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

[Fairy1]

She had already found new potential victims, IMO. I'm surprised she had not tried to dye her hair or cut it to be less recognizable. SO glad she was not very smart and got caught!

I would like to know more about the folks she'd befriended on the island. Were they more potential victims? It seems to me, if you're on the run after committing two murders, you wouldn't be a social butterfly. There had to have been an ulterior motive. Really makes me wonder how long she would have continued on her murderous path had she not been caught.

 

[SeesSeas]

http://kstp.com/news/investigators-in-minnesota-florida-work-on-cases-involving-lois-riess/4874919/

Investigators in Minnesota, Florida Work on Cases Involving Lois Riess

April 20, 2018 10:12 PM
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Local law expert Branford Colbert, a professor at Mitchell Hamline and a public defender, said it's impossible to know which county will get to try Riess first.
"Each state can prosecute her and what will probably happen is the states will communicate and decide which one should go first," Colbert said.
Colbert said if Florida goes first, Minnesota will watch closely. Especially, he said, since Florida has the death penalty.
"If she is convicted, then the question is, do we spend all the time and money prosecuting her, especially when she's going to be in Florida, facing the death penalty," Colbert said. "Those are difficult decisions."

 

[SeesSeas]

http://www.co.cameron.tx.us/Inmates/?xwhat=DefName&xwith=riess
Cameron County Inmate List

Last Updated On:4/22/2018 8:00:55 PM

BookingDt
04/21/2018

DefName
RIESS LOIS
BN#:201869549 SON#:274580

Charges
MURDER W/ FIREARM 18005406 LE CO. FL Agency(SPIPD)
-GRAND THEFT OF MTR VEHC ( INCLUDED IN ABOVE INDICTMENT ) Agency(SPIPD)
-GRAND THEFT AND AMP ( INCLUDED IN ABOVE INDICTMENT) Agency(SPIPD)
-CRIM/USE/PERSON/ID/IN/INFO( INCLUDED IN ABOVE INDICTMENT ) Agency(SPIPD)
-LARCENY 20180

 

[SeesSeas]

http://www.winknews.com/2018/04/22/video-shows-moment-accused-killer-lois-riess-arrested/
Updated:April 23, 2018 8:42 AM EDT
Surveillance video from inside the Sea Ranch Restaurant shows Lois Riess’ last moments of freedom before authorities arrested her.

 

[Gardener1850]

I would like to know more about the folks she'd befriended on the island. Were they more potential victims? It seems to me, if you're on the run after committing two murders, you wouldn't be a social butterfly. There had to have been an ulterior motive. Really makes me wonder how long she would have continued on her murderous path had she not been caught.

Serial killers can be very social. JMO. I think she would have continued once her money/luck ran out again. :moo:

 

[SeesSeas]

VIDEO - Lois Riess is in prison uniform and waist-chain handcuffs:
http://www.winknews.com/2018/04/23/accused-killer-lois-riess-extradited-florida-face-murder-charges/
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SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS[/FONT]
Accused killer Lois Riess to be extradited to SWFL to face murder charges

[FONT=&amp]Published:April 23, 2018 3:15 PM EDT[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]Updated:April 23, 2018 6:15 PM EDT[/FONT]

A woman accused of killing her husband in Minnesota and a woman on Fort Myers Beach appeared in court Monday during an extradition hearing.
Lois Riess did not contest her extradition, and signed a waiver agreeing to be transfered to Florida and Minnesota to face the charges.
The hearing, which began at 1:15 p.m. (CST) determined whether Riess will be transported back to Lee County.
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Investigators say Riess will be extradited to Florida in next 10 days.
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[SeesSeas]

http://www.kimt.com/content/news/Watch-The-Lois-Riess-arrest-video-480791441.html [FONT=&quot]
[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Posted: Apr. 25, 2018 6:32 AM[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Updated: Apr. 25, 2018 9:46 AM[/FONT]
DODGE COUNTY, Minn. - Second-degree murder charges will be filed against Lois Riess in the shooting death of her husband, David, after forensic results are received, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday.
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[SeesSeas]

https://www.insideedition.com/frien...rt-stopping-encounter-while-she-was-run-42788
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMYnnNbWaI
Friend of 'Killer Grandma' Suspect Lois Riess Recalls Heart-Stopping Encounter While She Was on the Run
1:39 PM PDT, April 25, 2018 - Inside Edition Staff
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Tess and Rod Koster were good friends with Riess and her husband, Dave, in Minnesota.
"Never seen 'em argue ever," Rod Koster said. "They were a perfect couple, happy all the time. No one could believe it."
"We always chatted with her at the post office or the grocery store," Tess added.
[...]

 

[JerseyGirl]

56-year-old Lois Riess will go to Florida to face a second-degree murder charge while Minnesota authorities build their case against her in the March killing of her husband. Second-degree murder charges will be filed once forensic results are back from the lab. Riess will stand trial in Minnesota after the Florida case is done.

http://www.kttc.com/story/38040510/...man-accused-in-2-deaths-to-face-florida-trial

 

[SeesSeas]

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/lois-riess-released-to-the-state-of-florida
Lois Riess released to the State of Florida
by CBS 4 News
Thursday, April 26th 2018
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We’re told she was released to the state early Thursday morning.
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[SeesSeas]

Maybe Lee County LE is planning a Friday afternoon perp walk?

