The Minnehaha County State's Attorney is seeking the death penalty against a deaf Sioux Falls woman. Daphne Wright is charged with the first degree murder of Darlene VanderGiesen. 

Wednesday State's Attorney Dave Nelson filed papers indicating prosecutors will ask for the death penalty if Wright is found guilty. The trial begins January second. 

VanderGiesen was kidnapped, killed and dismembered in February. Her remains were found weeks later in a Sioux Falls landfill and in a ditch in southwest Minnesota. 

Police tied her death to Wright through an e-mail and court papers show Wright later told police she thought VanderGiesen was trying to break up a relationship with her girlfriend.