The Florida State Attorney’s Office 20th judicial Circuit announced today that they have filed a Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty in the case against Lois Riess.
Florida prosecutors have made public over 2600 pages of documents gathered during the investigation of a murder allegedly committed by the Minnesota woman.
Court documents filed by prosecutors in southern Florida have revealed some more details concerning the charges filed against the 56-year-old Blooming Prairie woman who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt earlier this month.
Suspected Blooming Prairie killer Lois Riess is now sitting in a Florida jail. The 56-year-old former Rochester woman was extradited from Texas and booked into the Lee County jail Saturday evening.
The grandmother from Blooming Prairie Minnesota who sparked a nationwide manhunt waived her right to an extradition hearing during a brief appearance before a judge in Texas today.
Dodge County officials have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of the rural Blooming Prairie man who was found shot to death inside the couple’s home last week.