give the jury the complete picture of what happened,” Dunne said. “We are grateful to the investigators and everyone who worked with us to seek justice for the victim and her family.”
Chief Assistant State Attorney Joseph Mansfield said the verdict brought accountability in a brutal and tragic case.
“ASA Colleen Dunne and ASA Trey Evans worked diligently to present the case to the jury, and we appreciate their efforts, along with the work of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and all our law enforcement partners who followed the evidence and helped bring the truth to light. But at the heart of this case is a woman whose life was brutally taken and a family that has had to live with an unimaginable loss. A guilty verdict cannot undo what happened or take away their grief, but we hope it provides them with some measure of justice, accountability and peace.
“We also owe a very sincere thank you to the members of the jury. They were asked to see photographs, hear testimony and consider evidence that no one would ever want to experience. They carried that responsibility through a gruesome and heartbreaking case, carefully considered the evidence and reached their verdict. Jury service is one of the quiet but essential ways ordinary citizens serve their community, and we are deeply grateful to them for doing that difficult job.”
