GUILTY Fugitive Lois Riess, 56, arrested by US Marshals for alleged murders in MN and FL, Mar 2018

[Gussified]

Wonder why she went to Florida? Texas, I understand, because Mexico. But why Florida? Has anyone heard?

 

[Rotten apple]

They just did a blurb about it on "The Talk" so it's definitely gained national attention, thank goodness!

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[savagewoman]

[h=1]U.S. marshals put up billboards seeking 'coldblooded killer' Lois Riess[/h]http://www.startribune.com/u-s-mars...king-coldblooded-killer-lois-riess/480119563/

No Nevada... Las Vegas
My bet is gambling granny is headed there

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[scapa]

No Nevada... Las Vegas
My bet is gambling granny is headed there

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Gambling...and murdering.

This is a very odd and disturbing case. This latest feels like an endgame, IMO. Maybe she plays herself out and then surrenders, or commits suicide -- hopefully she causes no further harm.

 

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]Rosario: Shuck the ‘grandmother’ spin, please, in hunt for a suspected spree killer[/h]

Veteran criminal profiler Pat Brown and Vernon Geberth, a former NYPD homicide squad commander who wrote the profession’s bible on murder probes, are hardly surprised about how news media and even law enforcement colleagues are choosing to describe Lois Riess, the middle-aged rural Minnesota woman and suspected spree killer on the lam.

“Nationwide hunt for grandmother accused of killing her husband,” read one headline.

“Grandmother accused of 2 murders is on the run,” read another on an online TV station site.

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Enough already, says Brown.


&#8220;That &#8216;grandmother&#8217; thing, really?&#8221; Brown, a Maryland-based profiler, said about the ongoing man (woman) hunt for Riess, 56, of Blooming Prairie. Though statistically minor compared with male counterparts, &#8220;there&#8217;s this sense that psychopaths, psychopathic older women, all of a sudden develop that way. They are pretty much that way by the time they are 5.&#8221;

&#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty bizarre case but not many realize what the female psychopath &#8212; and that&#8217;s what she is &#8212; is really capable of doing,&#8221; added Geberth. &#8220;Life means nothing to them. &#8230; It&#8217;s basically survival,&#8221; he noted.

Brown believes Riess will become more dangerous to folks she encounters as she runs out of resources to pay for gas, food or shelter.

Brown believes heading to Mexico would be Riess&#8217; undoing unless she can blend into the ex-pat communities there without detection. But ex-pat American communities and tourist hot spots south of the border, Brown presumes, along with U.S. and Mexican border patrol and police agencies, have probably already been alerted.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/04/...-please-in-hunt-for-a-suspected-spree-killer/

 

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]New details released in alleged multistate crime spree of woman accused of killing 2[/h]

Lois Riess, identified as a suspect in his killing, allegedly transferred almost $10,000 from her husband's business account to his personal account and then forged his signature on checks to herself, the sheriff's office said.

Here is the alleged timeline of what came next according to the Lee County, Florida, Sheriff's Office:
-- Lois Riess drove her Cadillac Escalade from Minnesota to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, where she abandoned the car at a park.
-- Lois Riess met 59-year-old Pamela Hutchinson and then allegedly killed her and stole her ID, credit cards and car. Lois Riess was spotted on surveillance video leaving from Marina Village in Fort Myers Beach in the victim&#8217;s Acura.
-- Before leaving Fort Myers Beach, Lois Riess stopped at a Wells Fargo Bank, where authorities said she used her victim&#8217;s ID to withdraw $5,000.
-- On April 6, Lois Riess arrived at a Hilton hotel in the Ocala, Florida, area, where authorities claim she used a stolen credit card to pay for her room.
-- On April 7, Lois Riess left Ocala, Florida, and next surfaced in Louisiana.
-- After Louisiana, she was spotted in the Corpus Christi, Texas, area.
But Lois Riess remains on the run. She is expected to continue targeting other women who look like her to steal their identities, authorities said.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office said Mexican authorities and border patrol are on "full alert" that Lois Riess may try to get into Mexico.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/details-re...e-crime-spree-woman-accused/story?id=54566281

 

[Gardener1850]

[h=1]Henrico women say 'killing grandma' murdered their cousin[/h]

Detectives believe Reiss targeted the former Virginia Beach woman to steal her identity.

"I kind of just sort of hear Pam saying listen, I'm fine here guys. I'm doing just fine but really you need to try and find this lady before she does it to somebody else," explains her cousin Tarus Woelk.

Adds cousin Daniele Jeffreys, "I don't want another family to be having to do these interviews because they've lost a member because the woman wasn't caught and another person died."

Her cousins describe Hutchinson as an outgoing and social person who moved from Virginia Beach to Florida a few years ago after her divorce.

Detectives believe the suspect targeted Hutchinson to steal her identity. Reiss was last spotted driving the victim's car near Corpus Christi, Texas.

