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Associated Press
Fort Myers, Fla.

Minnesota woman accused in 2 deaths appears in Florida court

Lois Riess, of Blooming Prairie, Minn.
This 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. Investigators believe she killed her husband in Minnesota then fled to Florida where she used the same gun to slay her doppelganger with the intention of assuming her identity. Riess had been on the run since at least late March.
South Padre Island Police Department via AP

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