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2018/04/26/cameron-county-texas-sheriff-lois-riess-picked-up-killer-grandmother-lois-riess-her-way-texas-face-c/554004002/

Texas sheriff: Fort Myers Beach homicide suspect Lois Riess is on her way to Florida
Updated 4:42 p.m. ET April 26, 2018
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Cameron County Sheriff Omar Lucio confirmed Riess was picked up by private transport between 2 and 3 a.m. Thursday.
The drive from Olmito, Texas, where Riess was being held, to Lee County could take about 22 hours.
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[SeesSeas]

http://kstp.com/news/lois-riess-florida-lee-county-jail-minnesota-blooming-prairie-/4885355/
Riess Booked in a Florida County Jail
April 28, 2018 08:53 PM
A Minnesota woman whom authorities say killed two people has been booked in a Florida county jail.
WZVN-TV, an ABC affiliate in Fort Meyers, reported Lois Riess was booked in the Lee County Jail Saturday night.

 

[SeesSeas]

Seems she spent a few days wearing her same clothes during the prisoner transport ride from TX to FL.

http://www.abc-7.com/story/38066798/fmb-murder-suspect-booked-into-lee-county-jail
Fugitive grandma booked into Lee County Jail
Posted: Apr 28, 2018 8:53 PM EDT
Updated: Apr 28, 2018 9:24 PM EDT
Lois Riess, the woman suspected of murders on Fort Myers Beach and in Minnesota, was returned to Lee County Saturday night.
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A prisoner transport company picked Riess up in Texas on Thursday and delivered her to Lee County deputies just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
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[wdmcmahan]

She looks so different from the photos. Maybe it's the gray hair, I was expecting blonde.

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[BrownRice]

Bizarre she didn’t change her hair. Could have colored it darker and then had it cut shorter into a bob. Would have blended in with all the middle aged women.


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[SeesSeas]

Texas authorities said that she had a psychosis and was refusing to take medication.

https://www.news-press.com/story/ne...pretrial-detention-hearing-planned/562617002/
Lois Riess to be held in Lee County jail without bond, pretrial detention hearing planned
Published 9:27 a.m. ET April 29, 2018 | Updated 10:11 a.m. ET April 29, 2018
Alleged double homicide suspect Lois Ann Riess will be in Lee County Jail for at least five days without bond after her public defender was granted a pretrial detention hearing for the Minnesota woman.
During Riess first appearance hearing, an assistant state attorney said that Texas authorities said that she had a psychosis and was refusing to take medication.
Wearing a dark green jail smock and standing before a video camera at her first appearance in Lee County Court on Sunday, Riess answered Judge Zachary Gill's questions sparingly and in a small, halting voice.
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[Niner]

Hey all! Just found this thread a few days ago and have finally caught up!

I remember someone wondering back in the posts about how much she won at that casino. In the article above (post #156)

n the following days, she was seen driving Hutchinson's stolen white Acura TL west through Louisiana. An attempt to get $200 at a Louisiana gas station failed, authorities said, but she was found to have used her own ID to claim a $1,500 jackpot prize from a casino in the state.

Here's what I came up with:

Tuesday, May 29th:
*Arraignment Hearing (@ ET) – FL – Pamela Sellers Hutchinson (59) (April 9, 2018) – found dead in her apt. and LR took IDs & car - Lois Ann Riess (56) - 4/19/18 taken into custody in South Padre Island, Texas after being on the run since 3/23/18. 4/12/18 Florida charge Riess with 2nd degree murder, grand theft, grand theft auto & criminal use of personal ID. 4/26/18 extradited by to Fla, 4/28/18 booked in jail, 4/29/18 pretrial detention hearing. No bond.
MN - 4/25/18 filed 2nd degree murder charges for – David Riess (54) (March 21, 2018; found Mar. 23, 2018) – Lois Ann Riess (56) – suspect accused of shooting husband; warrant for her arrest on 2nd degree murder. Wanted on felony theft charges (3/31/18) re suspicion bank transactions of $11K from DH acct. Will be tried after Florida case.

 

[StephanieH]

She's not looking so happy now...

ETA: Why did it take them so long to get her back to Florida? They picked her up on Thursday and she arrived in SW FL on Saturday.

 

[pamletx]

Just Google mapped it's over 21 hours driving straight through. Would tale longer with stops
. And would imagine they'd process her in and out of some sort of jail facilities for the over nights..

She's not looking so happy now...

ETA: Why did it take them so long to get her back to Florida? They picked her up on Thursday and she arrived in SW FL on Saturday.

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[SeesSeas]

Includes video of brief portion of court hearing:

http://www.winknews.com/2018/04/28/accused-killer-lois-riess-booked-lee-county-jail-arriving-texas/
[FONT=&amp]Updated:April 29, 2018 11:40 AM EDT[/FONT]
Accused killer Lois Riess denied bond during first court appearance
Accused Fort Myers Beach murderer Lois Riess was booked into the Lee County Jail Saturday night after arriving back from Texas.
During her scheduled court appearance Sunday morning, the judge announced Riess will be held without bond until the pre-trial detention hearing, which will be within the next five days.