Minnesota woman accused in 2 deaths appears in Florida court
Published 7:57 am Tuesday, May 1, 2018
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Blooming Prairie woman accused of killing her husband at their home and another woman in Florida to apparently steal her identity has appeared before a judge who ordered she remained in a Florida county jail without bond.
Judge Zachary Gill on Sunday granted 56-year-old Lois Riess a pretrial detention hearing but the date hasn’t been determined. The Fort Myers News-Press reports Riess arrived in Fort Myers from Texas on Saturday to face charges of homicide, identity theft and others.
A national manhunt for Riess began in March after her husband’s killing. A Florida woman was found dead April 9 in Fort Myers and investigators believe she targeted her because she looked like her. Riess was arrested April 19 in South Padre Island, Texas.
Riess will also stand trial in Minnesota.