Woman convicted of murder could return to Minnesota to face additional charges
FILE - This file photo provided by the South Padre Island Police Department shows Lois Riess, of Blooming Prairie, Minn., who was arrested by federal deputy marshals Thursday, April 19, 2018, at a restaurant in South Padre Island, Texas. Sheriff's officials in Minnesota have started the extradition process to bring Riess, convicted of killing her look-alike in Florida back to the state to face charges in her husband's slaying.[(South Padre Island Police Department via AP, File)]
A woman convicted of killing her look-alike in Florida and accused of killing her husband could soon be coming back to Minnesota to face charges.
Court documents have been been filed to extradite Lois Riess from Florida.
Extradition underway to bring convicted killer to Minnesota
Riess is accused of killing her husband at their Blooming Prairie home in 2018.
Investigators say she then went on a multi-state crime spree.
Riess was already sentenced to life prison for killing a Florida woman she befriended.
Prosecutors say she then stole that woman's identity.