Sheriff: Video shows slaying suspect at Florida hotel

Lois Riess
This undated photo provided by the Dodge County, Minn., Sheriff's Office shows Lois Riess, of Blooming Prairie, Minn., who is being sought in connection with the killing of a Florida woman. Riess is charged in the shooting death of Pamela Hutchinson of Bradenton, Fla. Authorities don't believe the women knew each other, but that Riess killed Hutchinson earlier this week to assume her identity. Riess is also wanted in the March death of her husband, David Riess. She has not yet been charged in that case.
Dodge County Sheriff's Office via AP

Authorities say a Minnesota woman suspected of killing her husband was spotted in north Florida shortly after killing a woman and stealing her identity in southwest Florida.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office released surveillance video to news outlets this week of 56-year-old Lois Riess at a Hilton Hotel in Ocala.

Riess has been on the run since her husband, 54-year-old David Riess, was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds at their home in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, on March 23.

Officials believe she used the same gun to kill 59-year-old Pamela Hutchinson. She was found dead April 9 at a Fort Myers Beach timeshare. Authorities say the two women talked at a bar April 5, and Riess killed Hutchinson to assume her identity.

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