The search expanded to Florida this month, when officials linked Riess to the shooting death of a woman who looked like her. We are working as expeditiously as possible to bring her back to Lee County to face murder charges.”Īuthorities began searching for Riess in Minnesota, where she allegedly killed her husband in March. “Tonight, she sits in a jail cell in Texas.
“I promised all along that Lois Riess would end up in a pair of handcuffs,” Lee County Undersheriff Carmine Marceno said in a statement. Authorities found Riess about 25 minutes after they got a tip from someone who spotted her at a restaurant, said Nikki Soto, a spokeswoman for the Texas resort town.
