Lois Ann Riess (born February 28, 1962) was a murder fugitive who is a suspect in the March 2018 murder of her husband David Reiss in her hometown of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota and the murder of Pamela Hutchinson in Bradenton, Florida in April 2018. On April 19, 2018 Lois Riess was captured by police in South Padre Island, Texas.

Lois Riess had a gambling addiction and frequented casinos. She nicknamed “Losing Streak Lois,” by local police.

On the night of Thursday, April 19, 2018 Lois Riess was apprehended in South Padre Island, Texas.

Two officers with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Riess at about 8:25 p.m. in South Padre Island, while she was sitting alone at a restaurant. She is suspected of fatally shooting her husband, David Reiss in March before fleeing the state and killing a Florida woman, Pamela Hutchinson to steal her identity.

The Dodge County Sheriff's Office in southeastern Minnesota confirmed the arrest in a tweet about 9:45 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2018.

South Padre Island is a vacation destination on an isolated barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas near the Mexico–United States border.

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 on March 23.

David Riess’ body was discovered after his business partner in the Prairie Wax Worm Farm called Dodge County authorities to ask them to check on him.

The partner said no one at work had seen David Riess in over two weeks.

Officials believe Lois Riess used the same gun to kill 59-year-old Pamela Hutchinson of Bradenton, Florida. She was found dead on April 9, 2018 in South Florida.

Authorities say the two women talked at a bar in Fort Myers Beach, Florida and that Riess killed Hutchinson to assume her identity because of their physical resemblance.

Authorities say she stole Hutchinson’s car, which had been seen in Louisiana and Texas. The car was also seen in north Florida, where Riess was later believed to be staying at a hotel in Ocala, Florida after she was spotted by surveillance cameras.

The U.S. Marshals Service had offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to Riess’ arrest.

The Marshals Service had also publicized the dragnet this week via electronic billboard in at least five Southwestern states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Nevada.