She was a daycare worker, who had three kids and five grandchildren. In early 2018, nobody imagined Lois Riess being at the center of a national manhunt and a cold-blooded murder plot. But the slaying of Hutchinson, 59, may have possibly been avoidable if there was less red tape and more communication between statewide jurisdictions, as seen on Oxygen's " Injustice with Nancy Grace,” airing Thursdays at 9/8c on Oxygen. No one saw the murder of David Riess, 54, coming. But there’s also a glaring contrast in the back-to-back homicides by Lois, who was 56 when she pulled the trigger. Same motive: to snag money to feed her gambling addiction. Same modus operandi: bodies left to rot in a bathroom, where towels were positioned to hide the horrid smell of decomposition. It was Lois who murdered David at their home in March 2018 before fleeing to Florida, where she killed a look-alike stranger, Pamela Hutchinson. Law enforcement said they suspect that after David Riess was killed, she transferred nearly $10,000 from his business account into his personal account and then forged her husband’s signature on three checks to herself for $11,000.David Riess was a kind, small-town Minnesota worm farmer, but as a former family friend put it, his wife, Lois Riess, is a “monster.” “Everyone is kind of in shock about it.”Īfter her husband’s death, Riess had been charged with theft in connection with several suspicious withdrawals totaling $11,000 from his bank account, police said. “No one in town suspected that,” she said. She said news of Riess’ death and the ongoing search for his wife have been the talk of the town. “Obviously something happened, or she snapped or something.” “She’s always seemed really normal,” said Cashman, who had taken a painting class with Lois Riess and a mutual friend. Riess and her husband were outgoing and well-known in their town of 1,900, said Jenny Cashman, manager of the Blooming Prairie Servicemen’s Club, where the couple often came for lunch. Lois Riess, who had a penchant for visiting casinos, “had been there, but left,” before authorities got there, Rose said. It was unclear how long he had been dead, Rose said.Īuthorities were unable to find his wife, but a tip led them to the Diamond Jo Casino off Interstate 35 just across the border in Northwood, Iowa, on March 24.
218 outside Blooming Prairie and found he had been shot several times. One of David Riess’ business partners asked Dodge County authorities to conduct a welfare check after he had not been seen for a couple of weeks. He eventually sold his shop and opened a commercial worm farm, the Prairie Wax Worm Farms, outside Blooming Prairie, a city of about 2,000 people that straddles the border of Dodge and Steele counties about 85 miles south of the Twin Cities. Second-degree murder charges are expected to be filed against Riess in Dodge County by early next week in connection with the death of David Riess, Rose said.ĭavid Riess grew up in Rochester and opened a bait shop there after serving in the U.S.
Hutchinson’s car, identification, cash and credit cards were missing when Lee County deputies were called to her unit on San Carlos Boulevard.
Riess became a suspect in Hutchinson’s murder after authorities in Florida this week found a white 2005 Cadillac Escalade that Riess was believed to have been driving after her husband’s death.
They also said they suspect Riess used the same firearm to kill Hutchinson as she used to kill her husband, David Riess, who was found shot to death on the couple’s farm property on March 23, said Dodge County Sheriff Scott Rose. Florida authorities on Friday announced they have filed murder, grand theft of a motor vehicle and grand theft and criminal use of personal identification charges against Riess.
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