‘Killer grandma’ murders husband, then hunts and kills her lookalike to assume her identity
Famous Murder Cases
Friends, family, still unnerved by close encounters with the killer grandma Lois Reiss.
Court
August 11, 2020
‘Killer grandma’ Lois Riess pleads guilty to murder a second time, after killing husband and a look-alike stranger
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who’s already serving a life sentence for killing her look-alike in Florida, has pleaded guilty to murder for the second time. During a Tuesday pre-trial hearing held in a Dodge County high school auditorium in Minnesota, due to COVID-19 concerns, Riess pleaded guilty plea to first-degree and second-degree murder in connection …
Court
July 25, 2018
‘Losing Streak Lois’ Riess scheduled for court appearance, DA seeks DEATH penalty for ‘killer grandma’
Infamous grandmother Lois Riess, who is charged with murdering her look-alike in Florida in order to evade police after being wanted for her husband’s shooting death in Minnesota, is due in the state’s court Wednesday. Prosecutors announced earlier this month that they are pursuing the death penalty against the alleged killer, KARE11 reports. Riess, 56, …
Murder
May 3, 2018
Son calls ‘killer Grandma,’ who reportedly shot husband and a friend to death, ‘a good lady’
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The son of a Minnesota woman suspected of fatally shooting her husband then killing a Florida woman and stealing her identity says she is a “good lady” but “had her own demons” including a gambling addiction, according to an interview to be aired Thursday. Braden Riess, 30, discussed his mother, Lois Riess, …
Murder
April 20, 2018
‘Killer grandma’ captured after tipster spots her in Texas restaurant
A woman of accused of killing her husband and murdering a woman who resembles her was captured Thursday after a nationwide manhunt. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Lois Riess, 56, is accused of killing her husband David Riess in Minnesota last month, and then fleeing the state. While on the run she stopped in Florida, and …
