Who Is Lois Riess, Known As The Killer Grandma?

Posted by Zora Stowers on Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Lois Riess, the Minnesota woman who came to be known as “the killer grandma,” finally met her fate in court on Tuesday. After pleading guilty to first-degree murder, stealing a vehicle, and identity theft, Riess was sentenced for her crimes. 

Despite having nearly taken a life in her own hometown of Blooming Prairie in March 2018 – shooting her husband, David Riess with a .22-caliber handgun and taking $11,000 from his business account – Riess refused to settle down. 

Instead, she took off in her white Cadillac for Florida’s Fort Myers Beach with surveillance video showing her making multiple stops at different casinos along the way. Alas, Riess’s long run has come to an end as court justice was served.

Rebecca Riess, a now-convicted murderer, elicited sorrowful emotions when surveillance video revealed her talking to Pamela Hutchinson in April 2018. 

What seemed like an innocent conversation between the two resulted in death, as Riess was later seen exiting Hutchinson’s hotel room alone, appearing to be crying.

In addition to this heart-breaking scene, Riess stole a large sum of money from her victim’s bank account and drove around on a journey that caught the attention of law enforcement. 

Residents living across multiple states were alarmed by these events and police forces can finally rest knowing that after an extensive search, she was apprehended while eating at a restaurant in South Padre, Texas.

With news that Riess had also waived extradition for murdering her husband in Minnesota arriving shortly after her arrest, it is expected that the Minnesota Attorney General’s office will soon request that she faces legal action here too.

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