"I think like anybody, you want justice for something that's happened. Pam did absolutely nothing to deserve this," explains Woelk.

http://www.wric.com/news/local-news...ling-grandma-murdered-their-cousin/1128967734

 

[pamletx]

Texas has only one casino that I'm aware of... in Eagle Pass, right on the border. According to Google Maps it would be approximately 4 hours from Refugio where ahe was last seen. You'd think the draw to gamble would have been there.. that could be where she went next on the way to Mexico.

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[StephanieH]

Does anyone here think she will be taken alive? My hunch is only if she is caught by surprise...otherwise, I am guessing this will end in suicide.

 

[human]

Texas has only one casino that I'm aware of... in Eagle Pass, right on the border. According to Google Maps it would be approximately 4 hours from Refugio where ahe was last seen. You'd think the draw to gamble would have been there.. that could be where she went next on the way to Mexico.

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Don’t you need some kind of passport or special ID to enter Mexico?

 

[pamletx]

Don’t you need some kind of passport or special ID to enter Mexico?

I have no idea.. been here over 25 years and have never crossed the border from Texas. I know in the past you didn't, but have no idea about now.

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[pamletx]

Don’t you need some kind of passport or special ID to enter Mexico?

So I decided to see what I could find. Apparently if you walk across at Piedras Negras you only need 50.cents st the bridge. Coming back you have to show a passport.

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[StephanieH]

So I decided to see what I could find. Apparently if you walk across at Piedras Negras you only need 50.cents st the bridge. Coming back you have to show a passport.

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I had to have a passport card, but they really only cared about it when I came back from MX to the US. I think the US requires it, but not MX.

 

[Gardener1850]

We have discussed this in other cases and I believe the rules have changed in recent years so that you have to show a passport when walking into Mexico now. Here is an article on the rule change in 2015: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...nto-effect-at-busy-u-s-mexico-border-crossing

In another thread someone posted youtube videos from 2017 where a guy videoed himself walking across the border from US to Mexico (it included a stop to show passport and fill out an entry forms). I looked back through the thread it had been posted in trying to find it but I think it was removed by the mods (due to being a random youtube video). So I won't post it again but search on you tube for a 2017 video called "How to Walk into Mexico from the United States" and you will see it is no longer as easy as it used to be. There is a video from 2011 that shows you used to be able to just walk in with no stops-- but that has changed.

 

[Fairy1]

There are casinos all over the US. Mexico, not so much.

Seems to me gambling is Lois's weakness and the basis for her crimes. She's addicted. I feel like she'll do anything she can to keep this going for as long as possible. She has nothing more to lose. But she'll continue to think she can win. That's how gamblers think.

It would be good to know if she won at the IA casino she stopped at after she "allegedly" killed her husband.

 

[Gussified]

We have discussed this in other cases and I believe the rules have changed in recent years so that you have to show a passport when walking into Mexico now. Here is an article on the rule change in 2015: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...nto-effect-at-busy-u-s-mexico-border-crossing

In another thread someone posted youtube videos from 2017 where a guy videoed himself walking across the border from US to Mexico (it included a stop to show passport and fill out an entry forms). I looked back through the thread it had been posted in trying to find it but I think it was removed by the mods (due to being a random youtube video). So I won't post it again but search on you tube for a 2017 video called "How to Walk into Mexico from the United States" and you will see it is no longer as easy as it used to be. There is a video from 2011 that shows you used to be able to just walk in with no stops-- but that has changed.

but you can drive across without a passport?

"It's illogical that if you drive across, you don't need to fill out the form, and if you walk across, you need to fill out the form," he said.

 

[Gardener1850]

but you can drive across without a passport?

He's talking about filling out the entry form. I think they require you to show ID when you drive but it's just a quick stop. She would be caught soon, however, if she drove across. I'm pretty sure they have cameras and license plate readers. However, if she steals another passport that hasn't been flagged, and she can pass for the person, then she might be able to walk right in. :scared:

JMO, I don't think she would want to go to Mexico. I think she might have enough money to lay low for a little bit-- IF she doesn't go to a casino and blow it all. I hope she can't resist the urge to gamble and is caught!

 

[wdmcmahan]

There is a HUGE casino on the Texas - Oklahoma border on I-35. Then there are lots of Indian Reservation casinos throughout Oklahoma.

Las Vegas would be obvious, would she really go there? She has to know they will be really looking for her there. What about Reno? Where are other places that are known for gambling? Tunica, but that's not on her path unless she is back-tracking...

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[charminglane]

Do we know how tall she is?
There was woman that robbed a bank, saying she had a bomb in Pasadena, CA last week.

 

[jpo74]

watch AB tonight and they were talking about she could be also involved in a bank heist. if she is running low on funds i could see her pulling one over the teller, unsuspecting granny. i just wonder :thinking: how this whole mess started especially in the beginning where she robbed her sister. hope and pray she is caught soon. i feel she could very well kill again :maddening: